Katie Geraghty
- Optometrist
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Brief Introduction
Katie is an Optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City with more than five years of regional and international experience in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. She has worked across community and specialist optometric settings, including paediatric, red eye and emergency eye care clinics.
Areas of Expertise
- Refraction and vision assessment
- Contact lens fitting
- Comprehensive ocular health assessment
- Paediatric eye care
- Red eye assessment
- Emergency optometric eye care
Qualifications
- Degree in Optometry from the University of Ulster, UK
- Accreditations in cataract, glaucoma and minor eye conditions
Research & Academic Work
- Mentor and educator for optometry students in the UK
- Mentor and educator for pre-registration optometrists in the UK
Services Provided by Katie Geraghty
Myopia (near-sightedness)
About
Myopia is a common refractive condition commonly referred to as near or short sightedness. People with Myopia can see near objects clearly but distant objects are blurry. Myopia occurs when the cornea and lens focus the light in front of the retina instead of exactly on it, usually because the eye is a little larger than it should be.
Hypermetropia (far-sightedness)
About
Far-sightedness, also known as Hypermetropia, is a common refractive condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects.
It results from the eyeball being smaller than average, causing images to be focused behind the retina. In hypermetropia, the light is focused too far back in the eye, behind the retina, which causes things to look blurred close-up.
Many very young children have mild hypermetropia that gets better by itself as they grow older.
Astigmatism
About
Astigmatism is a refractive condition in which the eye’s optical system is incapable of forming a point image for a point object (images are misconstrued).
Presbyopia
About
Presbyopia is a condition which makes it difficult to focus on close objects. With age, by the mid-forties, people experience blurred vision at close range, such as when reading, sewing or working on a computer.
Presbyopia is not a disease, as it is a result of the natural ageing process of the eye, and it cannot be prevented.
