ABOUT US
What We Do
Our Services
Barnard Associates was started in 1979 by Professor Simon Barnard (now based in his London Practice – Barnard Levit Optometrists) and was created to provide high-quality patient care, specialising in eye health and paediatric eye care for the residents of Brighton and Hove.
The Practice has gone on to develop a distinction throughout Sussex and further afield, as a Practice for exceptional clinical eye care and is particularly known for its paediatric care especially with children with visual difficulties associated with Dyslexia and other learning difficulties.
Who We Are
Meet our amazing team at Barnard Optometrists
Principal Optometrist / Practice Partner
Jerome Chin Aleong
BSc (Hons) MCOptom
I graduated from City University and was fully qualified to practise in the UK by age 22.
Soon after my qualifications, I returned to my birthplace, Trinidad, to work with a small optical company called Ferriera Optical. After a 6-year period, I returned to the UK, initially with a small independent multiple in Hampshire. I started at Barnard Optometrists in October 2000 and became a Practice Partner in February 2005.
In 2011, I did my qualifying examinations to be able to practise in Australia. (Long story!).
| Myopia Management – Complex Cases The Brian Holden Institute – Australia | March 2019 |
| Myopia Management The Brian Holden Institute – Australia | May 2017 |
| Cataract Accreditation WOPEC (Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre) | September 2012 |
| Certificate Course in Visual Impairment The City University | December 2005 |
| Certificate Course in Contact Lens Management The City University | May 2005 |
| Certificate Course in Ocular Therapeutics The City University | March 2004 |
| Certificate Course in Learning Difficulties The City University | May 2003 |
| Certificate course in Paediatric Optometry The City University | July 2002 |
| Member of the Association of Optometrists 1999 – Present |
| Member of Trinidad and Tobago Optometrist Association 1993 – Present |
| Member of the College of Optometrists 1993 – Present |
| General Optical Council 1993 – Present |
Principal Optometrist / Practice Partner
Sandip Doshi
PhD BSc (Hons) MCOptom
Dr Sandip Doshi is a highly experienced optometrist with 34 years of clinical expertise looking after patients in Manchester, London, and Sussex. He has been the Principal Optometrist and director of The Eyecare Centre since May 2000. He is one of only a handful of optometrists with a PhD in Optometry and Vision Sciences in Sussex.
His interests include: general practice, complex and standard contact lens work, myopia management, ocular pathology and management of complex prescription . He is regularly asked by his peers to give an opinion on patient management.
Dr Doshi is an industry recognised expert and is a consultant/key opinion to numerous manufacturers and technology companies in the optical industry. He has worked in academia, hospital eye services, refractive (laser surgery), publishing (as the Clinical Editor of Optician) magazine and general practice.
Dr Doshi is highly respected by his fellow optometrist peers and has taught many of the current industry leaders. He has published numerous books, book chapters and articles in the industry.
1989: BSc (Hons) – Optometry and Vision Sciences
1990: Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom)
1997: PhD in Optometry and Vision Sciences.