Graham Lakkis graduated with a degree in Optometry from the University of Melbourne in 1988, and was awarded a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award for finishing in the top 1% of university graduates Australia-wide. He established a private optometry clinic in East Keilor in 1991.Dr Lakkis completed a postgraduate degree in Ocular Therapeutics athe University of Melbourne in 2001. He was awarded fellowship of the Australian College of Optometry in 2012 for his contributions to the profession of Optometry. Currently Dr Lakkis is Senior Fellow in the Department of Optometry at the University of Melbourne, with responsibility for lecturing and clinical teaching in glaucoma and other eye diseases. Dr Lakkis has also lectured at conferences in Australia and overseas on topics such as macular degeneration, complex contact lens fitting, glaucoma, and scanning laser tomography.