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Specialises in paediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, cataract and general ophthalmology Dr Caroline Catt is an experienced ophthalmologist with sub-speciality expertise in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Surgery. She trained at Sydney Eye Hospital and was selected to be the Professorial Senior Registrar before undertaking her sub-speciality Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. She is a Partner at Sydney Ophthalmic Specialists and is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at The Childrens’ Hospital at Westmead, Royal North Shore Hospital and Liverpool Hospital Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Dr Catt is the Chair of the Australian & New Zealand Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (ANZPOS) and is the Principal Investigator of the Fight Baby (ROP) Blindness, one of the Save Sight Registries. Dr Catt takes a patient-centered, thorough and kind approach to her patients and their families.

Specialises in paediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, cataract and general ophthalmology Michael is currently the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Head of the Strabismus Unit at the Sydney Eye Hospital and a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Sydney. Michael undertook sub-specialty fellowship training at the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) where he received the Morin Award for most outstanding fellow. Michael undertook further subspecialty training in retinoblastoma with Brenda Gallie. He has a keen interest in teaching and research and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Sydney in mitochondrial DNA and age-related maculopathy. Michael has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters and is regularly invited to present at scientific meetings nationally and internationally. Michael contributes to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology as secretary and treasurer of the strabismus society and to the Sydney Eye Hospital as chairperson of the Medical Staff council as well as on the scientific committee of the Alumni Association. Dr Jones operates privately at Chatswood Private Hospital.

Specialises in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus Frank was head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead for 22 years and is currently a Visiting Medical Officer at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network (the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick), as well as at Sydney Eye Hospital. He is Clinical Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney. Frank has published over 40 articles, has written several text book chapters and is a reviewer for the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He was Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology for 11 years. Frank is past President of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, he is current President of the Children’s Medical Research Institute at Westmead, the International Strabismus Association and the Asia Pacific Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. In 2013 he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Frank also serves as a director of the Board of the International Council of Ophthalmology and was made an Honorary Professor of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center Sun Yat-sen University. In 2023, Frank was awarded the prestigious American Academy of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Marshall M Parks Silver Medal – the ‘Nobel Prize’ of Ophthalmology.

Dr Hugo Lee completed ophthalmology training at Sydney Eye Hospital in 2019 and went on to complete a 3-year, dual fellowship training in paediatric ophthalmology and oculoplastics surgery at the Sick Kids Hospital, Canada and the Singapore National Eye Centre, respectively. He has been awarded the Fred Hollows Scholarship for empowering ophthalmology care in the Pacific Islands; He has also been a visiting scholar at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA. Dr Lee’s expertise encompasses the assessment and management of congenital and acquired eye conditions such as squint (strabismus), eyelid malpositions (ptosis), tearing (epiphora), as well as complex conditions per referrals from other healthcare professionals.