I had the pleasure of visiting Seoul in South Korea for the Zeiss Horizon APAC meeting in June. It was an excellent opportunity to meet with other refractive and corneal specialists from across the world who perform both refractive cataract surgery, refractive lens exchange and also refractive laser eye surgery such as SMILE, LASIK, PRK […]
Dr Michael Wei Attends the Australia and New Zealand Society of Retina Specialists Conference – June 2025
We are thrilled to welcome Dr Michael Wei, A highly trained retinal specialist, cataract surgeon, and general ophthalmologist bringing his wealth of experience to Chatswood Eye Specialists and growing our longstanding commitment to the highest level of patient care in all aspects of ophthalmology. Read Dr Wei’s profile » I had the pleasure of attending […]
Dr Geoff Wilcsek reports on the Orbit Surgery Symposium in Singapore
I was fortunate enough to attend the National University Hospital Orbit Surgery Symposium in October 2024. There were speakers from all around the world and some amazing demonstrations with equipment being supplied by all the major equipment and endoscopic instrumentation providers and so we were all able to further improve our skills in orbit surgery […]
Recognition of Excellence for Dr John Downie
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 […]
All About Eyes! – Another successful education evening
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 […]
Welcome Dr Catriona Downie – Ocular Oncologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon
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
A Big Warm Welcome to Dr Erica Darian-Smith
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 […]
All About Ferdinand Monoyer
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 […]
Ophthalmic Services
Ophthalmic Specialists and Eye Surgeons Chatswood Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye. Chatswood Eye Specialists includes specialists in the areas of ocular oncology, medical and surgical retina, cornea and external eye as well as oculo-plastics, such that there is no intraocular or extraocular […]
Patient Education Seminar
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 […]