We congratulate Dr John Downie on his recent award at RANZCO Where he was recognised as a “Trainer of Excellence”. This reflects his longstanding contribution to teaching the next generation of ophthalmology registrars at Prince of Wales Hospital. Dr Downie is a specialist in vitreoretinal and cataract surgery and medical retina, and is currently the […]

We were thrilled to have had such an enthusiastic turnout to our final optometrist education evening of the year With 5 of our doctors giving talks covering various areas of ophthalmic specialties including Geographic Atrophy Ocular Oncology Managing Presbyopia Cataract Assessment in a Glaucoma Patient Diabetic Retinopathy Response from our optometrist attendees was very positive […]

We are very happy to have Dr Catriona Downie join the Chatswood Eye Specialists team bringing her extensive knowledge and training, most notably in Ocular oncology, lacrimal surgery and oculoplastic surgery.  Read Dr Catriona Downie’s profile

The Doctors and staff at Chatswood Eye Specialists would like to welcome Dr Erica Darian-Smith to the practice.  Erica brings a new subspecialty to the practice as she is a highly trained corneal specialist with experience in the treatment of all corneal diseases, including corneal transplants and also performs laser eye surgery and refractive surgery […]

Ferdinand Monoyer was a pioneer in the field of eye sight, developing measurements and systems that we still use today He is best known for creating the Monoyer chart, as well as introducing the dioptre as a measurement for visual clarity. The dioptre measures the distance you’d have to be from text to read it. Monoyer is most […]

May 2017 We recently held a well-attended education seminar in our rooms for patients and their families regarding Macular Degeneration. This provided a wealth of knowledge to the attendees in helping them understand their condition and  treatment options, as well as being a great opportunity to chat to others in similar circumstances. With plenty of […]

Submitted by Associate Prof Ian Francis I, along with my colleague Dr Ilesh Patel, had the privilege of attending the South Australian Branch Meeting of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists in early April 2017. The weekend was based on Medical Retina, and the delegates heard from the major luminaries in Medical Retina from […]

Canberra April 2017: This two day conference, attended by the Chatswood Eye Specialist Orthoptists, covered a variety of topics and included guest lecturers from Ophthalmologists to Industry Leaders in technology. Topics included the latest technological aids to help patients with Low Vision Overview of new surgical techniques for glaucoma Treatment options available for keratoconus patients […]

On the 2nd April, the Presmed Optometrists conference was attended by over 130 optometrists, with the Chatswood Eye Specialists Doctors once again sharing their knowledge as guest lecturers at this event. Dr Katherine Masselos had a talk entitled “Cataract assessment in a glaucoma patient” discussing the effects that a cataract can have on the visual field […]