Paul is the immediate past President of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) the largest Society in Europe dedicated to cataract and refractive surgery, and past President of the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS). He is also a Medical Editor of Eurotimes, a publication of the ESCRS.

Qualifications and Awards
•    Immediate past President European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
•    Past President, UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
•    Registered with the General Medical Council as a Specialist in Ophthalmology
•    Medical Editor, Eurotimes ESCRS magazine
•    Chairman of the Education and Practice Management Committees of the ESCRS
•    Honour Award recipient from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
•    Royal College of Ophthalmologists Examiner in Refractive Surgery
•    Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
•    Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
•    Certificate in Refractive Surgery, Royal College of Ophthalmologists