Expert Witness – Dr Abha Gupta
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Dr Gupta began accepting medico-legal instructions in 2025. By September 2026, she had completed eight reports covering clinical negligence and personal injury matters. Her reported claimant and defendant instruction split was 60:40 at that date.

She provides ophthalmic expert opinion within her clinical expertise, including medical retina, cataract treatment and emergency eye care. As of September 2026, she had not attended court as an expert witness.

She offers assessment appointments at The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle and Circle Cheshire Clinic in Northwich. Solicitors and other instructing parties can contact McCollum Consultants to discuss a proposed instruction.

Dr Abha Gupta is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and ophthalmology expert witness with McCollum Consultants. She has over 23 years of clinical experience in ophthalmology, including 13 years as a consultant.

She practises at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Her work includes medical retina, diabetic eye disease, cataract surgery, retinal laser, YAG laser capsulotomy and emergency ophthalmology.

Dr Gupta performs approximately 300 cataract procedures annually. She runs two medical retina clinics and 1-2 injection clinics each week, alongside retinal laser and capsulotomy work. She also runs a weekly emergency eye clinic.

Her qualifications include BSc (Hons), MBChB, FAcadMEd and FRCOphth. She is registered with a licence to practise and has been on the GMC Specialist Register for ophthalmology since March 2013. Her GMC number is 6053969.

Dr Gupta’s clinical interests include cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and retinal vein occlusions. Her expertise also includes retinal haemorrhages, retinal lesions, lens abnormalities and reduced vision.

She undertakes cataract surgery, intravitreal injections, retinal laser and YAG laser capsulotomy. Her practice also covers general and emergency ophthalmology, endophthalmitis, and eyelid lumps and bumps.

Dr Gupta is the clinical lead for the hydroxychloroquine retinopathy/maculopathy screening service at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

She is a senior postgraduate examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and leads the Duke Elder undergraduate examination. This examination is for medical students interested in pursuing ophthalmology.

Dr Gupta’s research interests focus on reducing clinical risk and preventing patient harm.

Dr Gupta has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles. Much of this work concerns risk reduction in clinical practice.

Dr Gupta is a senior postgraduate examiner for the Part 2 FRCOphth examination. She also teaches basic surgical skills and cataract surgery skills being a member of the surgical skills faculty, Royal College of Ophthalmologists London.

She is an undergraduate OSCE examiner at the University of Manchester and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators.