CURRICULUM VITAE. KIM NEAL HAKIN FRCS FRCOphth CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TAUNTON & SOMERSET NHS TRUST

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE KIM NEAL HAKIN FRCS FRCOphth CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TAUNTON & SOMERSET NHS TRUST 1

2 MEDICO-LEGAL SERVICES I have provided personal injury and medical negligence medico-legal reports for over twenty years, for amongst others, the General Medical Council, Medical Defence Union, Medical Protection Society, and Welsh Health Legal Services on behalf of NHS Trusts in Wales, as well as many solicitors firms and agencies. Instructions to date have been approximately 50% for the Claimant and 50% for the Defendant, with occasional request to act as SJE. I have undertaken formal medico-legal training with Bond Solon, obtaining the Expert Witness Certificate from Bond Solon/Cardiff University in 2003, and am a member of the Expert Witness Institute. I maintain medico-legal CPD with attendance at courses and conferences organized by Bond Solon, the Expert Witness Institute and similar organisations. Feedback from solicitors for whom I have provided reports are available from the Expert Witness Institute, the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, or on request from myself. I am able to provide an opinion on most ophthalmological matters, including those relating to cataract surgery, trauma, and eyelid surgery (including cosmetic surgery). I am available for consultation in Taunton, Somerset, and Harley Street, London, and am usually able to see your client within four weeks, and providing a report within two weeks of examination or receipt of documentation, whichever is the later. Terms & Conditions of service are available on request, or can be viewed on my website 2

3 PERSONAL DETAILS NAME Kim Neal HAKIN (Mr) ADDRESS Home Fosgrove House Shoreditch Taunton, Somerset, TA3 7BP (home) (mobile) NHS Private/ Medicolegal work Medicolegal consults also at Website Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton, Somerset TA1 5DA (Sec: Debby Scarff) Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital Staplegrove Elm Taunton, Somerset TA2 6AN (Sec: Carol Matravers) The London Eye Diagnostic Centre 23 Harley St London W1G 9QN DATE OF BIRTH 18 July 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH London NATIONALITY British GMC no MEDICAL INDEMNITY AOOSIS Cert no AOO/2013/0101 3

4 EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS GENERAL EDUCATION Emanuel School London SW11. MEDICAL EDUCATION St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College London EC1. UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS 1981 The Kirkes Scholarship in Clinical Medicine 1982 The Ernest Withers Scholarship in Ophthalmology 1982 Commended in The Duke Elder National Undergraduate Prize in Ophthalmology MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS 1983 M.B. B.S D.O. (England) 1987 F.R.C.S. (England) 1989 F.R.C.Ophth Certificate of Higher Surgical Training (awarded July 1993) POSTGRADUATE AWARDS 1990 Southern Ophthalmological Society Junior Prize SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP Fellow of Royal College of Ophthalmologists Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (England) European Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Elected full member) British Oculoplastic Surgical Society The Expert Witness Institute MEDICO-LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS 2003 Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation (Cardiff University / Bond Solon) 4

5 CURRENT APPOINTMENT Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon (Oct 94 to date) Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust Taunton and Somerset Hospital Musgrove Park Taunton, Somerset TA1 5DA Provision of General Ophthalmology service (predominantly cataract surgery) and a subspecialist Oculoplastic and Lacrimal service. Responsibility for training of Junior ophthalmologists and Medical students. Lead Clinician for Ophthalmology MEDICO-LEGAL WORK I have prepared medicolegal reports for over 20 years, for many legal firms and agencies, as well as Welsh Health Legal Services on behalf of NHS Trusts in Wales, the General Medical Council, the Medical Defence Union and the Medical Protection Society. I undertake personal injury work and medical negligence work, the latter with approximately a 50:50 split of Claimant and Defendant; I am also willing to act as a Single Joint Expert. CPD is maintained with attendance at appropriate courses/conferences (eg organised by Bond Solon. I hold the Certificate in Expert Witness Accreditation 2003 (Cardiff University / Bond Solon), and am a member of The Expert Witness Institute. PRIVATE PRACTICE General Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery Facial Cosmetic and Laser Skin Treatments (in part under name of The West of England Laser Centre) to include Botox and filler injection treatments, laser treatment of thread veins, skin lesions, hair, tattoos. ADVISORY ROLES Former Clinical Advisor in Ophthalmology to the Healthcare Commission Advisor in Ophthalmology to Nuffield Hospitals OVERSEAS VOLUNTEER WORK 2004 Surgical Eye Expeditions: Cambodia 2006/7/9 Orbis International: Ghana, Sarawak, China, Laos 2008/10/14 Hawaiian Eye Foundation: Vietnam 5

6 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS MARCH OCT 1994 MARCH FEBRUARY 1994 JANUARY FEBRUARY 1993 JULY DECEMBER 1990 APRIL JULY 1990 AUGUST JANUARY 1988 FEBRUARY JULY 1986 AUGUST JANUARY 1986 AUGUST JULY 1985 FEBRUARY JULY 1984 AUGUST JANUARY 1984 Senior Registrar in Ophthalmology Fellow to the Oculoplastic & Lacrimal Unit Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Senior Registrar in Ophthalmology Clinical Research Fellow Registrar in Ophthalmology S.H.O. in Ophthalmology Southampton Eye Hospital. S.H.O. in Neurosurgery St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. S.H.O. in Ophthalmology St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. S.H.O. in A.& E./Demonstrator in Anatomy Royal Free Hospital, London. House Physician New East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey. House Surgeon (Orthopaedics/Gen Surgery) St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. 6

CURRICULUM VITAE. KIM NEAL HAKIN FRCS FRCOphth CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST

CURRICULUM VITAE. KIM NEAL HAKIN FRCS FRCOphth CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST CURRICULUM VITAE KIM NEAL HAKIN FRCS FRCOphth CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST PERSONAL DETAILS NAME ADDRESS NHS Private/ Medicolegal work Website Kim Neal HAKIN (Mr) Fosgrove House Shoreditch Taunton, Somerset,