MBChB
University of Pretoria.
Cataract and refractive surgeon
Dr Dylan Joseph
A consultant ophthalmic surgeon who came back to the Garden Route after a refractive fellowship in Dublin, to offer that same standard of laser and lens surgery in Knysna.
The same platform he used in Europe
Dr Dylan Joseph completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria. In the years that followed he worked in communities across most provinces in South Africa, before specialising in ophthalmology.
He qualified from the University of the Free State, cum laude, and won the Dean’s medal for the postgraduate medical student with the highest marks in the faculty. He holds the fellowship of the College of Ophthalmologists of South Africa, and is registered as a specialist ophthalmic surgeon in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
From 2017 to 2019 he trained in refractive, lens, and cataract surgery at the Wellington Eye Clinic in Dublin with Mr Arthur Cummings. He was involved in the first clinical use of Streamlight, a no-touch surface laser treatment, presented with Mr Cummings at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Barcelona in 2018, and again at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery that year.
Knysna
A full WaveLight suite on the Garden Route
He came home to practise at the Advanced Health Surgical Centre in Knysna, on the same class of laser platform he used in Dublin. The clinic runs one of two full WaveLight refractive suites in South Africa. LASIK here is bladeless.
He offers Contoura Vision LASIK, shaped to the contour of the individual cornea, with the aim of sharper contrast in different lighting. Alongside laser, his lens work centres on extended-depth-of-focus and trifocal intraocular lenses, used to reduce dependence on distance glasses, reading glasses, or both, when the eye is suitable.
Whether the operation is refractive or cataract surgery, the stated aim is the best visual result that eye can reasonably reach, explained before anyone is booked.
The practice
A clinic built around the consultation
Patients often mention the same sequence: a long explanation, measurements on screen, and a recording or written note of what was discussed. The team around that visit includes the clinical assistants and the front desk, who handle the booking, the drops, and the reviews.
Dr Joseph also teaches. He has given CPD talks to optometrists and general practitioners in Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, and Dublin, covering dry-eye classification, biometry after previous laser, and newer intraocular lenses. Glaucoma work includes the iStent, after physician training in Armenia in 2014, and early South African data presented to the South African Glaucoma Society.
The people you meet
About the team
The same people look after the booking, the scans, the surgery, and the reviews.
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Dr Dylan Joseph
Ophthalmologist and refractive surgeon. Laser, cataract, and lens surgery.
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Dr Carmen Joseph
Doctor at Vision for Life Clinic.
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Sister Tamara
Registered nurse. Clinical care around surgery and reviews.
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Karen
Optometrist.
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Mariska
Front of clinic and guest liaison. She looks after bookings and the day of the visit.
Training
Qualifications
Dip Ophth (SA) and FC Ophth (SA)
College of Ophthalmologists of South Africa.
MMed Ophthalmology
University of the Free State, with distinction, 2012. Winner of the Dean’s medal.
Refractive fellowship
Wellington Eye Clinic, Dublin, with Mr Arthur Cummings, 2017–2019. Earlier fellowship courses in Dublin in 2015 and 2017.
Societies
Memberships
- Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA)
- South African Glaucoma Society (SAGS)
- South African Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (SASCRS)
- European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
- Refractive Surgery Alliance
- Founding member and inaugural fellow, World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences
He holds ophthalmic surgery registration in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
A short list
Selected work
A sample of the talks and papers, rather than every congress since 2006.
- Streamlight, 2018 Co-author with Mr Arthur Cummings. Presented at ESCRS in Barcelona and at ASCRS. The work covered the first clinical series of this surface-ablation technique.
- Contoura Vision OSSA 2019: shaping visual outcomes with topography-guided LASIK, and a workshop on making refractive surgery understandable to patients.
- Extended-depth lenses OSSA 2017, “Symphony Visual Harmony”: 18-month data on an extended-depth-of-focus intraocular lens.
- Glaucoma and the iStent South African Glaucoma Society presentations on the iStent, including early collected data, after physician training in Armenia in 2014.
- Teaching CPD talks for optometrists and general practitioners in Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, and Dublin, including dry eye, biometry after laser, and intraocular lens design.