ABOUT US
Eyesite Eyecare Centres are a private independent opticians based in Coventry. With four practices across the city you should easily be able to find a practice conveniently located for your eye care.
With a reputation for providing highly personal customer service and top quality eye care, you can rest assured that the team at Eyesite are dedicated to delivering the highest standards of excellence. We understand the importance of your eye health and put this at the centre of everything we do. How well you can see and how good you look really matters to you, and it really matters to us too.
As one of the leading independent opticians in the Midlands, Eyesite Eyecare Centres provide a full range of eye health products and services (private and NHS) including eye examinations, NHS eye health services, spectacles, contact lenses and sunglasses.
MEET THE TEAM
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Dilesh Makwana
DIRECTOR & IP OPTOMETRIST
Dilesh Makwana
Dilesh is the Managing Director and an Independent Prescribing Optometrist at Eyesite Eyecare Centres. He qualified from Aston University in 2012. Dilesh has won a national award for Newly Qualified Optometrist of the year in 2017. He has also completed the Alcon Scholarship Programme, which recognises professional development for qualified optometrists. Dedicated to the promotion of optometry in the region, he is the Secretary of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Optical Committee.
Dileshʼs clinical interests include, myopia control, orthokeratology, anterior eye disease and optometry in the community. He has been invited to speak on BBC radio on eye health issues and has had articles published in Optometry Today.
Email:dilesh@eyesiteopt.co.uk
Suresh Munyal
Avneet Gill
Taybah Ilahi
Zainib Malik
Gurjeet Seera
Khayam Hussain
IP OPTOMETRIST
Suresh Munyal
Suresh is the founder of Eyesite Eyecare Centres which first opened in 1987. A qualified as an Optometrist in 1982 and subsequently completed two postgraduate degrees focusing on eye diseases, contact lenses, childrenʼs eye health and ocular therapeutics. Notably, in 2017 Suresh passed the British College of Optometrists independent prescribersʼ exams. Suresh has worked in the hospital eye service specialising in contact lenses and working in eye casualty. In his previous role as the Local Eye Health Network Chairman of this area he was instrumental in implementing the NHS eye care service in Coventry and Rugby. He is now a trustee for the Coventry Resource Centre for the blind.
Email:suresh@eyesiteopt.co.uk
OPTOMETRIST
Avneet Gill
Avneet is a newly qualified Optometrist that has worked for Eyesite Eyecare Centres for over 6 years. Having graduated from Aston University in 2019, Avneet has a keen interest in myopia control; being short sighted herself. In 2018, she was one of two students selected to complete the University’s first Optometry Erasmus+ Scholarship. This enabled her to study abroad in Heraklion, Crete and even meet the pioneer of LASIK eye surgery, Professor Ioannis Pallikaris. Avneet is also a Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers bursary winner and took part in the Lord Mayor’s show in 2018 to support the oldest optical body worldwide.
OPTOMETRIST
Taybah Ilahi
Taybah is a newly qualified optometrist having obtained a Master of Optometry degree from the University of Hertfordshire in 2022. She has undertaken thorough training at a separate independent practice in Kent and also worked at a multiple after qualifying. Taybah is keen to pursue further training in the form of a higher certificate from the College of Optometrists. She also enjoys participating in continued professional development courses. Helping patients with every part of their journey in store from finding the most optimal prescription to choosing the right spectacle frame is where her passion lies.
Email:taybah@eyesiteopt.co.uk
OPTOMETRIST
Zainib Malik
Zainib qualified as an optometrist from Aston University. With a keen interest in ocular pathology, Zainib has continued to support her patients by being a qualified practitioner under the NHS eye care service scheme.
She is enthusiastic to build on her passion by undergoing Professional Certificates in glaucoma and independent prescribing for the betterment of her patients’ care.
Zainib is dedicated to providing a friendly patient experience with eye care being at the forefront of any eye exam which mirrors the values held at Eyesite Eyecare Centre.
OPTOMETRIST
Gurjeet Seera
Gurjeet qualified from Aston University in 2014. She is passionate about medical retina and anterior eye and is currently undertaking further education to attain a Medical Retina Certificate. Since joining us as optometrist in 2016, she has been fully invested in patient care and she values the ethos of Eyesite – that the patient is always the priority. Gurjeet’s main objective is to provide you with a good personal ocular healthcare service.
Email:gurjeet@eyesiteopt.co.uk
OPTOMETRIST
Khayam Hussain
I am a newly qualified optometrist who joined Eyesite in 2021 after Graduating from Anglia Ruskin university. I have great clinical interest in myopia control, orthokeratology and medical retina and in due course will be completing a professional certificate in medical retina. I am an approachable person who will help every patients journey within Eyesite to be memorable. In my free time I enjoy playing cricket at a high standard.
Email:khayam@eyesiteopt.co.uk
Kirsty Shipton
Sharon Wheeler
Zoe Harrison
DISPENSING OPTICIAN
Kirsty Shipton
Kirsty qualified as an dispensing optician in 2001. Currently based at our Jubilee Crescent Branch, she has been working at Eyesite Eyecare Centres for 10 years. Within that time, Kirsty has utilised her extensive knowledge and experience to cater to patients needs; including providing support to those with low vision and her passion for paediatric eye care. Kirsty enjoys her role at Eyesite because of the variety – not one day is the same and she loves the feeling of finding a solution to improve a patient’s sight. Above all, Kirsty wants to ensure that all patients are well informed, feel comfortable and happy that they go away with something that looks beautiful and works beautifully!
Email:kirsty@eyesiteopt.co.uk
DISPENSING OPTICIAN
Sharon Wheeler
Sharon started her career in Optics in the early 1990’s qualifying as a Dispensing Optician in 1996. She has worked at Eyesite Eyecare Centres since 2008, has been manager of the Walsgrave Road practice since 2009 and is involved in the company’s training and development. Sharon’s experience and knowledge, together with the range of products available at Eyesite allows her to recommend products best suited to the needs of each individual patient. She most enjoys the customer service aspect of her role at this community based practice and looks forward to welcoming you whether you’ve been a customer for many years or if it will be your first visit.
Email:sharon@@eyesiteopt.co.uk
DISPENSING OPTICIAN
Zoe Harrison
Zoe has worked in optics for the past 10 years and joined Eyesite in 2017. She has been studying for the past 4 years and has recently become qualified as Dispensing Optician from ABDO college. Zoe has also taken on the role of head of frames, she is passionate about finding the perfect frame for each patient! She loves how versatile working for an independent practice can be and how no day is the same. In her spare time she enjoys playing netball and going to live music gigs!