VISIONARY PROFILE
Dr Ridia Lim
Visionary – Sight For All Glaucoma Team
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.
She obtained her medical degree at the University of NSW and her Masters in Public Health at the University of Sydney. She furthered her training in Edinburgh and completed her glaucoma fellowship in Oxford, United Kingdom. She has been active in ANZGS, RANZCO and is the Lead Glaucoma Visionary, Operations Chair and a Board Director of Sight for All.
She is dedicated to delivering state of the art medical and surgical glaucoma care to all patients. She is passionate about teaching and has trained many glaucoma fellows from all over the world. She has delivered medical education nationally and internationally via her work with the Sydney Eye Hospital, University of Sydney, RANZCO and Sight For All.
For Sight For All, Ridia has had the privilege of teaching in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mongolia and Fiji. As much as teaching benefits the local fellows, Ridia loves these trips as it gives her an enormously rich experience by combining her interests in travel, food, metabolic health and teaching.