Our Team

Biographies

Dr. Conall Hurley, MB BCh BAO FRCSI
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Dr. Conall Hurley qualified from University College Cork School of Medicine in 1984.

Dr. Hurley carried out a primary fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1986 and a fellowship in Ocular Oncology and Octuplastics in Glasgow in 1999

He carried out his training in Cork hospital, North Infirmary Cork and Secours Hospital Cork over the period of 1984 – 1988.

Dr. Hurley started his career in Ophthalmology in January 1988. He became a registrar in July 1990 at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital and St. Vincent’s hospital Dublin and worked in this role until 1996.

He also worked as a registrar and locum consultant over the next 3 years in the following:

• Coventry and Warwickshire hospital
• Birmingham Hospital
• Midlands eye centre and Solihall Hospital
• North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent

Dr. Hurley has carried out over four thousand laser procedures in refractive surgery. He also carries out Cataract, Corneal and Glaucoma services.

Dr. Hurley has given many lectures and carried out many presentations on all areas of Ophthalmology over the last 15 years in various hospitals in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Dr. Hurley has full registration with the Medical council of Ireland and is also on the specialist register in Ireland as an Ophthalmologist.

Mr. Arthur Nylander, FRCS, FRCOphth, DO.
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Mr. Nylander qualified from the University of Ibadan, in Nigeria. He travelled to the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies in Ophthalmology. His training to be an Ophthalmologist took him to various centres across the United Kingdom. These centres included:

• The Tenants Institute of Ophthalmology, Western Infirmary Glasgow
• The West of England Eye Infirmary, Exeter
• The University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff Wales
• The Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield.

Mr. Nylander obtained his Diploma in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He holds the Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Ophthalmologist, London. He also has a fellowship in Corneal & Anterior segment from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.

Mr. Nylander started laser refractive surgery in 1992 and to date as performed over five thousand laser procedures for refractive surgery. These include PRK, LASEK & LASIK procedures.

In 1996 he was appointed as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with sub specialist interest in cataract, cornea and anterior segment and Oculoplastic surgery at the Burnley NHS Trust (Now East Lancs NHS Trust) in Lancaster, U.K. He is currently college tutor of the Trust.

He is an examiner in Ophthalmology for:

• The University of Manchester Medical School
• The Royal College of Ophthalmologist, U.K.
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, U.K.

Mr. Nylander has full registration with the Medical Council of Ireland and The General Medical Council in the U.K. He is also on the Specialist Registrar as an Ophthalmologist in the United Kingdom. He is currently a member of:

• American Academy of Ophthalmologist
• United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• British Society of Refractive Surgeons
• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• International Refractive Society.
• He is also a council member of the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons