Dr Anton Van Heerden (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Anton Auret Van Heerden
- Qualifications
- FRANZCO 2009
- MB ChB 1998
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Afrikaans
- Medical Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Dr. Van Heerden is a cataract and refractive surgeon, retina sub-specialist and comprehensive general Ophthalmologist.
Dr Van Heerden is the Head of Unit of one of the surgical units at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He also consults at The Alfred Hospital and in Shepparton at the Goulburn Valley Eye Clinic.
He now provides a General Ophthalmic Service which including cataract and refractive surgery, including LASIK. He also has a sub-specialist interest in medical retina conditions which include Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy.
Dr Van Heerden grew-up in South Africa. He studied his medical degree at Stellenbosch University. He started eye surgery in a rural hospital in South Africa. He then went to The United Kingdom where he furthered his surgical skills and became a Member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists-London. He did his post-graduate training at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and became a Fellow of the College of Ophthalmologists, South Africa.
He moved to Melbourne and completed a year’s fellowship in Medical Retina and Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Armadale Eye Clinic
- Knox Specialist Medical Centre
- Goulburn Valley Eye Group
- Mornington Peninsula Eye Clinic
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Armadale Eye Clinic
- Address
- 93 Kooyong Rd
Armadale VIC 3143
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9079 0888
- Fax
- 03 8692 1131
- Mornington Peninsula Eye Clinic
- Address
- 956 Nepean Highway
Mornington VIC 3931
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9079 1885
- Fax
- 03 9086 4156
Shepparton
- Goulburn Valley Eye Group
- Address
- 108 Orr Street
Shepparton VIC 3630
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5831 3777
- Fax
- 03 5831 2324
