Dr. James Beatty

M.B.Ch.B (UCT), FCS (SA) Ophth, Mmed (Stell) Ophth
www.drjamesbeatty.co.za
Dr Beatty was born and educated in Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate studies in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1997, and went on to specialize in Ophthalmology at the University of Stellenbosch in 2003. He received a MMed from the University of Stellenbosch  as well becoming a member of the Fellowship of the College of Ophthalmologists in 2007.

At present Dr Beatty has private practice’s in Goodwood and Somerset West and operates at the Cape Eye Hospital in Bellville.
His special interests are Cataract and Refractive surgery, Glaucoma, Diabetes and Macular Degeneration.

Publications:
-    Beatty J, Cook C, Murdoch I. Refractive error following cataract extraction with implantation of a standard power intraocular lens in a rural African blindness prevention programme. Eye 2004 Feb; 18(2) :194-5; discussion 195
-    PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EYE – LECTURE NOTES – James Beatty and Anthony Zaborowski – 2002. Study notes for College of Medicine of South Africa Ophthalmology Part 1 examinations.
-    MMed Thesis: “An assessment of diabetic patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy on first presentation at a tertiary hospital in South Africa.”