VISIONARY PROFILE
A/Prof Simon Skalicky
Visionary – Sight For All Glaucoma Team
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. In 2015 he wrote an authoritative textbook on ocular and visual physiology, that is adopted as a core textbook by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology.
Simon is the founder and inventor of Eyeonic, an Australian software company that provides visual field testing on any computer or tablet. With 30,000 tests performed and 13 research papers validating a similar accuracy to conventional perimetry machines, Eyeonic holds promise to improve the useablity, accessibility and affordability of perimetry services globally.