SRC Mini Conference (VIC)

Registrations now open for SRC Mini

 

Meet our Speakers

Associate Professor Ian Gutteridge
MscOptom  FAAO Grad Cert Oc Ther

Ian is an optometrist in private practice in suburban Melbourne. He has also held numerous teaching appointments at the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne and is currently Principal Teaching Fellow (as Associate Professor) teaching in Ocular Diseases in fourth and fifth years. He was Chair of the Therapeutic Drugs Committee of the Australian College of Optometry during the move into therapeutics, and worked closely with the OA (Vic Div) in the preparation of the profession’s submission to the Victorian Government. Since 2012, he has been Chair of the Curriculum Committee of the Australian College of Optometry’s Certificate of Ocular Therapeutics and well as lecturing and examining in this course. He has also lectured in Ocular Therapeutics Courses offered by the University of Auckland and Queensland University of Technology.

His main interests are in retinal disease, migraine and anterior uveitis. He is an Associate Editor of Clinical and Experimental Optometry. As author or co-author, he has contributed papers to optometric journals, ophthalmological and medical journals, and 1 chapter in an optometric text on glaucoma.

 

Associate Professor Lyndell Lim

Lyndell is a Specialist Ophthalmologist and Senior Associate at Eye Surgery Associates with dual sub-specialty training in the areas of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases and Medical Retina.  After completing her ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH), A/Prof Lim embarked on a two year Medical Retina Fellowship at RVEEH and then went on to complete a Uveitis Fellowship at the Casey Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon, USA.

She is currently a Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, where she also heads the Clinical Trials Research Unit. A/Prof Lim also is a Consultant Ophthalmologist sub-specialising in the fields of Medical Retina and Ocular Inflammatory Disease at both the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and is Head of the Ocular Immunology Clinic at RVEEH.

Dr Mandy Truong

Dr Mandy Truong is a public health researcher, educator and optometrist. She currently works as a Research Fellow at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University and Senior Research Officer at the Menzies School of Health Research. She is also an Honorary Fellow in the School of Medicine at Deakin University. Mandy’s work focusses on examining and addressing the social determinants of health and structural inequities related to racism and discrimination. She has extensive research and teaching experience in the areas of cultural competence and cultural safety in health care practice and organisational change. Mandy’s primary research and teaching areas are: health equity, racism and anti-racism, cultural safety in healthcare and family violence. She has experience conducting qualitative and mixed methods research with children and adults from diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. Mandy has over 17 years of clinical experience across a variety of optometric settings and practices.

Ash Vigneswaran

Ashviney “Ash” joined Graham Hill Eyecare shortly after graduation from the University of Melbourne’s Doctor of Optometry programme in 2020.  Ash specialises in the management of dry eye syndrome but enjoys looking after the eyesight needs of all members of the community.  Since arriving in Shepparton, Ash has immersed herself in the local community and is currently serving as the secretary for the GV young professionals network.

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CPR Refresher Course

CPR training is also available for members only on the day from 7am – 8.45am at an additional fee of $70.

Bookings are essential and can be done through the conference registration process.

OA Members	Non Members
$199 inc GST	$399 inc GST