Staff

  • Director

     Anu Mathew - MBChB, MD, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Melbourne Hospital  
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Women's Hospital
    • Interests: Adult and Paediatric Cataract, Strabismus, Uveitis, Retina and Retinopathy of Prematurity
     

    Deputy Director

    John McKenzie - MBBS FRANZCO FRACS FRCOPHTH 
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 

     

    Ophthalmologists  

    Susan Carden -  MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS, PhD
    • Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Head, Education and Vision Assessment Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Interests: Retinopathy of Prematurity, Neonatal Ophthalmology, Childhood and Adult Cataracts, Paediatric and Adult Strabismus, Paediatric and Adult Neuro-ophthalmology, Uveitis, Genetic Eye Disease, International Development 
    James Elder - MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS
    • Director, RCH Department of Ophthalmology, 1994 - 2009
    • Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Royal Women's Hospital
    • Chair, Paediatric Special Interest Group, Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
    • Interests: Infantile Cataract, Retinoblastoma, Childhood Glaucoma, Uveitis & Oculo-plastics and Retinopathy of Prematurity 
    Thomas G. Hardy - MBBS, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Orbital, Plastic and Lacrimal Unit)
    • Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne 
    • Interests: Paediatric and Adult Orbital, Oculoplastics and Lacrimal Surgery
    Alex Hewitt - MBBS, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    Wendy Marshman - MBBS, MD, FRANZCO, FRACS
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Interests: Paediatric and Adult Strabismus, Paediatric and Adult Cataract surgery, Uveitis and Retinopathy of Prematurity
    Kathy Jao - MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, PDipPH, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Alfred Hospital
    • Interests: Anterior Segment (Cornea and Cataract), Oculoplastics, Strabismus
    Troy Lim Joon -  MBBS FRANZCO FRACS
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 
    Rod O'Day -  LLB, BSc, MBBS, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Ocular Oncologist and Medical Retinal Specialist
    • Interests: Retinoblastoma
    Chengde Pham - MBBS, BMedSci, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    Christolyn Raj MMBS (Hons.) MMed MPH FRANZCO 
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Mercy Hospital for Women
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Hospital
    • Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology
    • Fellow, American Academy Ophthalmology
    • Interests: Pediatric Strabismus, Cataract, Uveitis, Oculo-plastics and Retinopathy of Prematurity
    Jonathan B. Ruddle MBBS FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital 2009 to present
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Glaucoma Clinic
    • Senior Associate, (Honorary) Dept. of Ophthalmology University of Melbourne
    • Member, Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society
    • Member, International Society for Genetic Eye Disease (ISGEDR)
    • Member, International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology in Vision (ISCEV)
    • Subspecialty Expertise in Paediatric Cataract, Glaucoma and Ocular Genetic Conditions
    Shivanand Sheth MBBS, MS, FICO, FAICO, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist and Research Lead, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Women's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Canberra Hospital and Health Services, ACT
    • Member, International Strabismological Association (ISA)
    • Member, Neuro-ophthalmology Society of Australia (NOSA)
    • Member, Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO)
    • Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
    • Interests: Paediatric Ophthalmology, Adult and Paediatric Strabismus, Adult and Paediatric Neuro-ophthalmology
    William Tao Lingwei MBBS, BMedSci, MMed, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Alfred Health
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Eastern Health
    Robyn Troutbeck MBBS, FRANZCO
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital
    • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

     

    Fellow

    Silvan Locher (2024)

     

    Chief Orthoptist

    Cathy Lewis 

    Orthoptists

    Adriana Bascetta (Senior Orthoptist, Triage Coordinator)

    Nicholas Brislane (Senior Orthoptist, Electrodiagnostics)

    Jessica Crngarov (Senior Orthoptist)

    Ebru Efem (Senior Orthoptist)

    Sophie Gutknecht (Senior Orthoptist)

    Gabriella Kamberis (Senior Orthoptist)

    Navdeep Kaur (Senior Orthoptist, Clinical Researcher)

    Leanne Finch (Senior Orthoptist, Clinical Trials Coordinator, NF1 Coordinator)

    Caroline Hall (Senior Orthoptist, Triage Coordinator)

    Kim Hong (Senior Orthoptist)

    Amanda Moore (Senior Orthoptist - Retinoblastoma Service Coordinator)

    Mercy Nguyen (Senior Orthoptist, Collaborative-Care Coordinator)

    Lindsay Scotter (Senior Orthoptist, Electrodiagnostics, NDIS Coordinator)

    Sandra Staffieri (Senior Orthoptist, Retinoblastoma Service Manager, Research Lead)

    Gemma Richards (Senior Orthoptist, Triage Coordinator)

    Orthoptic Locum Bank

    Office Coordinator

    Giuseppina Di Gregorio
    giuseppina.DiGregorio@rch.org.au


     

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