Improving Surgical Skills and Outcomes: A Multi-Perspective Approach

Stephen Lash trained as an optometrist (1990-93) and went on to study Medicine at University of Southampton (1995-1999). He trained as an eye surgeon on the Wessex Rotation and completed an MBA at University of Southampton business school in 2009, just before spending one year in Melbourne as a Vitreo-retinal fellow. Mr. Lash became a consultant at University Hospital Southampton in 2010. Part of his job is to train junior doctors and fellows and he has always been fascinated with the question ’What makes a good surgeon?’ His MBA facilitated an interest in thinking ’outside the box’ and viewing subjects from other perspectives--perambulation.