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Dr Hamish Dunn

B Lib Stud, MBBS (Hons), FRANZCO

Dr Hamish Dunn joined the team at Port Macquarie Eye Centre in 2017 and has recently moved to Port Macquarie with his wife and two children. He is a glaucoma specialist and general ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in oculoplastics and advanced cataract surgery.

Dr Dunn is an active researcher, and brings the latest research to his patients with his involvement in clinical and surgical trials. His current research interests are in optimising fundus (back of the eye) examination for non-ophthalmologists, screening for diabetic retinopathy, and clinical glaucoma. He has presented his research at local and international medical conferences and written many peer-reviewed publications, as well as NSW Health guidelines on optimal patient care.

After undergraduate studies in psychology and languages, he worked for UNICEF in Guyana, South America. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney, having received the prestigious Graduate Merit Scholarship, and a scholarship working with the Fred Hollows Foundation in Madang, Papua New Guinea. During university he co-founded the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience which is now the most successful program of its kind in the country.

His ophthalmology training was at Sydney Eye Hospital, and he undertook a Senior Registrar training year at Royal North Shore Hospital with a subspecialty focus in oculoplastics, glaucoma and complex cataract surgery. He then had a further year as the Glaucoma Fellow at Westmead Hospital where he assisted with the introduction of novel minimally-invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS). He was then asked to join the Glaucoma Australia Council and take on the role of Chair of the Ophthalmology Committee.

Dr Dunn believes clear communication between doctors and patients is critical and works as an educational consultant with the Pam McLean Centre at Sydney Medical School.

Medical Qualification 

  • University of Sydney. MBBS (Hons)

Post Graduate

  • Fellow of the Royal Australian And New Zealand College of Ophthalmology. (FRANZCO)

Registration

  • APHRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)

Ophthalmic interests

  • Glaucoma – medical, laser and surgical treatment
  • Oculoplastics (eyelid surgery and skin tumours)
  • Cataract surgery
  • Medical retina diseases including diabetes and macular degeneration
Professional Memberships 

  • Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO)
  • Member of the Australia & New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS)
  • Member of the Australian Medical Association

Medical Leadership Roles

  • Chair, Glaucoma Australia, Ophthalmology Committee
  • RANZCO Glaucoma Referral Pathway Working Group
  • Local Organising Committee, World Glaucoma Congress, Melbourne 2019
  • RANZCO Leadership Development Program
Public Hospital Appointments 

  • Locum VMO; Port Macquarie Base & Kempsey District Hospitals
  • Westmead Hospital, Honorary Research Fellow

Private Hospital Visiting Rights

  • Port Macquarie Ophthalmic Surgery

University/Teaching

  • Conjoint Lecturer, University of NSW, Rural Clinical School
  • Clinical Assoc Lecturer, University of Sydney
  • Co-Chair, RANZCO Curriculum Review, Glaucoma working group
  • Supervisor of Registrars on secondment to Port Macquarie from The Sydney Eye Hospital
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