Dr Alexander Hewitt (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Alexander William Hewitt
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Tasmania Australia 2001
- FRANZCO Australia 2013
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
A/Prof Alex Hewitt is a clinician-scientist and leads Clinical Genetics at CERA. During medical training he completed a BMedSci (Hons) degree investigating the outcomes of cataract surgery for people living in remote areas of the Northern Territory. He obtained his PhD investigating the molecular and phenotypic associations for open angle glaucoma from Flinders University of South Australia in 2009. Alex completed formal Ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in 2012, and then spent one year on secondment at the Lions Eye Institute in Western Australia. He returned to Melbourne in 2013 to take up the position with CERA’s Clinical Genetics.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Centre For Eye Research Australia
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Centre For Eye Research Australia
- Address
- Peter Howson Wing
Level 7
32 Gisborne Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9929 8360
