WELLINGTON EYE CENTRE - Key Persons
Dr Logan qualified as a doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (CH.B) from Otago University in 1976, and completed his training as a specialist ophthalmologist in 1983.
He was the first surgeon to perform LASIK surgery in New Zealand in 1995, more than a year before any other refractive New Zealand surgeon. Believing strongly in the benefits of laser eye surgery, he was the first eye surgeon in New Zealand to have it performed on himself in 1996.
He was also the first New Zealand surgeon to perform LASIK in 2005 and the first to introduce the VisuMax® femtosecond laser in New Zealand in 2009. He introduced SMILE® keyhole laser vision correction to New Zealand in 2014.
Dr Logan is proud to call himself an early adopter of new proven technology, and stays at the forefront of this by attending seminars and training in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
Wellington Eye Centre was founded by Dr. Andrew Logan. Andrew was the first eye surgeon in New Zealand to carry out LASIK eye surgery. To ensure his treatment was up to scratch he first had the procedure conducted on himself back in 1996.
In 2005 Dr Logan was also the first New Zealand eye surgeon to perform LASEK eye surgery.
Wellington Eye Centre was the first eye surgery clinic in New Zealand to offer LASIK eye surgery procedure, more than a year before any other clinic. Wellington Eye Centre was also the first eye clinic to obtain the VisuMax™ femtosecond laser, back in 2009 - the most advanced laser vision correction technology.
Job Titles:
- a Locum Optometrist
- Therapeutically Endorsed Optometrist
Peter is a Therapeutically Endorsed Optometrist with special interests in front-of-the-eye pathology, glaucoma, and aviation in optometry.
Peter joined the Wellington Eye Centre as a locum Optometrist in 2022. He works one to two days a week, alongside our permanent Optometrist Shannon. Peter joined us having recently sold his shareholding in McClellan Grimmer Edgar Optometrists here in Wellington.
Over the past 25 years, Peter has had significant involvement in the governance of the optometry profession. This includes the accreditation of teaching programs and discipline, having been a past Chair of the Registration Authority; and an elected member of the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand. He has also been a full-term member of PHARMAC's Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (Ophthalmology). The New Zealand Association of Optometrists awarded Peter the HS Gilberd Memorial Medal in 2021.
Outside of optometry, Peter is a keen cook. He loves music - from Puccini to the Beths via Gillian Welch and Tom Waits. As well as a love for wine and books.
Job Titles:
- Therapeutically Qualified Optometrist
Shannon is a Therapeutically Qualified Optometrist with special interests in dry eye management, myopia control and in diabetic retinal screening.