Mrs Indira Madgula
Glaucoma Specialist · Royal Bolton Hospital
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Glaucoma Specialist
Mrs Madgula is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Glaucoma Specialist with an exceptional record in transforming glaucoma services, medical education, and international examining. Her pioneering work in shared care glaucoma received national recognition through a prestigious HSJ Award nomination, and she was the first trainee in the UK selected as an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
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Background & Philosophy
Mrs Madgula is Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and a Glaucoma Specialist at the Royal Bolton Hospital. She was the Glaucoma Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between 2017–25, where she was instrumental in transforming and pioneering a shared care glaucoma service that gained national recognition.
She completed her ophthalmology training at Liverpool, followed by a glaucoma fellowship at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. She was the first trainee in the UK to be selected as an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), London. She has worked as a PLAB examiner for the GMC and now works for the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow , examining internationally , and for the RCOphth, London, nationally.
She takes an active interest in teaching and training medical students, optometrists, and junior ophthalmology surgeons, and holds honorary senior lectureships at the University of Manchester and Edge Hill University. She received the Dorey Lister Award from the RCOphth in 2015 for her charity work in India, and has presented at numerous national and international meetings and published in peer-reviewed indexed journals.
Training & Appointments
Areas of Expertise
Research & Advocacy
- Glaucoma Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2017–2025), where she pioneered a nationally recognised shared care glaucoma service
- HSJ Awards finalist in 2022 , national recognition for transforming glaucoma services within the NHS
- First trainee in the UK to be selected as an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), London
- PLAB examiner for the GMC; currently examining internationally for the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow and nationally for the RCOphth, London
- Awarded the Dorey Lister Award from the RCOphth, London in 2015 for outstanding charity work in India
- Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester and Edge Hill University , active in teaching medical students, optometrists, and junior ophthalmology surgeons
- Presented research at multiple national and international ophthalmology conferences
- Published in several peer-reviewed indexed journals in the field of glaucoma and ophthalmic surgery
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