Dr Andrew White (Ophthalmologist)

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Name
Dr Andrew John Rigney White
Qualifications
MBBS University of Sydney 2003
FRANZCO
Occupation
Ophthalmologist
Author
Gender
Male
Medical Specialties
Ophthalmology
Glaucoma

Clinical Associate Professor Andrew White is a clinician scientist ophthalmologist at Westmead Hospital. His subspecialty interest is glaucoma. He was awarded First Class Honours in Medical Science in 1995 and a combined MBBS/PhD degree in 2001 from the University of Sydney.

He also undertook research work at the Max Plank Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany and the State University of New York (SUNY). This research focused on the characterisation of the koniocellular visual pathway, responsible for blue yellow colour vision as well as the physiology behind colour vision and glaucoma detection tests such as perimetry and FDT.

Trained at the Sydney Eye Hospital, he undertook subspecialty training in glaucoma at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK where he later worked as a Glaucoma Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the University of Cambridge. Throughout his time in the UK, Andrew undertook research at the Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge. He has recently been looking at neuroprotective agents to prevent the progression of glaucoma in vitro/ex vivo.

Since his return to Sydney he has been working as a Glaucoma Specialist in private practice and at Westmead Hospital. As a clinician-scientist, Andrew has multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications and published conference abstracts. He is a regular invited speaker at overseas conferences. He is actively involved in the training of medical students, registrars and fellows in cataract and glaucoma. He also lectures optometrists and optometry students in Glaucoma. He is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and has research affiliations with the University of Sydney at both the Save Sight Institute and Westmead Millennium Institute where he has an active laboratory.

Andrew is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), European Glaucoma Society, Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Interest Group (ANZGIG). He is an author of the new Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society Guidelines on the management of glaucoma to be published this year. He is a Member of the World Glaucoma Society Associate Advisory Board. He is the current chair of the Glaucoma Australia Expert Advisory Panel. He also chairs the NSW Government Agency for Clinical Innovation C-Eye-C Project looking at new models of health care delivery for chronic eye diseases.

He was the lead author of the RANZCO endorsed guidelines for collaborative management of glaucoma. In addition, he is on the Executive of the Australian Society of Ophthalmologists and is a member of the RANZCO NSW State Branch Committee.

Hospital Affiliations
Westmead Hospital
Epping Surgery Centre
Central Coast Day Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
PersonalEYES Epping
PersonalEYES Castle Hill
PersonalEYES Parramatta
PersonalEYES Sydney CBD
Affiliated Organisations
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO)
Affiliated Universities
University of Sydney
Medical Conditions
Glaucoma

Practice Locations

NSW

personalEYES Parramatta
Level 6
34 Charles St
Parramatta NSW 2150 
Australia
1300 683 937
02 8833 7112
Westmead Hospital
Department of Ophthalmology Cnr Hawkesbury and Darcy Roads
Westmead NSW 2145 
Australia
02 9845 7960
PersonalEYES Epping
Epping Eye Specialists
Suite 203 Level 2
Next to Coles supermarket
3 Carlingford Road
Epping NSW 2121 
Australia
1300 683 937
02 9199 9722
PersonalEYES Castle Hill
105 Cecil Ave
Castle Hill NSW 2154 
Australia
1300 683 937
02 9199 9722
PersonalEYES Parramatta
Rivermark
Level 6
34 Charles St
Parramatta NSW 2150 
Australia
1300 683 937
02 9199 9722
PersonalEYES Sydney CBD
Level 11
33 York Street
Sydney NSW 2000 
Australia
02 82358400
(02) 8235 8488