Staff

  • Director

     Anu Mathew - MBChB, MD, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Melbourne Hospital  
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Women's Hospital
    • Interests: Adult and Paediatric Cataract, Strabismus, Uveitis, Retina and Retinopathy of Prematurity
     

    Deputy Director

    John McKenzie - MBBS FRANZCO FRACS FRCOPHTH 

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 

     

    Ophthalmologists  

    Susan Carden -  MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmolgist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Head, Education and Vision Assessment Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Interests: Retinopathy of Prematurity, Neonatal Ophthalmology, Childhood and Adult Cataracts, Paediatric and Adult Strabismus, Paediatric and Adult Neuro-ophthalmology, Uveitis, Genetic Eye Disease, International Development

    Deborah Colville - MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS, MPH CERT.ED

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital

    James Elder - MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS

    • Director, Department of Ophthalmology 1994 - 2009
    • Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
    • Paediatric Ophthalmologist to Royal Women's Hospital
    • Chair, Paediatric Special Interest Group, Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
    • Interests: Infantile Cataract, Retinoblastoma, Childhood Glaucoma, Uveitis & Oculo-plastics and Retinopathy of Prematurity 

    Thomas G. Hardy - MBBS, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Melbourne Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Orbital, Plastic and Lacrimal Unit)
    • Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne 
    • Interests: Paediatric and Adult Orbital, Oculoplastics and Lacrimal Surgery

    Alex Hewitt - MBBS, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital

    Wendy Marshman - MBBS, MD, FRANZCO, FRACS

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospiatal
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Interests: Paediatric and Adult Strabismus, Paediatric and Adult Cataract surgery, Uveitis and Retinopathy of Prematurity

    Troy Lim Joon -  MBBS FRANZCO FRACS

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 

    Rod O'Day -  LLB, BSc, MBBS, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Ocular Oncologist and Medical Retinal Specialist
    • Interests: Retinoblastoma

    Christolyn Raj MMBS (Hons.) MMed MPH FRANZCO 

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Mercy Hospital for Women
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Hospital
    • Fellow Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology
    • Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology
    • Interests: Pediatric Strabismus, Cataract, Uveitis, Oculo-plastics and Retinopathy of Prematurity

    Jonathan B. Ruddle MBBS FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital 2009 to present
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Glaucoma Clinic
    • Senior Associate (Honorary) Dept of Ophthalmology University of Melbourne
    • Member Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society
    • Member International Society for Genetic Eye Disease (ISGEDR)
    • Member International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology in Vision (ISCEV)
    • Subspecialty Expertise in Paediatric Cataract, Glaucoma and Ocular Genetic Conditions

    Shivanand Sheth MBBS, MS, FICO, FAICO, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist and Research Lead Royal Children’s Hospital   
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Women's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Canberra Hospital and Health Services, ACT
    • Member, International Strabismological Association (ISA)
    • Member, Neuro-ophthalmology Society of Australia (NOSA)
    • Member, Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO)
    • Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
    • Interests: Paediatric Ophthalmology, Adult and Paediatric Strabismus, Adult and Paediatric Neuro-ophthalmology

    Robyn Troutbeck MBBS, FRANZCO

    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

     

    Fellow

    Steph Tiew

     

    Chief Orthoptist

    Cathy Lewis 

    Orthoptists

    Adriana Bascetta (Senior Orthoptist, Triage)

    Nicholas Brislane (Senior Orthoptist, Electrophysiology, Equipment)

    Jessica Crngarov (Senior Orthoptist)

    Ebru Efem (Senior Orthoptist)

    Sophie Gutknecht (Senior Orthoptist)

    Gabriella Kamberis (Senior Orthoptist)

    Navdeep Kaur (Senior Orthoptist, Student Supervisor)

    Leanne Finch (Senior Orthoptist, Clinical Trials)

    Caroline Hall (Senior Orthoptist, Triage Tue-Fri)

    Kim Hong (Senior Orthoptist)

    Amanda Moore (Senior Orthoptist - Retinoblastoma Care)

    Mercy Nguyen (Senior Orthoptist, Patient Flow Coordinator Tue/Wed)

    Lindsay Scotter (Senior Orthoptist, Electrophysiology / NDIS Liaison Mon)

    Sandra Staffieri (Senior Orthoptist, Retinoblastoma Care Coordinator / Research Lead)

    Gemma Richards (Senior Orthoptist, Triage)

    Orthoptic Locum Bank

    Office Coordinator

    Giuseppina Di Gregorio
    giuseppina.DiGregorio@rch.org.au


     

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