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A/Prof Simon Skalicky was recently elected as the President of Glaucoma Australia, he wrote this piece for the Australian Society for Ophthalmology.

Optometrists and Ophthalmologists are two distinct groups of health professionals delivering eye and vision healthcare in Australia.

An intraocular lens (IOL) is a small artificial lens that replaces the eye's natural lens during cataract surgery. The IOL provides similar focusing power to the natural lens; without it very...

I am an Ophthalmologist in Melbourne who believes careful tests performed prior to cataract surgery are the key to successful surgery.

Despite much work and scientific pursuit, an eyedrop has not yet been developed that effectively and reliably treats cataracts in humans. Today surgery remains the only way to definitively treat cataracts.

Glaucoma can affect anyone but becomes more common as we age. 1 in 10,000 babies are born with glaucoma; by age 40, about 1 out of 200 people have glaucoma,...

Scientists have been working to develop an eye drop medication that reduces the severity of cataracts, and perhaps one day prevents them. 

The eye is a complicated (but brilliantly designed) organ. With so many different parts of the eye, comes several problems or eye diseases you can get.

Glaucoma occurs when pressure in your eye damages the nerve that connects it to the brain. This nerve is called the optic nerve.