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Pei-Fen Lin

MBBS, MA (Cantab) PGDip FEDIP FRCOphth

Miss Pei-Fen Lin is a Consultant Ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS foundation trust in London. After graduating from Cambridge University and King’s College London for Medicine, she completed her postgraduate training in London in 2017.

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About

Miss Pei-Fen Lin is trained in cataract surgery, oculoplastics, neuro-ophthalmology and medical eye. She currently leads the cataract, general ophthalmology and emergency eye care services at Moorfields Eye Centre at Croydon, the main cataract surgery trainer for the junior surgeons.

In addition to clinical practice, she has keen interest in digital health innovation and design, she is the clinical lecturer at UCL for biomedical entrepreneurship and the Clinical Director of Digital Innovations for the Department of Digital Medicine at Moorfields

Additional Information

Positions Held
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon ( Moorfields NHS & Private)
  • Clinical Director of Digital Innovation @ Moorfields
  • Honorary Clinical lecturer and supervisor at UCL for biomedical
  • entrepreneurship MSc programme
Education & Training

Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Health Leadership, 2024
Imperial College London – London

FRCOphth, 2016
Royal College of Ophthalmologist – London

Master of Arts ( Cantab), 2006
University of Cambridge – Cambridge, CAM

MBBS, 2005
King’s College London – London, ENG

Bachelor of Arts, Pharmacology, 2002
University of Cambridge – Cambridge, CAM

● Clinical Risk Management certified by NHS Digital (NHSx)
● Certified Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) practitioner, ACT Academy QSIR program

Financial Declarations

Consultancy services / education for Hoya, J&J, IOES, Rayner

Membership

● Member, UKISCRS, ESCRS, AECOS
● General Medical Council Specialist Register (CCT)
● Fellow of Royal College of Ophthalmologists
● Advanced Practitioner of Federation of Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)

Publications

●Redesigning cataract services through a value-based lens. C O’Donovan, PF Lin, Eye, September 2025
● How to get a trainee from 0 to 600 cataracts in two years: Perspectives from the trainee and the trainer. A Song, PF Lin, EyeNews, December 2024
● The rapid access eye clinic’s playbook: how to cut eye casualty attendance by 50% M Eleftheriadou, AT Han, E O’Sullivan, PF Lin, Eye, Jun 2023
● Intraoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in Elective cataract surgery patients” V Shah, H Naveed, PF Lin, Clinical Practice Point, Guideline for Royal College of Ophthalmologist, Jul 2022
●Effect of preopkeratometrictometric astigmatism on uncorrected distance visual acuity after cataract surgery. NghiemZ Nghiem, PF Lin, V Maurino, TH Flynn, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Feb 2022
●5 Ways to apply “The art of war” to service redesign. PF Lin, Editorial feature Business & Management, American Academy of Ophthalmology, International edition, Sept 2021
●Text book chapter: Ocular Symptoms: A systemic approach to diagnosis, Fundamentals in Ophthalmic practice., Springer, Sept 2022
● Cataract service redesign in the post-COVID-19 era. PF Lin, H Naveed, M Eleftheradou, R Purbrick, C Liu, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Jun 2020
● Eye care in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic S Sansome, PF Lin, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, May 2020

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