EYE SURGERY CONSULTANTS - Key Persons
Dr Bruce Alexander Crawford was born in Preston, Melbourne in 1932. He completed schooling at St Kevin's College, Toorak and was awarded a Senior Commonwealth Scholarship to Melbourne University to study medicine. He graduated with honours in 1955. After years as a Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne and Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospitals, he studied in Britain and qualified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1961. In 1962, he was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and was appointed as a consultant ophthalmologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Bruce joined Sir Thomas' private practice in Grattan Street, Carlton, adjacent to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was elected as a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 1964 and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1970. He was an ophthalmologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for 30 years with extensive experience in trauma, neurological and general diseases of vision and the eye. He excelled in strabismus surgery, orbital surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, corneal transplantation, and lens implantation. This was the very beginning of the era of microsurgery, when one figure could have expertise across every aspect of the speciality. He was a consultant in foreign aid for the South Pacific area, and for many years led surgical teams to the island nations of Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. He consulted in the outback, providing services to Indigenous people in the area out of Broken Hill, extending to Menindee and Wilcannia.
He retired in 1995 and now pursues a musical avocation.
Dr Dermot Cassidy is an ophthalmologist specialising in cataract, corneal, and laser refractive surgery.
Dr Dermot Cassidy is an Ophthalmologist specializing in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the front of the eye, including: cataract, all forms of corneal transplantation, pterygium surgery, laser refractive surgery and collagen cross-linking for keratoconus.
He graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000 before returning to Melbourne to undertake Ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Following completion of his specialist training he undertook two subspecialist Corneal Fellowships - first at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital here in Melbourne in 2010 and subsequently a Corneal, External eye disease and Laser Refractive Surgical Fellowship at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom in 2011.
He remained as a Consultant in Corneal and Anterior Segment surgery at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital prior to returning to Melbourne where he remains a Consultant on the Corneal Unit and on the Keratoconus Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
He has published scientific papers in his area of subspecialty in peer-reviewed journals, has presented at international meetings and is co-author of a textbook on endothelial lamellar corneal transplantation published in 2013.
When not at work, Dermot's other passions include spending time with his young family and playing tennis or any other sport on offer.
Job Titles:
- Sivakhami Satchithananthan ) MBBChir, MA ( Hons ), FRANZCO, FRCOphth / Dr Khami Satchi Is an Ophthalmologist Specialising in Conditions of the Eyelids, Tear Ducts, and Orbit.
Dr Khami Satchi is an ophthalmologist specialising in conditions of the eyelids, tear ducts, and orbit.
Dr Thomas Hardy is an ophthalmologist specialising in disorders of the eyelids, orbit (eye socket), and tear drainage system.
Job Titles:
- Ophthalmologist
- Specialist
Dr Colby Hart is an ophthalmologist specialising in cataract, corneal, and laser refractive surgery.
Dr. Colby Hart is a fellowship trained corneal specialist. He is proficient in the management of disease impacting the front of the eye, including keratoconus, corneal dystrophies and complex cataracts. He performs refractive laser surgery, as well as all forms of corneal transplantation, including endothelial grafts and keratoprosthesis surgery.
Colby completed his ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne where he currently works in both the cornea and general units. His cornea, refractive surgery and ocular surface disease fellowship was completed in Liverpool in the United Kingdom under the supervision of the revered Professor Stephen Kaye.
Colby has published and presented research projects in association with the Centre for Eye Research Australia, Lions Eye Bank and Liverpool University. He has been awarded multiple prizes at national and international conferences, and his current research interests surround the use of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and projects that aim to increase corneal donation rates in Australia. He is a reviewer for the British Medical Journal of Ophthalmology.
When Colby isn't working, he loves spending time with his beautiful wife and daughter. He is an avid Manchester United and Geelong Cats fan. He loves getting out for a round of golf, even if it involves spending a lot of the time in the trees!