Dr Chandrakumar Balaratnasingam (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Chandrakumar (Chandra) Balaratnasingam
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Western Australia Australia 2003
- FRANZCO Australia 2015
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
Dr Chandra Balaratnasingam undertook ophthalmology training in Western Australia after which he completed subspecialty training in vitreoretinal disorders in Vancouver, Canada and New York City USA. Following this, he was appointed to clinical faculty at New York University School of Medicine and worked as a vitreoretinal surgeon in Manhattan for a year before joining the LEI. He is also a consultant ophthalmologist at Sir Charles Gairdner hospital. Dr. Balaratnasingam has completed a PhD and continues clinical and laboratory-based research in diabetic retinopathy and other retinal vascular diseases. He has published over 80 papers in ophthalmic and neuroscience journals, written book chapters for key retina texts and has been an invited speaker at a number of international meetings.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Lions Eye Institute - Nedlands
- Lions Eye Institute - Murdoch
- Affiliated Organisations
- Lions Eye Institute
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Practice Locations
WA
- Lions Eye Institute - Nedlands
- Address
- 2 Verdun Street
Nedlands WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9381 0777
- Fax
- 08 9381 0700
- Lions Eye Institute - Murdoch
- Address
- Suite 24 Level 1
Murdoch Medical Centre
100 Murdoch Drive
Murdoch WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9381 0765
- Fax
- 08 9311 4134
