Mr Sidath Liyanage is a highly respected and experienced ophthalmologist in Bristol, who specialises in vitreoretinal surgery, refractive lens exchange, implantable contact lenses, cataract surgery, medical retina and laser vision correction. He is a consultant at Vision Care Clinic, a centre dedicated to ophthalmologic excellence and Bristol Eye Hospital.

He qualified from University College London Medical School with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery degree, having received awards in his final year for surgery. histopathology, cardiology and chest medicine. He later went on to achieve fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, before achieving his PhD from University College London Institute of Ophthalmology.

He gained entry onto the General Medical Council's specialist register for ophthalmology in 2017 and achieved the prestigious Certificate in Laser and Refractive Surgery from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists a year later. 

Mr Liyanage provides personalised but highly professional care, based around understanding the needs of the patient, as well as their anxieties and worries. Before deciding a course of treatment he always collaborates with patients, weighing up the positives and negatives of any potential procedure and providing an open space where questions are welcome and encouraged.