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M.B.,B.S. (Hons), B.Med.Sc., M.Med., PhD, F.R.A.N.Z.C.O. Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Ophthalmic surgeon, glaucoma and cataract, diseases of the eye
Dr Paul Healey received his MBBS with honours from UNSW. Prior to graduating from medicine he undertook at B(Med)Sc at the renowned Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Cell Biology, the first undergraduate to work there. Following residency at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, he joined the Centre for Vision Research at Westmead Hospital to investigate optic nerve head morphology in glaucoma. While training in Ophthalmology on the Sydney Eye Hospital scheme, he completed a Masters of Medicine in Epidemiology at Sydney University. Immediately after completing his training, he was appointed Director of Ophthalmic Surgery at Westmead Hospital where he performed over 500 cataract and other ophthalmic surgeries per year.
In 2000, he left Westmead to become the Clinical Glaucoma Fellow at the worlds largest glaucoma service at Moorfields Eye Hospital. During his time in London he was also appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London.
Paul returned to Sydney in 2001 as a specialist glaucoma and cataract surgeon at Eye Associates, the Director of Glaucoma Services at the Western Sydney Eye Hospital and Director of Glaucoma Research at the Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney. He was subsequently appointed as an associate Visiting Medical Officer at Sydney Eye Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the CVR as well as the Save Sight Institute.
Paul has an active research interest in glaucoma epidemiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment as well as cell biology and quality of life. He has authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 70 presentations at National and International Meetings. He is a faculty member of many ophthalmic meetings. He is the treasurer of the South East Asian Glaucoma Interest Group and a member of the Associate Advisory Committee for the Association of International Glaucoma Societies. At the first World Glaucoma Congress in July 2005, Paul received the prize for the best scientific presentation and was recognized with the World Young Clinician Scientist Award.