Dr Eric Mayer (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Eric John Mayer
- Qualifications
- FRANZCO 2008
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Oxford University United Kingdom 1994
- Occupation
- Ophthalmic and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- French
- Medical Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Dr Mayer is an internationally recognised Ophthalmic and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon. He sub-specialises in the medical and surgical treatment of retinal disorders and complex cataract.
He provides his services at Mornington Specialist Eye Clinic in Mornington, Victoria and at Vision Eye Institute Box Hill, Melbourne, Vic..
Background
Eric graduated from Oxford University in 1994 and trained at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He also trained and worked in Cambridge, Oxford, Windsor, Bath and Bristol in the UK and worked for five years as a Consultant Specialist Ophthalmologist in the UK before moving to Australia in 2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and lives and works in Melbourne. He has worked as a Surgical and Medical Retinal Specialist for over twenty years.
Before moving into Ophthalmology he completed a PhD in Cambridge researching techniques of intrastriatal neural transplantation and was later the recipient of a highly prestigious National Career Scientist Award from the Department of Health and Development. He has over fifty peer reviewed publications evidencing his continual efforts to find new treatments and improvements in care and outcomes for patients. Dr Mayer established the first clinic for Genetics in Eye Disease at Bristol Eye Hospital and was the founder and initiator of bio-electronic interfacing developments and human retinal neural stem cell work, which led to the first identification of stem cells in the Human Retina.
In addition to his Medical work, Dr Mayer has supervised medical and surgical training of junior doctors. He was also an Examiner for the International Council of Ophthalmology for ten years
Education and Training
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Oxford, UK Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK Neurosurgery and Neuro-ICU, Cambridge, UK Specialist Ophthalmology Training, St Thomas’ Hospital London and South West Hospitals, UK Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship, Bristol Eye Hospital, UK
- Affiliated Clinics
- Mornington Specialist Eye Clinic, 94 Tanti Avenue, Mornington, Vic 3931
- Vision Eye Institute, 852 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic, 3128
- Affiliated Organisations
- Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
- Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Member of the Australian Medical Association
- Oceania Retinal Association
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- University of London
- Medical Conditions
- Retinal Detachment Repair, Cataract and Lens Surgery, Vitreous Haemorrhage,
- Retinal Vein Occlusions, Macular Hole, Epiretinal Membranes, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Eye Disease, Vitreo-Retinal Surgery, Intra-Vitreal Injections, Retinal and YAG Laser, Laser Eye Surgery
- Topics
- Surgical and Medical Retina and Cataract
