Ophthalmic centre Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (Moorfields) disclosed on Sunday that it has appointed Dr Luisa M Sastre, MD, PhD, Specialist Ophthalmologist in Medical Retina, to its Dubai-based team of medical specialists.

The hospital said Dr Sastre is a highly experienced Ophthalmologist with a special interest in retinal diseases and especially diabetes-related disorders, who has performed many intravitreal injections for diabetes patients and a large number of surgeries for cataract patients, as well as other procedures such as pterygium and minor lid surgeries. She is also experienced in treating children and in the treatment of other eye diseases such as glaucoma.

Dr Sastre has held several posts as a Consultant Ophthalmologist and as an Intensive Care Specialist in private and public hospitals in Madrid, Spain, before relocating to Dubai. She has also undertaken medical teaching and charitable activities related to her clinical work.

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (MEHD) is the first overseas branch of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the oldest and one of the largest centres for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in the world. MEHD is located at the Al Razi Medical Complex in Dubai Health Care City. It provides day case surgery and outpatient diagnostic and treatment services, for a variety of surgical and non-surgical eye conditions.