OUR VISIONARIES
Our Visionaries teach and upskill ophthalmologists, optometrists, refractionists and eye health workers and train in the use of specialised equipment.
VISIONARIES
Sight For All’s Visionaries are ophthalmologists, optometrists, scientists, ophthalmic nurses, orthoptists and photographers who donate their time to deliver projects in partner countries.
Visionaries teach and upskill ophthalmologists, optometrists, refractionists and eye health workers and train in the use of specialised equipment.
Since Sight For All was established in 2009, over 220 Visionaries have supported our projects, teaching over 3600 ophthalmologists, optometrists, refractionists and eye health workers in 10 countries.
This number includes 31 In-Country Visionaries who were once Sight For All Fellows themselves.
Ashish Agar (right)
Having been a Sight For All Visionary for several years, what keeps us going is the clear pathway to self sufficiency the program is dedicated to. This was highlighted in 2023 in Cambodia, where Fellows we helped train pre-Covid are now sub-specialists in their own right, and training their own Fellows. This is real foundation-building stuff, leaving a legacy that will last well long beyond our time.
– A/Prof Ashish Agar
Introducing our Visionary Teams
Explore them below.
Cornea Visionary Team
- Prof Gerard Sutton (Lead Visionary)
- Dr Andrew Apel
- Dr Peter Beckingsale
- Dr Elsie Chan
- Dr Mark Chehade
- Dr Tess Huynh
- Dr Peter Kim
- Dr Graham Lee
- Dr John Males
- Dr Anthony Maloof
- Dr Salim Okera
- Dr Con Pestoglou
- Dr Alex Poon
- Dr Carolyn Ross
- Dr Grant Snibson
- Dr Laurie Sullivan
- A/Prof Steph Watson
Glaucoma Visionary Team
- Dr Ridia Lim (Lead Visionary)
- A/Prof Ashish Agar
- Dr Sonya Bennett
- Prof Robert Casson
- Dr Jason Cheng
- Dr Colin Clement
- Dr Guy D’Mellow
- Dr Anna Galanopoulos
- Dr Jesse Gale
- Dr Shyalle Kahawita
- Dr Tanya Karaconji
- Dr Nathan Kerr
- Dr Mitchell Lawlor
- Professor Graham Lee
- Dr Lance Liu
- Dr Ilesh Patel
- Dr Simon Phipps
- Dr Taj Sandhu
- Dr Rajiv Shah
- Dr Michael Shiu
- Dr Simon Skalicky
- Dr Tu Tran
- A/Prof Andrew White
In-Country Visionaries
Cambodia:
- Dr Sophal Heng
- Dr Ny Tharath
Myanmar:
- Dr May Ko Ko Thet
Paediatric Ophthamology Visionary Team
- Dr Kimberley Tan (Lead Visionary)
- Dr Antony Bedgood
- Dr Jo Black
- Dr Brenda Breidenstein
- Dr Susan Carden
- Dr Stuart Carroll
- Dr Elizabeth Conner
- Dr Craig Donaldson
- Dr James Elder
- Dr Michael Forrest
- Dr Evan Heinecke
- Dr Stephen Hing
- Dr Geof Lam
- Dr Wendy Marshman
- Dr Justin Mora
- Dr Carolyn Ross
- Dr Parth Shah
- Dr Shaheeh Shah
- Dr Swati Sinkar
- Dr Deepa Tharanath
- Dr Hughie Tsang
In-Country Visionaries
Sri Lanka:
- Dr Tauisla Udupihille
Vietnam:
- Dr Pham Thi Minh Chou
Cambodia:
- Dr Sok Kheng
- Dr Ouk Soleaphy
Myanmar:
- A/Prof Than Htun Aung
- Dr Khine Nweni
- Dr Naing Lin
- Dr Tin Maunt Thant
Retina Visionary Team
- Dr Rohan Essex (Lead Visionary)
- Dr Weng Chan
- Dr John Downie
- Dr Shane Durkin
- Dr Matthew Simunovic
- Dr David Fabinyi
- Dr Adrian Fung
- Dr Trevor Gin
- Dr Chris Go
- A/Prof Alex Hunyor
- Dr Tin Issacs
- Dr Jakob Jensen
- Dr David Lightman
- Dr Michael O’Rourke
- Dr Monika Pradham
- Dr Amreen Qureshi
- Dr Ian Reddie
- Dr Katja Shielke
- Dr David Sia
- Dr David Cordeiro Sousa
- Dr Khoi Tran
- Dr Andrew Tsai
- Dr Sara Welch
- Dr Jonathan Yeoh
In-country Visionaries
Sri Lanka:
- Dr Eranda Wanigama
Cambodia:
- Dr Un Leng
- Dr Chhour Long
Myanmar:
- Prof San Myint
- Prof San Hlaing Min
Neuro-Ophthamology Visionary Team
- Prof Clare Fraser (Lead Visionary)
- Dr Ionne Anderson
- Dr Stephen Best
- Dr Susan Carden
- Prof John Crompton
- Dr Jenny Hepshke
- Dr Dennis Lowe
- Dr Christian Lueck
- Dr Tim Matthews
- Prof Dan Milea
- Dr Mark Paine
- Dr Neil Shuey
- Dr Sumu Simon
- Dr Melisa Tie
- Dr James Walker
Oculoplastics Visionary Team
- Dr Charles Su (Lead Visionary)
- Dr Ben Burt
- Dr Ye Chen
- Dr Jenny Danks
- Dr Hamish Dunn
- Dr Justin Friebel
- Dr Thomas Hardy
- Dr Richard Hart
- Dr David McKeag
- Dr Brett O’Donnell
- Dr Saul Rajak
- Dr James Slattery
- Dr Brian Sloan
- Dr Tim Sullivan
- Dr Angelo Tsirbas
In-Country Visionaries
Myanmar:
- Dr Khine Su
Ocular Oncology Visionary Team
- Dr James Muecke
- Dr Didi Fabian
- Dr Tom Dodd
- Dr Adnan Pirbhai
- Dr Tim Sullivan
- Dr John Mackenzie
- Dr Max Conway
- Dr Dinesh Selva
- Dr Craig James
Optometry Visionary Team
- Gavin O’Callaghan
- Andy Griffiths
- Marty Holmes
- Damon Ezekiel
- Richard Lindsay
- Jessica Chi
- Luke Arundel
- Kate Johnson
- David O’Brien
- Steve Zantos
- Marc Eskander
- Phuong Truong
- Andrew Huhtanen
- Kimberly Ngu
- Hana Melligi
- Mandy Wilson
- Heather Connor
- Lilly Ho
- Ashok Bhoola
- Veno Bhoola
- Catherine Cheah