Ms Stacey Strong

Ms Strong is a skilled and knowledgeable cataract surgeon and medical retina specialist. She is well known for her kind nature and good sense of humour, being able to put patients at ease during consultations and build good relationships.

Ms Strong received robust ophthalmology training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Western Eye Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital. She currently works as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. There she is the current Medical Retina Lead as has previously been Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology.

Ms Strong is one of the first medical retina consultants in the UK to offer virtual consultations for diabetic retinopathy, diabetic maculopathy, age-related macular degeneration monitoring and choroidal naevus monitoring. As part of the process, patients are responsible for sending a copy of their fundus photograph and Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan from their optician (or ophthalmic specialist) to Ms. Strong’s secretary.

Ms. Strong operates on complex cataract patients and can combine with intravitreal injection treatments for patients with diabetic maculopathy or other related macular oedema. Ms. Strong offers all types of premium lenses.

Ms Strong is a wife and mother to three children aged 12, 9 and 6-years-old. Ms. Strong is a pianist and singer who enjoys listening to music whilst she operates. She performed in London’s West End production of Les Misérables as ‘Young Eponine’. Ms Strong was also one of the youngest female pilots in the UK, obtaining her private pilot’s licence at the age of 17-years-old.

Special interests: 

Medical retina, Age-related macular degeneration, Diabetic retinopathy, Retinal Vein Occlusion, Hydroxychloroquine monitoring, Choroidal naevus monitoring, Urgent Eye assessment, Eyelid cyst removal, Botox and filler treatments for facial aesthetics, Retinal laser treatments, Post-cataract laser treatment, Laser for glaucoma treatments

Awards and Distinctions:

Star of Herts award • 2023 • West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust
Award for excellence in student education • 2013 • Barts and the London Medical School
Bill Aylward Bursary Award • 2013• Moorfields Eye Hospital