Jane Olver

Miss Jane Olver FRCS FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmologist

BSc, MBBS, DO, FRCS, FRCOphth.

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgeon for Children and Adults, at Clinica London in private practice. Formally a Consultant for 20 years at Western Eye Hospital and at the Charing Cross Hospital London. https://www.clinicalondon.co.uk.  

My main area of interest is the eyelids and the lacrimal outflow system; and all structures surrounding the eye, the surface of the eye, the eye movements, the orbit, the optic nerve, and peri-lacrimal. I look after many patients with watering and dry eyes and do endoscopic endonasal DCR surgery.

Together with my co-editors I have written a new book on Watering and Dry Eyes (Thieme Publishers) due out Spring 2026: Lacrimal and Dry Eye Disorders: A complete Guide. Past author Colour Atlas of lacrimal Surgery and Ophthalmology at a Glance.

President of the International Society Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) 2025 to 2026.  organised the XIVth Congress London May 2024. Next meeting is in Estonia. www.isd-de.org

• Founding Secretary 2000 - 2005, British Oculoplastic Surgery Society – the national body representing Oculoplastic Surgeons in the UK
• In charge of the Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Service at the NHS Western Eye Hospital and the NHS Charing Cross Hospital 1996 – 2014
• Trained Oculoplastic Fellows annually 1996 to 2014
• Author of “Colour Atlas of Lacrimal Surgery”, Butterworth, Heinemann 2002 and

“Ophthalmology at a Glance”, Blackwell Publishing 2005 and 2014 (2nd Edition)

• Over fifty publications on oculoplastic Surgery and lacrimal disorders in peer review journals and author of chapters in books on tear duct and eyelid surgery

Prizes

• The Frances and Renee hock award for a Research Fellowship on vascular casting of the human eye vasculature in 1988 – 1990
• The Oxford Ophthalmological Congress Founders cup for “vascular casting of the optic nerve head in humans” 1989