Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon – Miss Rebecca Ford

Miss Rebecca Ford, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon

BMBCh, MA, MEd, MRCP, MRCSEd, FRCOphth 

Rebecca is a nationally and internationally renowned oculoplastic surgeon based in Bristol, UK. She has more than 15 years experience specialising in all aspects of eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery. She received an NHS National Clinical Impact Award in 2023. 

She qualified from Oxford in 1997 and did her ophthalmology and oculoplastics training in London, Brighton and Birmingham, becoming a consultant in 2011.

She looks after patients with all types of oculoplastic concerns, including eyelid, orbital, and lacrimal disorders, as well as aesthetic eyelid surgery. She has performed thousands of oculoplastic surgeries over the years.

She was the oculoplastics service lead at Bristol Eye Hospital for 10 years and also served as clinical director for 2 years. she provides a regional orbital service there for complex cases. 

Special clinical interests

Rebecca has a special interest in medical education and trains fellows from around the world in her NHS practice. She is Head of the Severn School of Ophthalmology. She has been Chair of Education for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists from 2021-2025 and holds a Masters of Surgical Education from Imperial College London. 

She is also active in clinical research, with research interests in best practices in eyelid surgery, management of thyroid eye disease, and orbital approaches to skull base and intracranial tumours.

Aligned with her work supporting patients with thyroid eye disease, she is chair of the charity Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust. 

Qualifications and Experience

OCULOPLASTICS FELLOWSHIPS 

• 2009-2011: Rebecca's subspecialty training fellowship years were in Brighton and Birmingham. This provided an excellent grounding in the eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery with high volume surgical experience. 

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS 

• 2000: MRCP Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
• 2003: MRCSEd Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• 2011: FRCOphth Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists 

OPHTHALMOLOGY TRAINING 

• 2001-2009: Rebecca's ophthalmology registrar training was in London, including Moorfields Eye Hospital, and ophthalmology Senior House Officer training was in Bath and London. 

DEGREES 

• 2010: Master of Surgical Education, Imperial College London (with distinction)
• 1994/1998: BA / MA, Medical Sciences, Cambridge University
• 1997: BMBCh Oxford University 

GENERAL MEDICAL ROTATION 

• 1997-2000: After house jobs in Oxford and Plymouth Rebecca honed her general medical skills with SHO jobs in A&E in Cardiff and general medicine in Plymouth, leading to the MRCP qualification.