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Board of Directors

All Optometry Queensland Northern Territory’s decisions are directed by our board. Our board consists of practising optometrists who are appointed by our members at the Annual General Meeting.

We take pride in our board which represents the diversity of our membership, and we intentionally appoint optometrists to the OQNT board so that our members can be assured that each decision is made based on the most beneficial outcome for them.

Additionally, our board’s wide-ranging experience spans across working in metro and regional practice, remote and Indigenous care, teaching, business-ownership, and working as an employee optometrist or franchisee. What they all have in common is a shared passion and vision for our profession, working tirelessly to ensure optometry in Queensland and the Northern Territory continues to prosper and our members are always looked after.

You can contact any director at any time to discuss Optometry Queensland Northern Territory business and to share ideas. Please email our office and we will happily forward your query to the most appropriate board member.

President & Director

Nancy Atkinson

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Tel: 07 3839 4411 Email: executiveassistant@optometry.org.au

Nancy is the current President of OQNT. She has over 25 years of clinical experience is all areas of optometry. She has worked in both rural and metropolitan practice and now owns her own practice in Toowong, Brisbane. Nancy completed her Bachelor of Applied Science (Optometry) and Grad Cert (Ocular Therapeutics) at QUT and later completed a Master of Business Administration and Sports Vision Accreditation. She has served on the Optometrists Board of Queensland and the Board of Royal Blind Foundation and is a former Director of the Optometrists Association of Australia QLD/NT, having served as President in 2003-2004. She was also a committee member for the Queensland Vision Initiative for 2 years and served on the Registration and Notification Committee for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) for 10 years, which is responsible for registering optometrists in Australia.

She also has a son who is studying optometry so has a strong interest in the current and future needs of optometrists.

Fiona Moore

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Fiona Moore

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Tel: 07 3839 4411 Email: executiveassistant@optometry.org.au

A graduate of QUT Bachelor of Applied Science Optometry in 1989 lead me to work in private practice for Greg Smith at Caloundra. A move to contact lens only practice in 1990 for OPSM on Wickham Tce was a terrific learning experience working closely with ophthalmology. Travel then beckoned in 1991 heading to the UK where I practiced in many locations including Ireland, I am still registered in the UK and Ireland to practice.

Returning to Australia in 1994 to Rockhampton I worked for an ophthalmologist in private practice, another fantastic learning experience. In 1995 an opportunity opened in private practice as an OPSM ‘double door’ optometrist and also practicing in Blackwater. During this period I had a lead role in the Rockhampton Base Hospital Eye outpatients clinic . The year 2000 sees me open my own practice in Yeppoon, joining with
my husband Tom’s practice in Rockhampton and continuing with Blackwater. I completed my Therapeutic certification in 2005 and a Masters in Public Health in 2013. After 20 years we now have two practices in Rockhampton and Yeppoon where I consult. I am married to Tom Moore also an optometrist and have a son Eamon, a lawyer, and daughter Matilda who is studying optometry.

Director

Andrew Christiansen

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Tel: Email: executiveassistant@optometry.org.au

My name is Andy, and I have been a practising optometrist for 30 years and the owner and director of a busy clinically focused regional practice in Bundaberg with four consulting rooms. I have completed a Masters of Philosophy through QUT focusing on ocular allergies. In the past I have also attained a Masters in Health Science (QUT) to broaden my knowledge of the Australian health sector, and the Postgrad in Ocular Therapeutics (QUT). Currently I am undertaking a PhD (QUT) researching corporatisation, emerging technologies and the influences these can have on the ethical framework of our profession.

I believe the public perception of our profession should be enhanced further and I want to be involved in the continued progression of optometry in Australia.

I have a lovely wife with whom I also work with and two beautiful high-school age children (and a small fluffy dog). When I have spare time I enjoy hiking, guitar, playing soccer and snowboarding.

Memberships: - Optometry Association of Australia, Dry Eye Society Australia, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law, Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia, and the Australian College of Optometry.

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.