Personal Profile
Ms Poitelea completed comprehensive training in ophthalmology and worked with world-wide known ophthalmologists. She accomplished her specialist ophthalmic training in centres within London and South East. She further pursued advanced training in Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, followed by a second fellowship at Queen Victoria Hospital.
In 2014 she was appointed as a full-time Consultant Ophthalmologist by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and is now working at Worthing General Hospital and St Richard’s Hospital where she is the oculoplastics subspecialist lead and also delivers cataract, glaucoma and general ophthalmology treatment. Ms Poitelea is passionate about teaching and currently oversees the junior doctors training in her position of College Tutor. She attends and presents at national and international meetings.