VISIONARY PROFILES
Our Visionaries teach and upskill ophthalmologists, optometrists, refractionists and eye health workers and train in the use of specialised equipment.
Introducing our Visionary Teams
Explore them below.
Cornea Visionary Team
Dr Tess Huynh
Dr Tess Tien Huynh is regarded by her peers as one of the most experienced anterior segment eye surgeons in Australia, who is dedicated to changing lives through her passion for ophthalmology.
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Dr Alexander Poon
Dr Alexander Poon is a corneal, external eye diseases and cataract specialist from Melbourne. He has special interest in corneal transplantation and has numerous publications this field. Currently he consults at the RVEEH and in private practice.
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Dr Carolyn Ross
Dr Carolyn Ross is a comprehensive ophthalmologist specialising in cornea, cataract surgery and paediatric eye disease. She works in private practice in Sydney and is a senior consultant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and head of the Corneal Unit at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
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Dr Laurie Sullivan
Dr Laurie Sullivan MB BS FRANZCO is a highly skilled and experienced refractive surgeon who is a Surgeon/Director of Bayside Eye Specialists, and Laser Sight Victoria. He has performed over 5,000 successful refractive laser eye surgeries, including PRK and LASIK. His easy-going manner and commitment to providing professional and thoughtful advice has made him very popular with our patients.
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Glaucoma Visionary Team
Dr Ridia Lim
LEAD VISIONARY – GLAUCOMA
Dr Ridia Lim is a senior ophthalmologist, glaucoma sub-specialist and head of the glaucoma unit at Sydney Eye Hospital. She is the current Chair of the Eye Medical Staff Council at Sydney Eye Hospital. She is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney and is a glaucoma lead for the Snow Vision Accelerator, Omega study at Sydney University. She is in private practice at Hunter St Eye Specialists in Parramatta, Sydney.
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Prof Robert Casson
MB, BS (Hons), M. Biostats, DPhil, GAICD, FRANZCO
Professor Casson is an ophthalmic clinician/scientist who finds the Universe such a fascinating place that he can’t contain his interests. He has special interests in glaucoma, neuroprotection, retinal bioenergetics, epidemiology, and translational research.
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Dr Jason Cheng
Dr Jason Cheng is a proud Visionary and Board Member of Sight For All. He is a Glaucoma Specialist at Sydney Eye Hospital, St George Hospital, and Liverpool Hospital. Senior conjoint Lecturer at University of Sydney and UNSW. Prior to relocating to Australia in 2016, Dr Cheng gained international experience in the UK (Moorfields Eye Hospital), Canada, and Singapore.
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Dr Colin Clement
Colin Clement BSc(Hon) MBBS PhD FRANZCO FGS is a glaucoma and cataract specialist based in Sydney, Australia. He is an honorary medical officer at Sydney Eye Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney with private practices in Sydney CBD, Fairfield and St Leonards.
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Dr Anna Galanopoulos
Dr Anna Galanopoulos is a highly experienced, Australian and internationally trained Ophthalmologist, specialising in glaucoma management, cataract surgery, pterygium, and neuro-ophthalmic conditions. She provides comprehensive eye care with a focus on advanced medical, laser, and surgical treatments.
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Dr Jesse Gale
Dr Jesse Gale is a glaucoma specialist and neuro-ophthalmologist in Wellington, New Zealand. He works in public hospitals and in private practice, and provides clinical training for medical students, registrars and glaucoma fellows. Jesse has an academic role in University of Otago Wellington, with research interests in the biomechanics of the eye and orbit, optic disc drusen, and sustainable ophthalmology.
Dr Shyalle Kahawita
Dr Shyalle Kahawita is a consultant eye surgeon and physician with subspecialisation in glaucoma.
She studied at the University of Adelaide where she received the David Crompton Ophthalmology prize in medical school. She also completed a Master of Medicine (Ophthalmic Science) at the University of Sydney.
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Dr Graham Lee
Graham Lee is from Brisbane, Australia. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (U of Qld), a Master of Medical Science in Ophthalmology (U of Qld), Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology and a Doctorate of Medicine (U of Qld).
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Dr Lance Liu
Dr Liu graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1992 before completing his ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Melbourne, Australia). He then undertook Glaucoma fellowships at Moorfields Eye Hospital (London, UK), the National University of Singapore and the Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA). Currently, he works in private practice in Melbourne, on the Glaucoma unit at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne (CERA).
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Dr Sartaj Sandhu
MBChB, FRANZCO
Dr Sandhu completed his general medical/surgical training and specialist ophthalmology qualification in Australia before undertaking further fellowship training in Glaucoma in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom.
Dr Sandhu considers it a privilege to be able to give back to his community here and abroad and plays an active role in the teaching and supervision of trainees in Sydney, Australia.
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A/Prof Simon Skalicky
Simon Skalicky is an Australian glaucoma sub-specialist ophthalmologist. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Simon serves on the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society executive and the editorial board of the Journal of Glaucoma. He is a Past President of Glaucoma Australia and is actively involved in the World Glaucoma Association.
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Dr Tu Tran
Dr Tran is a Melbourne-based Ophthalmologist specialising in Cataract, Glaucoma and Pterygium surgery.
Her clinical interests include the management (laser and surgical) of glaucoma, ocular surface disease in glaucoma, pterygium and cataract surgery. Her other particular interests include treatment of hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm by botulium toxin injections.
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Paediatric Ophthamology Visionary Team
Dr Justin Mora
MBChB, FRANZCO
Justin has been an ophthalmologist in Auckland, New Zealand for over 30 years. He has US fellowship training in glaucoma and in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, is a Senior Lecturer for the Auckland Medical school and has authored papers in the fields of glaucoma, paediatrics and strabismus. He runs the paediatric ophthalmology fellowship training program in Auckland.
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Dr Carolyn Ross
Dr Carolyn Ross is a comprehensive ophthalmologist specialising in cornea, cataract surgery and paediatric eye disease. She works in private practice in Sydney and is a senior consultant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and head of the Corneal Unit at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney.
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Retina Visionary Team
A/Prof Rohan Essex
LEAD VISIONARY – RETINA
A/Prof Rohan Essex is a Vitreoretinal Surgeon based in Canberra. He has public appointments at Canberra Hospital and also the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He has been a visionary with Sight for All since 2015, and in 2023 accepted the role of Lead Visionary for the retinal program.
Dr Jennifer Arnold
Dr Jennifer Arnold is a medical retinal specialist and researcher. Trained at the Sydney Eye Hospital followed by a medical retinal fellowship in Paris under Professors Gabriel Coscas and Gisele Soubrane, she worked as a consultant in Aberdeen Scotland for 5 years before returning to Sydney to take up practice at Marsden Eye Specialists, covering all aspects of ophthalmology with a special interest in patient with retinal disease.
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Dr Shane Durkin
Shane graduated with Honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Adelaide in 2002. He undertook training in ophthalmology in Adelaide and the Northern Territory before commencing an International Fellowship with the Fred Hollows Foundation.
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Dr David Fabinyi
Dr David Fabinyi is a Vitreoretinal Surgeon. He works in public at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and University Hospital Geelong, and privately at SJOG Eye Clinic, Geelong. David trained in Ophthalmology at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne. Subspeciality training in vitreoretinal surgery was performed at the Eye and Ear Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He has trained in sutureless extracapsular cataract surgery at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. He has an interest in retinal detachment repairs, surgical management of diabetic retinopathy, complicated cataract surgery and intraocular lens exchanges.
Dr Trevor Gin
Dr Gin is an ophthalmologist in Melbourne, Australia. His medical degree was gained from the University of Melbourne, followed by a Master of Medicine by thesis (diabetic retinopathy). He completed his ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, followed by a Medical Retinal / Uveitis fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He is a consultant in the Medical Retinal Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and has held a number of RANZCO College roles, including Chairman of the Victorian branch of RANZCO Qualification and Education Committee, Chairman of the Selectors for the Victorian RANZCO training program and member of the RANZCO RACE Board. He has a passion for international aid work and has volunteered for surgical missions to Kiribati, Nepal, Espiritu Santo, Tanna, Nauru, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Ethiopia.
Dr Christopher Go
Dr Go is a consultant vitreo-retinal surgeon based in Sydney Australia. He completed his ophthalmology training through the Sydney Eye Hospital Training network. He then completed four clinical fellowships in retina and cataract locally and abroad in Melbourne, Taipei, Hong Kong and Liverpool UK. He is an examiner for the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologist and is a clinical lecturer at University of Sydney and University of New South Wales.
Dr Tim Isaacs
Dr Isaacs is Consultant Ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital, and principal at Perth Retina and specialises in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Ocular Oncology. Worked as a Visionary volunteer in Laos.
A/Prof Henry Newland
Co-Founder of Sight For All and Mentor
Dr Monika Pradhan
Dr Monika Pradhan is an Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal surgeon with subspecialist proficiency in Medical and Surgical Retina, based in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a Consultant Ophthalmologist working with Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora and Eye Surgery Associates.
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Dr Khoi Tran
Dr Khoi Tran is a vitreoretinal surgeon based on the Gold Coast where he provides expertise in diagnosis, treatment and surgical management of diseases of the vitreous, retina and macula. He has had extensive medical and ophthalmic training throughout Australia.
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Dr Andrew Tsai
Dr Andrew Tsai is an adult and pediatric retina surgeon at the Singapore National Eye Centre. Dedicated to advancing patient outcomes, he is committed to raising the standard of retinal care both locally and internationally.
Neuro-Ophthamology Visionary Team
Prof Clare Fraser
Dr Clare Fraser is an ophthalmologist specialising in neuro-ophthalmology, strabismus and visual electrodiagnostics. She is a consultant Visiting Medical Officer at both Sydney Eye Hospital and Liverpool Hospital, and is also in private practice in Sydney. At the University of Sydney, she holds the title of Professor of Neuro-ophthalmology.
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Dr James C Walker
Dr James C. Walker has been providing safe, high quality eye care for patients on the Sunshine Coast since 2004.
His special interests include cataract, pterygium, strabismus (eye misalignment), Neuro-Ophthalmology (brain disorders affect the eyes), eyelid procedures including the use of botulinum toxin (facial movement disorders and strabismus), lasers and medical management of macular and retinal disease.
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Oculoplastics Visionary Team
Dr Jenny Danks
Dr Jenny Danks is an Ophthalmologist, with subspecialty training in Oculoplastic Surgery. She practices at Northern Beaches Cataract in Brookvale, Sydney.
Graduating MB:BS from the University of Melbourne, Dr Danks trained in Ophthalmology FRANZCO at Sydney Eye Hospital with subspecialty training in Adnexal Surgery in the United Kingdom at Western Eye, Bristol Eye and Moorfield’s Eye Hospitals.
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Dr Angelo Tsirbas
A highly skilled Ophthalmologist. Dr. Angelo Tsirbas is a member of The American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Society, The Australasian Association of Facial Plastic Surgery, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. He has received international recognition by his peers for his innovative surgical techniques.
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Ocular Oncology Visionary Team
Dr James Muecke
Co-Founder and Ambassador / Patron
Dr James Muecke AM co-founded Sight For All in 2009, and was the organisation’s inaugural Chair until November 2022. Dr Muecke has worked tirelessly throughout his career in blindness prevention, ophthalmic research and education in the developing world. It was Dr Muecke’s vision, tenacity and hard work that created Sight For All.
Dr Muecke was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 and was South Australian of the Year 2020. In January 2020, Dr Muecke was announced as 2020 Australian of the Year. Dr Muecke became Sight For All’s Patron in November 2022.
Optometry Visionary Team
Jessica Chi
Jessica Chi is the director of Eyetech Optometrists, an independent contact lens practice in Melbourne which prescribes all forms of speciality contact lenses. She is the current Victorian, and a past National President of the Cornea and Contact Lens Society. She is a clinical supervisor at the University of Melbourne, a columnist for Mivision, Lead Visionary for Sight For All’s Contact Lens Projects, a member of the Optometry Victoria/South Australia State Advisory Committee and has been awarded Fellowships with the Australian College of Optometry, the British Contact Lens Association and the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control.