Private medical retina consultations in London
Mrs Samantha Mann
Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in medical retina, with particular expertise in diabetic eye disease and macular conditions.
About
Samantha Mann is a consultant ophthalmologist with more than 25 years of experience, specialising in medical retina. She has been a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since 2009, and sees private patients from across London and the South East at The London Medical Clinic in Marylebone.
She treats retinal conditions including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion and central serous retinopathy. She is an expert in intravitreal injections, including anti-VEGF treatments and steroid implants, and in retinal laser treatment.
Her research focuses on age-related macular disease and diabetic eye screening.
Conditions and treatments
- Diabetic retinopathyChanges to the retina caused by diabetes
- Macular degenerationAge-related and other macular disease
- Retinal vein occlusionBlockage of a vein carrying blood from the retina
- Central serous retinopathyFluid collecting under the central retina
- Retinal vascular disordersConditions affecting the blood vessels of the retina
- Genetic eye diseaseInherited conditions affecting the retina
Treatments
- Intravitreal injectionsAnti-VEGF treatments and steroid implants
- Retinal laser treatmentIncluding laser for diabetic eye disease
Training and qualifications
MBBS, BSc, MD, FRCOphth GMC number 4308953
- MD Research into age-related macular degeneration, University College London Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Harcourt Medal Royal College of Ophthalmologists, 2001, for her performance in the final examination
- Specialist training Five years as a specialist registrar and fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital, on the North Thames rotation including the Royal Free
- Senior house officer training Lewisham and Greenwich, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital
- Medicine St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualified 1996 with distinction, and first-class honours in her intercalated BSc
Leadership and national roles
- President, British Association of Retinal Screening (BARS) The national professional body for diabetic eye screening
- Clinical lead, South East London Diabetic Eye Screening Programme A service for more than 120,000 people living with diabetes
- London OCT scanning protocol Helped compile the protocol used in diabetic eye screening across London
- Clinical research Principal investigator at St Thomas' Hospital for the PINNACLE study, and previously for two vein occlusion treatment trials
- Patient education Developed the films Danny's Story and Katrina's Story, which raise awareness of eye screening and laser treatment
- Teaching Courses for trainees and other health professionals on diabetic retinopathy, laser for diabetes, and retinopathy in pregnancy
Publications
Samantha's peer-reviewed work focuses on age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye screening. Selected papers:
- Long-term follow-up and outcomes of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme in patients aged 80 with no diabetic eye disease at baseline: should we be routinely screening this cohort? Eye, 2026.
- Automated retinal image analysis systems to triage for grading of diabetic retinopathy: a large-scale, open-label, national screening programme in England. The Lancet Digital Health, 2025.
- The Impact of African Caribbean Heritage on the Development of Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy in a Multiethnic Cohort of People With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 2025.
- A simple score-based strategy to improve equity of the UK biennial diabetic eye screening protocol among people deemed as low risk. Diabetologia, 2025.
- The risk of development and progression of diabetic retinopathy in a group of ethnically diverse pregnant women with diabetes attending three regional Diabetic Eye Screening Programs in the UK. Eye, 2024.
- The symmetry of phenotype between eyes of patients with early and late bilateral age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2011.
Fees and billing
Mrs Mann sees both insured and self-funding patients.
- New patient consultation
- £225
- Follow-up consultation
- £150
Insurers
Mrs Mann is fee-assured with:
- Bupa
- Bupa Global
- AXA Health
- Aviva
- Vitality
- WPA
- Healix
If you're insured, please check your cover and get authorisation from your insurer before you attend.
Why does my invoice say 4thQ?
4thQ Limited is the company behind Mrs Mann's private practice. Ophthalmologists divide the retina into four quadrants, so we like to think of 4thQ as the one that completes the picture. Less poetically, it's the name you'll see on your invoice and card statement.
Contact
Appointments and enquiries are handled by Kirsty, Mrs Mann's secretary.
- Telephone
- 020 7050 0725
- samantha.mann@medicalretina.co.uk
- Consulting rooms
- The London Medical Clinic
49 Marylebone High Street
London W1U 5HJ
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