Miss Carmel Noonan

Miss Carmel Noonan is a consultant ophthalmologist with a specialist practice spanning Shropshire and Merseyside. Her principal areas of expertise include cataract surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular motility, strabismus and general ophthalmology, with particular experience in the management of complex disorders affecting vision and eye movement. She currently combines NHS, independent and academic roles, and has longstanding experience in both adult and paediatric ophthalmology.

Miss Noonan qualified in medicine from the National University of Ireland in 1985 and began her ophthalmic training in Dublin. She subsequently undertook specialist training in the UK and spent time in Boston, USA, developing particular expertise in ocular motility and cataract research. During this period, she worked at the New England Eye Centre at Tufts University and subsequently at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, where she undertook cataract-related clinical research.

Following her time in the United States, Miss Noonan completed her ophthalmology training in Liverpool. She was appointed to her first consultant post in 1998, becoming a Consultant Ophthalmologist at North Cheshire Hospital in Warrington. During her decade in Warrington, she developed services in paediatric ophthalmology, adult and paediatric ocular motility, and neuro-ophthalmology, areas which have remained central to her subsequent clinical practice.

In 2009, Miss Noonan moved to Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, where she continued her work as a consultant ophthalmologist. Her professional work has also included the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, reflecting her particular interest in neuro-ophthalmology and the relationship between neurological disorders and visual function. She has been identified in the medical literature as a consultant neuro-ophthalmologist involved in multidisciplinary work concerning conditions affecting the optic nerves and visual pathways, including neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Her neuro-ophthalmology practice encompasses the assessment and management of visual problems associated with the nervous system. At iSIGHT, where she has worked since 2010, she leads the neuro-ophthalmology service with support from specialist orthoptists. The service deals with conditions that can affect vision and eye movements, including optic nerve disorders, nerve palsies, visual problems following neurological injury or stroke, thyroid-related eye problems and strabismus.

Miss Noonan also has a longstanding specialist interest in ocular motility and strabismus, treating both adults and children. At iSIGHT she provides a comprehensive ophthalmology service and has experience with treatments including prisms, botulinum toxin, cataract surgery and refractive surgery. Her work in ocular motility builds on the specialist training she undertook in Boston and the paediatric and adult motility services she developed during her earlier consultant career.

Alongside her neuro-ophthalmology and ocular-motility work, Miss Noonan has substantial experience in cataract surgery, including complex cataract cases. Newmedica currently lists her areas of interest as neuro-ophthalmology, ocular motility, general ophthalmology and cataract surgery, while its Shrewsbury referral information specifically identifies her expertise in complex cataract surgery.

In Shropshire, Miss Noonan is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner at Newmedica's Shrewsbury Eye Health Clinic & Surgical Centre. The clinic provides both NHS-funded and private cataract services and serves patients from Shrewsbury, Telford, Bridgnorth, Market Drayton and the surrounding region. Newmedica's current information identifies Miss Noonan as one of the consultant ophthalmologists leading the Shrewsbury service.

Throughout her career, Miss Noonan has therefore developed a broad ophthalmic practice alongside particular specialist interests in neuro-ophthalmology, ocular motility, strabismus and complex cataract surgery. Her career has encompassed consultant-level NHS practice, specialist independent ophthalmology, clinical research, medical education and multidisciplinary work with neurological and orthoptic services across the Liverpool and Shropshire regions.