Adam Mapani
Adam Mapani is a Zimbabwean born opthalmology nurse based in the United Kingdom. Mapani was the first Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ophthalmology nurse consultant.
Mapani is also believed to be one of the first nurses to deliver sight-saving eye injections, which were previously only performed by doctors.
Background
Wife
Adam Mapani is married to Rutenda.
Children
Mapani and his wife have two daughters Shanna and Naila.
Career
Mapani leads the Medical Retina nursing team at Moorfields, which puts him at the forefront of developing practice in a wide range of clinical and organisational areas.
Adam Mapani has trained allied healthcare professionals at Moorfields, UCL and internationally in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Kenya. He is the current co-chair for the national and international preceptorships on delivery of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy at Moorfields.
Mapani is the founder and chairman of the United Kingdom Intravitreal Injection Group (UKIVT Group) for allied healthcare professionals in Ophthalmology administering injections. He has spoken both nationally and internationally and has published papers in peer-review journals.
He pioneered the first nurse-led Diabetes Secondary assessment clinics, innovative pathways for AMD and virtual digital enhanced clinics.[1]
Awards
Mapani led his team to win a Macular Society award for the Best Clinical Service category. In 2017 he was announced the winner of the UK Ophthalmology Honours awards: Outstanding Ophthalmology Nurse. In 2019 The Ophthalmologist Power list, mentors category Top Ten.[1]
In June 2021 he received a Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for “services to ophthalmology”.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adam Mapani, Q Community, Published: No Date Given, Retrieved: June 14, 2021
- ↑ GEMMA MITCHELL, Dozens of nurses receive awards in 2021 Queen’s birthday honours, Nursing Times, Published: June 11, 2021, Retrieved: June 14, 2021
