MR ARTHUR NYLANDER, a consultant ophthalmologist at East Lancashire NHS who also acts as an expert witness in the subject, has been honoured as a ‘Premiere Member’ by Emerald Who’s Who for Executives and Professionals for showing commitment, leadership and excellence in all aspects of ophthalmology.
Mr Nylander graduated from the Medical School at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in 1980. In 1982, he moved to the UK and trained in ophthalmology. He was appointed a consultant ophthalmologist for the then-Burnley NHS Trust in November 1996. He was the Royal College Tutor in Ophthalmology for the trust from April 1990 to August 2007.
He was a council member of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons from 2002 to 2008 and has previously been a member of the Surgical Training Committee in Ophthalmology for the North West Deanery procedures management.
Mr Nylander was appointed clinical lead in ophthalmology in February 2006, a post he holds to date. He is currently an examiner in ophthalmology for The Royal College of Ophthalmologists at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the University of Manchester.
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