Mr Gupta’s interests include diabetic retinopathy, vascular disorders, age-related macular degeneration and cataract surgery. He previously acted as the regional Diabetic Eye Screening Program lead for over 5 years and is currently the Head of School overseeing ophthalmic training in the Northern deanery.
Mr Gupta completed his undergraduate training at Nottingham University in which an intercalated degree was completed. Following his medical qualification in 1994, he has had a broad exposure to various disciplines including general medicine, obs & gynae, neurosurgery and acute and elderly care medicine. He spent time in Durban, South Africa, where whilst working in emergency care became passionate about ophthalmology. He is dual qualified in medicine having completed the MRCP and then undertook post-graduate ophthalmic training in Nottingham and Birmingham before completing a Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. In 2008, Mr Gupta joined as a consultant at the Newcastle Eye Centre located at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. He enjoys playing squash, cooking and making sough dough bread.