Dr Albert Aralar completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland in 1990. After completing his Ophthalmology specialty training in 1998, he spent six months at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and a further six months at The Royal Surrey County Hospital. He spent the next two years in Vancouver, Canada where he completed a full year neuro-ophalthamology training at the University of Columbia in Canada, and went on to complete a post-graduate Vitreoretinal fellowship in 2002.
Dr Aralar joined the Terrace Eye Centre group in October of that year. He has special interests in retinal diseases and surgery and age related macular degeneration.
Dr Peter Beckingsale graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1996 and completed his residency and ophthalmology training in Brisbane. He was awarded the ARVO and RANZCO/Allergan scholarships. He then went to England for fellowship training at the West of England Eye Unit and then the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead where he underwent sub-specialty training in corneal, anterior segment and refractive surgery.
He is a member of the Corneal Society and the Australian and American
Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and is a visiting consultant
ophthalmologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Dr Mark
Donaldson graduated from the University of Queensland with first
class honours in 1996 and went on to complete his ophthalmology
training at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital in Melbourne
in 2004. In 2005 he completed a fellowship in Retina and Vitreous
Surgery at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in the United States,
followed by a fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal and Macular Surgery
at the New York Presbyterian Hospital & Columbia University
Medical Centre, New York in 2006.
Dr Donaldson joined the Terrace Eye Centre group in 2007 and specialises
in Retina, Vitreous and Macular surgery. He also holds public appointments
at the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he is heavily involved in
the teaching of ophthalmology registrars.
Dr Guy
D’Mellow completed his medical degree at the University
of Queensland in 1980. He then did his residency at the Mater
Hospitals and a medical registrarship at Princess Alexandra
Hospital. After completing his ophthalmic training in Brisbane
he undertook postgraduate training in the United Kingdom. Dr
D’Mellow returned to Australia and joined the practice
in 1992. He also has a private practice at Cleveland. His special
interests are in glaucoma and general ophthalmology.
He has appointments as a visiting consultant at the Mater Misericordiae and the Greenslopes hospitals. He is actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is an examiner in Physiology for the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists.
Dr William
Glasson graduated from the University of Queensland in 1980
and completed his residency at the Princess Alexandra Hospital
and the Mater Hospital. After completing his ophthalmic training
in Brisbane he undertook postgraduate training in London in
the area of ocular oncology as well as working in the area of
lid and lacrimal pathology. Doctor Glasson joined the practice
in 1988.
He also conducts clinics at Longreach, Winton, Barcaldine and
Blackall.
Dr Glasson is a general ophthalmologist with a special interest in
ocular oncology, refractive surgery and lacrimal surgery. He is currently
a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater Public Hospital, 2 Field
Hospital Enoggera and Longreach Base Hospital. He is a past President
of the Australian Medical Association. He is a consultant ophthalmologist
to the Australian Army and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He
provides outreach services to the Australian indigenous population
as well as providing ophthalmic services in East Timor.
Dr Amanda Greaves graduated from the University of Queensland in 1979 and did her ophthalmology training in Brisbane, Cleveland Ohio in the USA, and at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney with the late Professor Fred Hollows. Amanda states that “Fred Hollows was an inspiration and a guiding light. One of his obsessions was eye disease caused by diabetes, and he kindled my interest in learning more about the treatment of this problem.” After obtaining her Fellowship, Dr Greaves trained with Drs John and Shirley Sarks in Sydney in the field of medical retina.
Dr Greaves joined the Terrace Eye Centre in 1988. Her special interests
are in diabetic eye disease, age related macular degeneration, laser
retinal surgery and fluorescein angiography. Dr Greaves is a tutor
and was examiner for the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists’
final examination for trainee eye surgeons. She is Queensland State
Chairman of the Macular Degeneration Foundation, a member of the Oceania
Retinal Association, and an International Member of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology.
Dr
Maccheron completed his advanced ophthalmic training in Brisbane
in 2007. In 2008 he completed a Corneal, Cataract and
Refractive Surgery Fellowship at The Queen Victoria Hospital and
Centre for Sight, in the United Kingdom. His sub-specialty
areas of interest are: advanced corneal grafting techniques,
cataract, pterygium and refractive surgery.
Dr Maccheron is a visiting sub-specialist at The Royal Brisbane
and Women’s Hospital and a senior clinical lecturer for the
University of Queensland. He received awards including the
William Nathaniel Robertson Scholarship (Univ Old) for
scientific research and the RANZCO-Allergan Scholarship for
fellowship training.
Dr Maccheron is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Ophthalmology, a member of The Cornea Society and a
member of the Australasian College of Cataract and Refractive
Surgeons.
Dr Timothy
Sullivan completed his specialist training in Ophthalmology
in 1988. He was awarded the RACO/OPSM scholarship for that year
and undertook formal fellowships in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital
Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and in Paediatric
Ophthalmology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Canada. He joined the practice in 1992 and practices exclusively
in eyelid, lacrimal and orbital disease in adults and children.
Dr Sullivan was conferred the academic title of Clinical Associate
Professor, University of Queensland, in 1996. A member of the Australian
Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, he is also
an assistant editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Sonia Ahn Yuen completed her medical degree at Stanford
University School of Medicine in 1998, after her undergraduate
degree at Cornell University and a PhD at the University of
California, San Diego. Dr Yuen completed her Ophthalmology
Specialty training at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye
and Ear Infirmary in 2002. She finished an Oculoplastics
Fellowship (Eyelid, Lacrimal, and Orbital Disease) at the Royal
Brisbane & Women’s Hospital from 2002 to 2004, followed by a
Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at the Royal Children’s
Hospital in Brisbane from 2006 to 2007. Dr Yuen is a Fellow of
the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
and maintains a Specialty Board certification with the American
Board of Ophthalmology.
She is a visiting consultant
at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s
Hospital. Dr Yuen joined the Terrace Eye Centre in 2008 as a general ophthalmologist
with subspecialty expertise
in oculoplastics and paediatric ophthalmology.
