Dr Ursell has been a consultant at Epsom & St Helier University NHS Trust since 2001 and was recently appointed honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical Education, St Georges Hospital Medical School. He combines NHS clinical commitments with undergraduate & postgraduate training, ongoing research projects and running a private practice in Wimbledon.He is the current President of UKISCRS, the ophthalmic advisor to the Royal Marsden Hospital Drug Development Unit, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) dementia lead, UK representative to the EU (UEMS) and the European Board of Ophthalmology. He also sits on the International Committee of RCOphth and the Education Committee of ESCRS. He has more than 30 publications on cataract surgery and education in peer-reviewed literature.