Welcome to the team Dr Elizabeth Conner
Fresh from a Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC), Dr Elizabeth Conner has returned to her hometown and joined the team at SES as a paediatric ophthalmologist and corneal surgeon. The 13-month long...
Drip feeding information
SES presents at the RANZCO Scientific Meeting At the latest RANZCO event a number of interesting presentations were given, and although we are biased, one of the best was on pharmacy systems and eye drop calculations by our very own SES Ophthalmic Technician Daniel...
Ready player one?
How screen time is affecting young eyes Dry eye is a common condition that is usually experienced by the elderly. However, with a rise in screen time, be it for entertainment or education, we are increasingly seeing symptoms of the condition in younger patients. Many...
An ophthalmologist, an optometrist, an optician, and an orthoptist walk into a bar…
…and the bartender says, “Am I seeing things?” Bad jokes aside, many people aren’t aware of the difference between the multiple occupations of eye care. Read on to learn about who to see, and when you need to see them. For some people it can be somewhat confusing...
Welcome to the Southern Eye Specialists team
Welcoming Dr Rahul Dwivedi We are proud to introduce Dr Rahul Dwivedi to our readers. Trained in Liverpool, Dr Rahul Dwivedi arrived in New Zealand in 2019 for what was supposed to be a year-long residency. Arriving soon after him was a certain global pandemic...
Dr Rebecca Stack arrives to the RANZCO Board
We are proud to share the news of our very own Dr Stack joining the Board of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO). Dr Rebecca Stack is certainly well-equipped to deal with the work ahead. As an experienced cataract surgeon with a...
Florence and the sights seen
We celebrate a century of treatments In June we celebrated a remarkable milestone for Florence Davidson – her 100th intravitreal injection. With family arriving from throughout the South Island to mark the occasion, the day was filled with balloons, cake and plenty of...