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Staff
Centre for Eye Health is staffed by full-time optometrists, consultant ophthalmologists and an operations team.
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EXECUTIVE TEAM
Director
Professor Michael Kalloniatis, B.Sc. (Optom) M.Sc. (Optom) Ph.D.
With expertise in retinal anatomy and neurochemistry, Kalloniatis is a highly experienced optometrist with a range of academic and research experience who has maintained clinical practice throughout his career. Both Kalloniatis' parents have experienced vision loss at the hands of eye disease, so his passion to prevent blindness through early diagnosis is augmented by personal first-hand understanding of the social impacts of vision loss.
David joins CFEH with an extensive range of business management experience. Having spent the past seven years in the workplace health industry, David has a strong background in strategy, operations, finance and business development. His degrees in both commerce and psychology have provided David with a solid foundation for excellent people leadership and business management acumen.
Chief Financial OfficerNick Shaw, B.Comm, CA
CLINIC
Chief Staff Optometrist
Michael Yapp BOptom (Hons), MOptom, GradCertOcTher
Michael received his BOptom (Hons), MOptom and GradCertOcTher from the University of New South Wales. He has worked in private practice as a locum both throughout Australia and the UK, as a staff optometrist, tutor and guest lecturer at the UNSW and as program manager for Luxottica's Australian based optical charity program. His most recent role was working for a Corneal and Refractive Specialist Ophthalmologists Surgery.
Principal Optometrists
Anna Delmadoros BOptom (Hons), MOptom
Anna Delmadoros graduated from UNSW with first class honours in 1996 and completed her Masters of Optometry degree in 2005. She is also the Senior Staff Optometrist for ocular pathology and advanced ocular techniques at the School of Optometry at UNSW. She has been extensively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching since 2000 and is actively involved in the continuing education of Optometrists nationwide. In 2008, the NSW division of OAA awarded her the Josef Lederer Award for Excellence in Optometry and in 2009 she was awarded a UNSW Excellence Award. She is particularly interested in new technologies for the early detection and management of glaucoma.
Paula Katalinic BOptom (Hons), MOptom, GradCertOcTher
Paula received her BOptom and MOptom degrees from The University of New South Wales and gained her Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics in 2008. She has worked in both rural and urban optometric practice and spent 3.5 years at Joslin Diabetes Centre's Beetham Eye Institute in Boston. Most recently, she was a Staff Optometrist in the School of Optometry and Vision Science at The University of New South Wales and currently works part-time as Projects Officer at the Optometrists Association Australia (NSW Division). Her clinical interests are in retinal pathology (with a particular interest in diabetic retinopathy) and colour vision.
Dr Andrew Whatham BOptom (Hons), DPhil, GradCertOcTher
Andrew received his BOptom and GradCertOcTher degrees from the University of New South Wales, and his DPhil form the University of Oxford, UK. He has worked in private optometric practice in Australia, in laboratory research at the University of Oxford, UK, and in clinical research at Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. More recently, he has worked as a casual lecturer in the School of Optometry and Vision Science at The University of New South Wales, and as a Senior Vision Scientist with the Institute for Eye Research, Sydney. Andrew has published original research in major journals on a range of topics. His major clinical interest is in neural disorders of vision from the retina to visual cortices.
Optometrists
Agnes Choi, BOptom, GradCertOcTher
Agnes received her Bachelor of Optometry and Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics from The University of New South Wales. She has worked in private optometric practice and as a Clinical Optometrist in the Institute for Eye Research, Sydney. Her clinical interests include glaucoma and contact lenses.
Carol Chu, BOptom, GradCertOcTher
Carol received her Bachelor of Optometry and Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics from The University of New South Wales, also receiving the University Medal. She has worked in private and corporate optometric practices.
Angelica Ly, BOptom (Hons)
Angelica graduated with Honours from The University of New South Wales in 2009. She has, and continues to, work in clinical practice whilst pursuing further study in ocular therapeutics.
Rebecca Milston, BOptom (Hons), GradCertOcTher
Rebecca received her Bachelor of Optometry and Graduate Certificate of Ocular Therapeutics from The University of New South Wales. She is also completing her Masters of Optometry. Rebecca has worked in private optometric practice since graduating, and continues to work there part-time whilst also working at CFEH.
Jaclyn Chiang, BOptom, MOptom, GradCertOcTher
Jaclyn received her Bachelor of Optometry at University of New South Wales and subsequently completed the Graduate Certificate of Ocular Therapeutics and Master of Optometry. Jaclyn worked in private practice in Sydney before joining the CFEH team in early 2012.
Elizabeth Wong, BOptom(Hons), GradCertOcTher
Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Optometry and Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics from the University of New South Wales. She has worked in corporate optometry practice, part of which involved rural relief work, and charity screenings and as a visiting clinic supervisor at the UNSW School of Optometry. Prior to joining CFEH Elizabeth worked as a clinical optometrist at a corneal specialist ophthalmology practice.
Nayuta Yoshioka, BOptom (Hons), GradCertOcTher
Yoshi graduated with aBachelor of Optometry degree and Graduate Certificate for Ocular Therapeutics from the University of New South Wales. He has worked as an optometrist at a private practice in rural NSW/Victoria for two years, with an emphasis on ocular disease management as is typical for a rural practice. Upon returning to Sydney, he worked for another private practice before joining the Centre in 2012.
OPERATIONS
Office Coordinator and Executive Support
Astra Anderton
Administration Assistant
Gemma Hancock
