Meet the Consultants

Mr Arthur Cummings

M.B. Ch.B, MMed(Ophth), (Pret), F.C.S.(S.A), F.R.C.S.Ed

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Mr. Cummings has been at the Wellington Eye Clinic since 1998 after relocating from South Africa. He has vast experience in LASIK and refractive surgery and is an internationally renowned expert on customised laser treatments.

He has performed more than 15,000 LASIK procedures and 4,000 cataract and other intra-ocular lens procedures. He is involved in lecturing and teaching refractive surgery both locally and international and presented more than 105 lectures at international meetings on the topic of laser eye surgery.

Many refractive surgeons from all over the world have come to the Wellington Eye Clinic to learn advanced techniques. In recognition of his contributions to refractive surgery world-wide, Mr. Cummings was awarded the Wavelight global Ambassador Award in 2006. While he retains a strong interest in general ophthalmology, he continues to be involved in the latest developments in cataract and refractive surgery.

Mr. Cummings is Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Beacon Hospital at Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland. He is also a member of the WaveLight Beta Site group.

Mr Richard Corkin

M.B Ch.B. (Cape Town), F.C.S. (Ophth) SA, M.R.C. (Ophth)

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Richard Corkin was born and schooled in Belfast. His family emigrated to South Africa while in his late teens. He attended the University of Capetown and graduated in Medicine with Honours. Thereafter for several years, he applied his knowledge in several surgical disciplines in Africa and the Far East before realising his love for ophthalmology and the challenges facing patients with poor eyesight.

He returned to his alma mater and specialised in Ophthalmology in 1985. he was Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at 2 military Hospital, Wynberg, Capetown from 1986 to 2001. At the same time he ran a busy practice where he became an accomplished cataract and refractive surgeon. He was a founding member of the Peninsula Eye Clinic, the premier centre for eye laser surgery in Capetown.

Dr Corkin has performed over 10,000 procedures involving eye laser correction or intraocular lens implantation.

Mr Corkin returned to Ireland in 2001 and is co-partner of the Wellington Eye Clinic. His main interest is in helping people attain their full visual potential and improve the quality of their life.

Mr Corkin is Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Beacon Hospital at Sandyford, Dublin Ireland.

Mr Paul Kenna

M.B., D.O, F.R.C.S.I.

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Dr. Kenna has been assessing patients regarding refractive surgery at the Wellington Eye Clinic for more than 17 years. He has a long-standing interest in inherited eye diseases, particularly degenerations of the retina, the light-sensitive layer of the eye.

Dr. Kenna has developed an expertise in the assessment of retinal function be means of tests which analyse the electrical currents generated be the eye in response to a variety of stimuli.

Together with other researchers he has been instrumental in the identification of genes responsible for some of these potentially blinding inherited retinal degenerations.

The results of this research have been published in over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers. Dr. Kenna was awarded a PhD in Genetics for his work.

He is hopeful that this research will lead to the development of treatments for these conditions.