Ophthalmic Consequences of Paediatric Brain Injuries
By Professor Jane Ashworth, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Posted 11 March 2025
6 Minute Read

Tags:
- Cerebral Visual Impairment
- CVI
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Paediatric Brain Injury
- Ophthalmic Expert Witness
- Visual Impairment
- High-Value CN Claims
Expert Disciplines:
- Ophthalmology
About The Author

Professor Jane Ashworth
Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Professor Jane Ashworth graduated from the University of Oxford in 1992 and began her career as an Ophthalmologist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH). She earned a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1999 and completed Fellowships in paediatric ophthalmology at Manchester and in strabismus at Walton Hospital, Liverpool. In January 2007, she joined the paediatric ophthalmology department at MREH as a consultant.
Her clinical expertise includes paediatric uveitis, neurometabolic disorders affecting the eye, and intraocular lens implantation in infants. She also has extensive experience managing ophthalmic consequences of paediatric brain injury.
Professor Ashworth has extensive experience providing medico-legal reports in paediatric ophthalmology, particularly in cases involving brain injury and cerebral visual impairment (CVI).
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