Miss Jane Olver FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgeon at:
Clinica London,
140 Harley Street, London W1G 7LB, UK
President International Society Dacryology and Dry Eye 2024- 2026
Ms Jane Olver is a Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgeon , and Medical Director of Clinica London in London’s well known Harley Street www.clinicalondon.co.uk.
Clinica London was established in 2010 and Jane has been working there full time since 2012.
Prior to working at Clinica London she was working in the NHS at the Western Eye and Charing Cross Hospitals, part of Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, where she had a busy clinical practice in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery, and trained residents and Fellows.
Jane’s main area of interest is watering and dry eyes, with a sound base endoscopic endonasal DCR surgery. She sees many patients daily for assessment and treatment of lacrimal and ocular surface problems. She is currently co-editing a new multi-author international book on Watering and Dry Eyes (Thieme) Publishers) due out 2026, called Lacrimal and Dry Eye Disorders, a Complete Guide.
She was the 2024 London Organiser of the International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) and is now President, committed to growing the Society and interest from both corneal and ocular surface as well as oculoplastic and lacrimal medical practitioners.
As well as being an ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon, Jane has a busy aesthetic medical and surgical practice specialising in blepharoplasty and ptosis surgery, PLLA and hyaluronate gel fillers in the peri-orbital area and the face.
However, her main interest remains the interface between the eyelids and the tear drainage, called Dacryology.
Medical Training and Experience
- Medical Training: St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London MBBS 1979
- Ophthalmology Training: Manchester, Southampton, Cardiff
- Ophthalmology Higher Surgical, Research and Fellowship training in Adnexal, and in paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1985 – 1994
- Consultant Ophthalmologist since 1994 – 2014 in NHS (overlap Clinica London 2012 to 2014)
Achievements
- Francis & Renee Hock Research Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1988 – 1990. Area anatomy human vascular casting and anterior segment ischaemia fluorescein angiography.
- Founders Cup Oxford for best paper, on Vascular casting of the Human Eye 1990
- Founding Secretary British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) in 2000 to 2005 – BOPSS the national body representing Oculoplastic Surgeons in the UK
- In charge of the Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Service at the NHS Western Eye Hospital (WEH) and the NHS Charing Cross Hospital 1996 – 2014
- Established new endonasal lacrimal surgery service within Oculoplastics at the WEH 1994 – 2014
- Set up MDT Orbital Radiology monthly meetings Charing Cross Hospital 1994 – 2014
- Trained Oculoplastic Fellows annually 1996 to 2014 at Western Eye Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital
- Director of Clinica London, medical ophthalmology and dermatology private clinic for adults and children 2014 – now
- Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ASOPRS and ESOPRS
- Author of BOOKS “Colour Atlas of Lacrimal Surgery”, Butterworth, Heinemann 2002 and “Ophthalmology at a Glance”, Blackwell Publishing 2005 and 2014 (2nd Edition)
- First editor of BOOK Lacrimal and Dry Eye Disorders: A complete Guide, due out 2026 by Thieme Publishers.
- Over sixty publications on oculoplastic surgery, aesthetic treatments and lacrimal disorders in peer review journals and author of chapters in books on tear duct and eyelid surgery
- International and National Lecturer on Eyelids and Tear duct problems
- Organiser Lacrimal Course and the Orbito-Facial Rejuvenation Courses at The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- President of The International Dacryology and Dry Eye Society 2024 to 2026
Contact Details
General email: secretary@clinicalondon.co.uk
Clinica London Tel: 00 44 20 7935 7990