Mr Arthur Cummings

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Medical Director

About Mr Arthur Cummings

Mr. Arthur Cummings is Consultant Eye Surgeon at the Wellington Eye Clinic and Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Beacon Hospital. He has vast experience in LASIK, PRK, ICL, and refractive and cataract surgery and is an internationally acclaimed expert on laser eye surgery, keratoconus, custom lens replacement, and cataract surgery. He is Associate Clinical Professor at UCD.

Expert in Refractive and Cataract Surgery

Mr. Cummings has been at the Wellington Eye Clinic since 1998, after relocating from South Africa. He has performed over 50,000 LASIK procedures and 18,000 cataract and other intraocular lens procedures. He lectures and teaches refractive surgery both locally and internationally, having delivered more than 500 invited lectures on laser eye surgery, corneal cross-linking, and cataract surgery.

He is the only currently practising Irish ophthalmologist who is a member of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC), founded by Sir Harold Ridley, the ophthalmologist who implanted the first intraocular lens in the world. Dr. Cummings collaborates closely with industry partners as an investigator in clinical trials and serves on medical advisory boards. He has authored over 120 scientific and trade journal articles, 15 book chapters, and 2 books as co-editor, and has received numerous international awards from the AAO, ISRS, ESCRS, AECOS, and national societies in India, Spain, Greece and South Africa.

Leadership, Publications, and Recognition

Mr. Cummings is Chairman of the Board of the World College of Refractive Surgery & Visual Sciences (WCRSVS). He serves as one of three chief medical editors of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Global | Europe Edition (CRST Europe).

He has been recognised among the Top 100 most influential ophthalmologists globally in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024 by The Ophthalmologist Journal (Powerlist). Mr. Cummings is proud of the exceptional team at Wellington Eye Clinic, recognising that achieving world-class outcomes is genuinely a team effort.

Qualifications

  • MB.ChB. University of Pretoria, South Africa. 1985
  • FCS(SA), Ophthalmology. College of Surgeons South Africa. 1994
  • M.Med (Ophth). University of Pretoria, South Africa. 1995 (Cum Laude)
  • FRCSEd, Ophthalmology. The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 1995
  • Certificate Laser Refractive Surgery. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK. 2009
  • Physician CEO. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. 2017
  • FWCRS. World College of Refractive Surgery & Visual Sciences. 2023
  • Member of AAO, AECOS, ASCRS, ESCRS, ICO, SASCRS, UKISCRS
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