Speakers
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Celia Boxsom
BAppSc(Optom)Hons GradCertOcTher
After graduating with first class honours from QUT in 2000 along with the Don Noack prize for contact lens studies, Celia worked alongside contact lens educator and designer John Mountford for five years. It was through his mentorship that Celia began fitting lenses for keratoconus, PMD, corneal grafts, aphakia in paediatric patients and also discovered a love for orthokeratology. Her enthusiasm for the modality led her to become Secretary for the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania in 2003, a position that she still holds today. In addition, Celia has been a supervising clincian in QUT's contact lens clinic for the past fourteen years and, along with her fellow contact lens supervisors, she was jointly awarded the QUT Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching in both 2010 and 2013. Celia currently consults full-time on the Gold Coast, where she loves the challenge of practicing in specialty contact lenses. |
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Dr Thomas Campbell
MBBS DPhil(Oxon)
Dr Campbell is a medical scientist who is passionate about ophthalmology. His long term goal is to work at the junction of medical practice, academic research, and teaching. He is particularly interested in Indigenous and 3rd world outreach ophthalmology services and the logistical, as well as scientific, obstacles to providing cutting edge ophthalmic care to these communities. |
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Dr Mark Chiang
MBBS(Qld) MPhil FRANZCO
Dr Mark Chiang completed his Medical degree in Queensland in 2000, followed by a Master of Philosophy in 2007. Prior to his Ophthalmology training, he spent 2 years as a Glaucoma Research Fellow at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre in the UK. He undertook Ophthalmology training in Queensland and completed a Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in 2012. He was then awarded the RANZCO/AMO Scholarship to train under the eminent Professor Sir Peng Khaw at Moorfields Eye Hospital for the management of complex glaucoma in both children and adults. He was also involved in developing state-of-the-art glaucoma drainage devices at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London. His particular specialties include paediatric and adult glaucoma, complex cataract surgery, as well as the management of retinal and macular diseases. |
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Tim Fricke
BOptom MSc GCOT GDipIntDev
Tim Fricke is an optometrist, researcher and international development practitioner. He has held clinical, teaching, research and management roles in private, public, community health, hospital and refugee camp settings, including Director of Specialty & Community Services at the Australian College of Optometry and Research Manager at the International Centre for Eyecare Education. He has extensive paediatric clinical experience, supervised post-graduate research in paediatric eye care and health economics, taught undergraduate and post-graduate eye care courses, provided CPD across Australia and internationally, and researched vision development, epidemiology, quality of life and access to eye care. He has assisted the development of local systems and skills for providing primary and specialised eye care in Australia, Tanzania, Burundi, South Africa, Vietnam, China, PNG and Timor Leste. He is currently principal at MinneMerri Consultants, and collaborates closely with the Brien Holden Vision Institute. |
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Dr Matthew Green
FRANZCO MSc(Research) MBBS BAppSc(Optom)
Dr Green is a Queensland trained Ophthalmologist originally qualified as an Optometrist at Queensland University of Technology and completed his medical degree at University of Queensland. Dr Green completed his residency at Gold Coast Hospital and registrar training in public hospitals in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Lismore. Dr Green is a Corneal Transplant specialist recently returned from an 18 month appointment at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the UK where he received specialised training in corneal, cataract, refractive and glaucoma surgery. Dr Green has an active research interest in the areas of DMEK surgery and Boston Keratoprosthesis along with the Epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis, for which he has been awarded a Master’s of Science from the University of New Wales and an Australian Research Award from the Australian Government's department of Education. |
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Assoc Prof Ian Gutteridge
MScOptom FAAO FACO GradCertOcTher
Ian is an optometrist in full time practice in Melbourne. Since 1999 he has had an appointment in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne as Principal Teaching Fellow (as Associate Professor) teaching in ocular diseases. He served as Chairman of the Therapeutic Drugs Committee of the Australian College of Optometry (ACO) during the move into therapeutics, and worked closely with the OAA (Vic Div) in the preparation of the profession’s first submission to the Victorian Government. He has also lectured in Ocular Therapeutics Courses offered by the University of Auckland and Queensland University of Technology. In 2011, he was appointed Program Director of the ACO’s online Ocular Therapeutics Course and chair of its Curriculum Committee. His main clinical interests are in retinal disease, migraine and anterior uveitis and he is an Associate Editor of Clinical and Experimental Optometry. |
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Prof Michael Kalloniatis
BSc(Optom) MSc(Optom) PhD PGCOT FAAO
Michael completed his optometry degree at the University of Melbourne and after completing his Master’s degree at the same institute, undertook PhD studies at the University of Houston, Texas. After post-doctoral training at the University of Texas, he returned to Melbourne where he was an academic staff member in the optometry department before moving to the University of Auckland where he was the Robert G Leitl professor of optometry and vision science. In 2009, he took up the position of Director and Professor at the Centre for Eye Health, UNSW. His expertise is in retinal neurobiology, visual psychophysics (as it applies to clinical testing) with a keen interest in glaucoma and retinal disease diagnosis. He is an active researcher publishing in a wide topic area and also presents at both local and international meetings. |
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Assoc Prof Anthony Kwan
MBChB MD FRCOphth FRANZCO
Dr Anthony Kwan undertook his medical training in the UK and ophthalmology training at one of the largest dedicated eye hospital in the world - Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He obtained a postgraduate research doctorate (MD) from the University of London on retinal transplantation. He is fellowship trained at the Lions Eye Institute, Perth, and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He was appointed as the Director of Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Queensland Eye Institute in 2007. He became the Director of Ophthalmology at the Mater Health Service (Brisbane) in 2011. Moreover he is the director of Queensland Electrodiagnostic and Imaging Centre. He holds the academic title of Associate Professor of Ophthalmology from the University of Queensland. He received grants from Wellcome Trust and MRC when he was in UK, and Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia, Macular Disease Foundation, and NHMRC in Australia. He is currently the chairman of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists (ANZSRS). |
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Dr Maria Markoulli
PhD MOptom GradCertOcTher FBCLA FAAO
Maria Markoulli completed her Optometry degree at the University of New South Wales in 2003 and in 2005 joined the Brien Holden Vision Institute as a Research Optometrist working on contact lens-related clinical trials. In 2012 she was awarded with her PhD that explored the aetiology of contact lens-induced corneal erosions. Her first post-doc role was as a project manager of the meibomian gland dysfunction project at the Brien Holden Vision Institute. Maria is now a Lecturer at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of New South Wales. She was on the Tear Film and Ocular Surface society sub-committee of the contact lens discomfort workshop and is also involved in the Dry Eye Workshop II. |
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Nicola Peaper (sponsored by Rodenstock)
BSc(Hons) OphthalmicOptics
Nicola Peaper graduated from the University of Wales and qualified as an optometrist in the UK in 1985. She practiced in both private and corporate practice in the UK for 20 years including 8 years in her own practice. In 2001/2 she was employed as Ophthalmic Advisor to Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Health Authority. Since moving to Australia in 2005 she has worked in optical laboratories advising on procedures and quality. In roles as State and National training manager she has gained extensive experience in presenting the technology behind, and the prescribing and fitting of ophthalmic lenses. Nicola Peaper is currently Professional Services Manager for Rodenstock Australia |
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Dr Emily Pieterse
BAppSc(Optom)Hons BAppSc(MedSc) GradCertOcTher PhD
Emily graduated from QUT with Bachelor degrees in Medical Science and Optometry, and was awarded First Class Honours and a University Medal. She worked in independent optometry practices within Brisbane and as a supervisor within the QUT Optometry Clinic, before returning to QUT full time to complete her PhD which examined ocular biometry changes during near work and the potential consequences for myopia development. Her research has been published in high-ranking peer reviewed optometry and vision journals, and has been presented at both domestic and international conferences. In 2013 Emily was voted by her peers as the Optometry Australia QLD/NT Young Optometrist of the Year in recognition of her service to the profession through her teaching, research and volunteer activities. Emily is currently a postdoctoral research fellow, clinical supervisor and guest lecturer for the School of Optometry and Vision Science, and coordinates the Myopia Control Clinic within the QUT Health Clinics. Emily is proud to serve as a director on the 2016 OQNT board. |
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Assoc Prof Scott Read
BAppSc(Optom)(Hons) PhD GradCertOcTher FAAO
Scott Read is an Associate Professor in the School of Optometry and Vision Science at QUT. He completed his undergraduate training in optometry in 1997 and after 6 years working in private practice, returned to QUT and completed his PhD in 2006. Since this time, Scott has held a variety of research and academic positions, and has published over 60 peer reviewed scientific research papers, with the majority of this work focusing upon human myopia. He was recently awarded the ZEISS Young Investigator Award in Myopia Research, at the 2015 International Myopia conference, for his contributions to the myopia research field. |
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