Ophthalmology

Dr Jane Khan (HoD)

Dr Khan, (MBBS FRCOphth FRANZCO MD), is an experienced cataract surgeon, specialising in medical retinal conditions. She provides diagnosis of inherited or acquired retinal disease, treatment of age-related macular degeneration and management of the complications of diabetes, hypertension and other systemic diseases.

She is a Clinical Senior Lecturer,

Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, UWA. She is an examiner for the Physiology Basic Science examination board at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and Chair of the College's Public health Committee.

Associate Professor Fred Chen MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRANZCO

Dr Chen is a vitreoretinal surgeon and inherited retinal diseases specialist in the Department of Ophthalmology at Royal Perth Hospital.

After completing a PhD at the University College London in retinal cell transplantation and a Retina Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, he returned in 2011 to join Royal Perth Hospital. He is an active principal investigator in ophthalmic clinical trials of novel retinal therapies and systemic drug toxicity affecting the eye. He heads a stem cell laboratory in disease modelling and developing personalised gene-based therapy at the Lions Eye Institute. His main areas of interest include:

• Gene therapy (Luxturna) and inherited retinal diseases.

• Surgical treatment of eye infections and penetrating eye injuries.

• Repairing surgical complications and complex retinal detachments.

He serves on the research committee of Macular Disease Foundation Australia and holds grants from NHMRC and MRFF. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, and an Academic Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. He runs the Multidisciplinary Team for Ocular genetics in WA through GSWA and in Victoria as a Visiting Consultant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He has published 220 original papers and review articles and given over 55 invited lectures at national and international conferences.

Dr Charlotte McKnight

Dr McKnight is a fellowship-trained ophthalmic surgeon specialising in cataract, pterygium and eyelid surgery. She is a consultant ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where she manages patients with complex cataract, ocular surface and oculoplastic disease.

She teaches ophthalmology registrars how to perform cataract, pterygium and eyelid surgery and has a research interest in the effects of ocular sun exposure. She is a graduate of The University of Western Australia Medical School, has a Master of Medical Science degree in ophthalmic research and is a member of the Younger Fellows Advisory Group of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. She consults at St John of God Eye Clinic in Subiaco.

Dr Antonio Giubilato

Dr Giubilato is a consultant ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital’s Glaucoma Clinic and Lions Eye Institute. He consults at both the Nedlands and Murdoch LEI clinics and operates at Bentley Hospital and RPH for public patients. He specialises in glaucoma and cataract surgery.

He trained in ophthalmology in WA before undertaking specialty fellowship training in glaucoma at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. This included both clinical and surgical management of glaucoma as well as research into new therapies for the condition. Dr Giubilato has participated in clinical trials, given multiple presentations, and published extensively in professional journals. He was previously the WA committee member of the Australia and New Zealand Glaucoma Interest Group and Clinical Director of the Lions Eye Institute. He sits on numerous advisory boards, both medical and surgical.

Dr Rhuju Mehta, MBBS (Hons), FRANZCO

Dr Mehta is a consultant ophthalmologist at the LEI and Royal Perth Hospital. She specialises in glaucoma and cataract surgery.

After completing her medical degree at University of Western Australia with Honours, she undertook her ophthalmology training at the prestigious Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne.

On her return to WA in 2017, Dr Mehta worked as the Fred Hollows Foundation Fellow with Lions Outback Vision, providing ophthalmic services to rural and remote Western Australia. She subsequently undertook a Glaucoma Fellowship at Royal Perth Hospital.

Dr Mehta is passionate about teaching and is actively involved in training ophthalmology registrars, medical students and has conducted lectures and workshops for optometrists.

She has presented at national and international conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Mehta is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi.

Dr Josephine Richards

Dr Richards, FRANZCO, FCOphth (SA) (hons), MMed, MBChB, consults in adult general ophthalmology and has a special interest in ocular inflammation, immunology, and infection. Her fellowship training was in uveitis and anterior segment surgery, and she has undertaken further training in glaucoma surgery in order to be able to manage this common complication of ocular inflammation.

She works in the multidisciplinary rheumatology, ocular inflammation clinic team. In addition, she supervises trainees managing complex cataract cases. She is in private practice at Western Eye. Outside her clinical role, she enjoys teaching colleagues, ophthalmic trainees, optometrists, GPS, and nurses. As an active member of RANZCO her involvement has included workforce planning, clinical audit and standards, antimicrobial stewardship, and trainee selection.

Dr Andrea Ang

Dr Ang is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Lions Eye Institute and Royal Perth Hospital.

She specialises in corneal and refractive surgery including corneal transplantation, cataract, and laser refractive surgery.

After completing ophthalmology specialty training in WA in 2003 – graduating with UWA’s gold medal in medicine – Dr Ang gained a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University. She then undertook two years of advanced fellowships in corneal and external diseases in Cincinnati USA and Singapore.

She is the author of several text book chapters and scientific papers, a reviewer for a range of international journals, and presents at national and international conferences.

Dr Ang is committed to excellence in teaching and is actively involved in education and training for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO). She is a participant in the RANZCO leadership development program.

Dr Steve Colley

Dr Colley is an experienced cataract surgeon, and has interests in neuro-ophthalmology, paediatrics, glaucoma and lid surgery. He also provides specialised care of ocular motility disorders in both children and adults.

He is a consultant ophthalmologist at RPH and also provides specialised reporting of Electro-diagnostic investigations performed by the Medical Physics Department of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Dr Colley operates privately at Perth Eye Hospital, as well as publicly and privately at Joondalup Hospital. He is avidly involved in teaching of registrars and medical students and lectures on visual function testing at Notre Dame University.

Dr Jean-Louis deSousa

Dr deSousa is the Head of Department of Ophthalmology at the Lions Eye Institute and consultant ophthalmologist at RPH. He also provides ophthalmic services to the central Wheatbelt from Merredin.

He is an oculoplastic specialist in plastic reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.

He trained in ophthalmology in Perth before completing fellowships in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Oxford and East Grinstead in the United Kingdom.

Humanitarian work is a strong commitment for Dr deSousa and he is a consultant and visiting surgeon and lecturer for humanitarian eye projects in Bali and East Timor.

Dr Timothy Isaacs

Throughout his career he has travelled widely to research new and improved methods of treatment. He regularly attends national and international ophthalmic conferences where he has presented in the areas of retinal surgery and ocular oncology. Through his clinical appointment at RPH he is actively involved in the teaching and training of visiting fellows, medical students and junior doctors.

He has worked in remote areas of WA providing eye care to the Kimberley, Pilbara, Fitzroy Crossing and central desert areas of Australia. He volunteers for the charity Sight for All, educating trainee retinal specialists across southeast Asia, and have visited Laos to provide surgical training.

Professor Bill Morgan

Professor Morgan is an ophthalmologist and researcher at the Lions Eye Institute.

He is also a consultant ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital and Perth Children’s Hospital, Professor at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Co-Director of the Lions Eye Institute’s McCusker Glaucoma Centre and former Managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute (2019 to 2024).

He specialises in glaucoma treatments and research. In collaboration with Lions Eye Institute researchers, he developed a new surgical intervention for glaucoma called the XEN® Gel Stent. This is a microfistula implant that reduces intraocular pressure in the eye. This invention is in use worldwide.

A/Prof Nigel Morlet

Professor Morlet specialises in corneal and refractive surgery and oculoplastic surgery. He is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at RPH and operates at the Perth Eye Hospital and at St John of God Subiaco Hospital.

He graduated Medicine from the University of Western Australia in 1981 and trained in ophthalmology at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College for Ophthalmologists and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1994. Further specialist training in corneal and external diseases was with a Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital London and as a lecturer at the Institute of Ophthalmology, London.

He is widely published in the area of ophthalmic infections and drugs, cataract and refractive surgery and has particular research expertise in data linkage and registry population studies. He is still an active researcher, teacher and is a Clinical Professor with the University of Western Australia’s School of Population and Global Health.

A/Prof Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney

Associate Professor Tay-Kearney is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Lions Eye Institute and RPH. She specialises in infectious and autoimmune eye diseases and their treatments.

She completed her ophthalmology training in WA before undertaking postgraduate studies in ocular immunology and infections at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA.

She has a strong commitment to professional education and training. She is an active member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology (RANZCO) where she is a member of its Selection Board for Training, its Training Progression Committee, and a Training Hospital Inspector. She is also part of the LEI’s Medical Advisory Committee.

She is active in Clinical Trials, focusing on new drug treatments for infectious and non-infectious ocular inflammation and continues to participate in tele-ophthalmology research. Professor Tay Kearney has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Ravinder Singh Phagura

Dr Ravinder Singh Phagura is an experienced general ophthalmologist with advanced international subspeciality training in medical and surgical retinal conditions.

Dr Phagura graduated medicine from The University of Notre Dame, Fremantle and was awarded a medical scholarship for ranking in the top four candidates of his year. He completed his ophthalmology training locally in Perth and became a Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO). He then pursued two outstanding and highly competitive international fellowships in the United Kingdom at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and the prestigious Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London, subspecialising in the diagnosis and management of both surgical and medical retinal diseases.

Dr Joshua Yuen

Dr Joshua Yuen FRANZCO, MBBS (Hons), MPH (distinction), is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon and Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.

Born in Hong Kong, but raised locally in Perth, Dr Yuen is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Having graduated with honours from medical school (UWA) in 2002, he subsequently obtained a Master in Public Health degree with distinction (UWA) prior to his specialist ophthalmology training in Western Australia. He then completed a fellowship in glaucoma surgery at the world renowned Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (UK).

During his glaucoma fellowship, Dr Yuen treated patients with the most severe glaucoma using cutting edge techniques including: selective laser trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy using the Moorfields safe surgery system, glaucoma tube-shunt surgery, as well as some of the latest minimally-invasive-glaucoma-surgery techniques such as trabecular micro-bypass stent implantation and endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation. Apart from glaucoma, he also specialises in the treatment of cataract and pterygium.

Dr Yuen has also held a public hospital appointment at the Fremantle Hospital as a glaucoma consultant and has written a number of peer-reviewed journal articles. He regularly gives lectures to training doctors and optometrists and has presented at several major Ophthalmology conferences.

Dr Irene Tan

Dr Irene Tan is a highly regarded Consultant Ophthalmologist and Glaucoma Surgeon who provides comprehensive, patient-centred eye care. She specialises in general ophthalmology, advanced cataract surgery, and the medical and surgical management of complex glaucoma. Dedicated to preserving and restoring her patients' vision, Dr Tan is known for her reassuring and professional approach, ensuring that each individual receives a tailored treatment plan suited to their unique visual needs.

Dr Tan graduated with Honours in Medicine from the University of Western Australia in 2013, where she was also awarded the prestigious Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology Prize. She went on to obtain a Master of Medicine in Ophthalmic Science from the University of Sydney. Dr Tan completed her specialist ophthalmic training through a major tertiary eye hospital network in Sydney, followed by advanced sub-specialist fellowship training in glaucoma management and surgery at a renowned teaching hospital in London, United Kingdom. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO).

With extensive training in cutting-edge ophthalmic procedures, Dr Tan is highly skilled in performing cataract surgery and utilising minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) techniques. Her surgical expertise also encompasses traditional glaucoma filtration surgery, glaucoma drainage devices, and various laser therapies, alongside the management of medical retinal conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Dr Tan strongly values collaborative care, working closely with Optometrists and General Practitioners to deliver seamless, high-quality outcomes for her patients.

Assistant Professor Chris Lim, MD, PhD, MMed, FAMS, FRANZCO

Dr Chris Lim is a consultant ophthalmologist with subspecialty expertise in cataract, eyelid, laser and refractive surgery, and corneal transplants. Following his comprehensive general ophthalmology training, he completed a two-year clinical fellowship in cornea, external eye disease, and refractive surgery at the National University Health System in Singapore, followed by an additional fellowship in cornea and oculoplastics at the Royal Perth Hospital. His clinical practice encompasses complex and premium cataract surgery, advanced vision correction, corneal transplantation, and complex anterior segment reconstruction. Known for his meticulous approach, Dr Lim is dedicated to highly personalised care.

Beyond the clinic, Dr Lim is an internationally recognised researcher and a sought-after educator on the global speaking circuit. Driven by a commitment to advancing patient care, he completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, authored multiple textbook chapters, and received numerous accolades for his clinical and research contributions, including the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation Professor Lyn Beazley Emerging Leader Award and conferment as an Eye Care Ambassador at the Eye and Vision Health Awards in Singapore.

Deeply invested in the future of his profession, Dr Lim serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. He is actively involved in teaching medical students and postgraduate ophthalmologists. His dedication to education has been recognised with awards such as the National University of Singapore Medicine Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, the National University Health System Young Clinician Mentor Award, and the Wong Hock Boon Society and Singapore Medical Association Charity Fund Outstanding Mentor Award. For his patients, this ongoing academic rigour translates to a practice grounded in the very latest evidence-based medicine.