Chatswood
Level 3, 270 Victoria Ave
Chatswood 2067
nsw
02 9424 9999
Fax:
02 9410 3000
Drummoyne
1 Bayswater St
Drummoyne 2047
nsw
02 9819 6100
Fax:
02 9819 6497
Tuggerah Lakes
Suite C3, Kanwal Medical Complex, 654 Pacific Hwy
Kanwal 2259
nsw
02 4347 9955
Fax:
02 4347 9954
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Dr Rushmia Karim is a UK-trained ophthalmologist with over 10 years of experience. She specialises in children’s eye health and is a skilled surgeon, performing cataract, lens and strabismus (squint) surgery in both adults and children. She also has a special interest in neuro-ophthalmology (nerve-related vision problems).
Dr Karim trained in the highly regarded London ophthalmology vocational program including the world-famous Moorfields Eye Hospital. She also completed the prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital fellowship program in paediatrics and squint surgery. Prior to her return to Sydney, Dr Karim was the Head of the Paediatric Eye Service at the distinguished Prince Charles Eye Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust, Reading, UK.
Dr Karim has been extensively involved in research. She has published numerous papers in prestigious journals and has presented her research at conferences around the world.
She is fluent in Bengali.
Dr Karim is a strong advocate for children’s health and safety. She was a panel member for the Children’s Safeguarding Team at Moorfields Eye Hospital for three years and at Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust. She holds the highest certification in safeguarding in the UK and has considerable skills in child welfare and protection.
In addition, it was Dr Karim's dedication to high-quality research that helped secure her a prestigious appointment as an expert panel member with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE is the foremost organisation promoting health and social care through evidence-based medicine in the UK.
Dr Karim has been singing since she was a child, first performing with the Sydney Children’s choir, then the Sydney Graduate choir. Her highlight at the end of each year was singing the Messiah at the Sydney Town Hall at Christmas. She participated in this wonderful tradition for over a decade before she left for the United Kingdom. In London, she combined her love of singing and children’s health by singing with the London Doctors’ Choir every Christmas at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Apart from a love of singing and performing, Dr Karim enjoys maintaining a healthy lifestyle, with good food and great friends. She has been known to make an amazing lamb roast.
Dr Karim has an extensive research portfolio. She has performed and published systematic reviews including Cochrane reviews, randomised controlled studies and observational studies. This includes the Cochrane review, ‘Corneal collagen cross-linking for treating keratoconus’, which paved the way for the intervention to be funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. This paper is widely used and referred to worldwide.
Dr Karim has travelled the world presenting her research findings and has chaired conference sessions as an expert researcher. She is currently interested in genomics medicine and eye disease, having recently completed a certificate in genomics at Imperial College, London.
