Mr Garry Shuttleworth

Mr Garry Shuttleworth graduated top of his year group in medicine from Charing Cross and Westminster School of Medicine (University of London) in 1990 with 3 distinctions. He was awarded 11 prizes / certificates of merit during his medical training. He has 1 further prize from a faculty of natural science from a former university.

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Following what were then “house-officer jobs” in London, he moved straight into the field of ophthalmology. He was awarded the Crombie Medal for the best overall performance in the Part 1 Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists examination in 1992 and the Harcourt Medal for the best overall performance in the Part 2 Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists examination in 1994.

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He then moved to Bristol to undertake a lecturer / researcher post in the University of Bristol's Department of Ophthalmology. He remained in Bristol for specialist training and subsequently undertook a fellowship in oculoplastics, adnexal disease and adult strabismus (squint). He has published and presented widely in the past with 29 original publications, 4 chapters, 3 letters and 6 other publications to his name.

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Garry Shuttleworth has worked full-time as a consultant in Swansea Singleton Hospital since 2001 where he has been the Clinical Director / Clinical Lead and Audit lead.

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He has been an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for most of his consultant career and has co-ordinated examinations on behalf of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist in Swansea on 2 occasions. He is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Part 1 examination sub-committee and was Senior Examiner for the Refraction Certificate examination between 2015-2019. He was until May 2024 the Chairperson for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Examinations Committee.

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He practices as a full time NHS consultant assessing and operating adult patients with cataracts, caring for adult patients with glaucoma and ocular surface disease, and assessing and operating upon adult patients with oculoplastic diseases, adnexal diseases and adult strabismus.

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He sees adult patients at the Sancta Maria Hospital where he also operates.