Vasuki Jothi’s Profile
Miss Jothi works as a substantive Consultant Eye Surgeon at the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust with a specialist interest in vitreo-retinal surgery and medical retina.
Her NHS practice includes general and specialist clinics at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon and Banbridge Polyclinic. Miss Jothi sees private patients at Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast, Kingsbridge Private Hospital North West and Hillsborough Private Clinic.
Miss Jothi has had extensive training in the field of Ophthalmology in Northern Ireland, England and India. She qualified as an eye specialist in India with 4 years of specialist post-graduate training before moving to Northern Ireland where she has spent another 7 years of further training and obtained CCT in 2016. She spent a further 2 years of post CCT fellowships specialising in a medical and surgical retina at Belfast and Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham before taking up her substantive NHS post in Northern Ireland in 2017.
Miss Jothi is a Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmology, UK and is a member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons (BEAVRS), and holds specialist qualifications both in the UK and India with Fellowship FRCOphth, Membership MRCOphth, Diploma DRCOphth from The Royal College of Ophthalmology and Master of Surgery MS Ophth from The TN Dr MGR Medical University, India.
Miss Jothi sees patients with both general and specialist eye conditions in all age-groups including for Cataract surgery, Laser procedures, Retinal diseases, Glaucoma, Lid diseases, Macular degeneration and Eye emergencies.
Current NHS Posts
Miss Jothi is a full time substantive consultant at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and I work in 3 different NHS hospitals – Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (Vitre-Retinal Surgery & Eye Casualty), South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon (Cataract Surgery), and Banbridge Polyclinic (General Ophthalmology).
