Shohista Saidkasimova is a highly skilled and experienced consultant ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon. She specialises in cataract surgery, including multifocal intraocular lens implantation, correction of myopia, and vitreoretinal surgery, including macular hole, epiretinal membrane, floaters, vitreous haemorrhage, diabetic retinopathy, and eye injuries.

Ms Saidkasimova completed basic surgical and higher specialist training in ophthalmology in 2008. She became a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 2009, and completed a vitreoretinal fellowship and a medical retina advanced subspecialty training opportunity (ASTO) at the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow. In 2009, she also undertook a further advanced vitreoretinal fellowship at the renowned St Thomas Hospital, London.

She has over ten years of experience working as a consultant ophthalmologist, achieving excellent outcomes for patients in the NHS and also seeing patients privately. She is actively involved in the training of the new generation of ophthalmologists and is a training lead for the British and Eire Vitreoretinal Society, as well as an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

She has wide-ranging academic interests relating to ophthalmology, having published widely in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to her specialties. Additionally, Ms Saidkasimova has dedicated her free time to a number of charitable projects in Jerusalem, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, and at the Turkish-Syrian border.