Bita Manzouri is a consultant corneal and cataract surgeon at Queen's Hospital in Romford. She underwent her ophthalmic training at the Western Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital and undertook research leading to a PhD degree at the Institute of Ophthalmology and has dual fellowship training in cornea/external disease and paediatric ophthalmology. Ms Manzouri is an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry where she is actively involved in teaching of medical students as well as students in various specialities affiliated with medicine. She is also a reviewer for several ophthalmic journals and has herself published widely and presented at both national and international meetings.