Dr Geoffrey Cohn (Ophthalmologist)

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Name
Dr Geoffrey Stephen Cohn
Qualifications
FRANZCO 1981
MBBS 1974
Occupation
Ophthalmologist
Gender
Male
Medical Specialties
Ophthalmology
Links
Phone
02 9247 9972
Fax
02 9232 3086
Email

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Dr Geoffrey Cohn OAM graduated with as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Following a professorial internship, he worked in a “mission hospital” in the Kalahari Desert, where he came to appreciate the scale of eye problems, their devastating impact in the individual, the family and the community and that there were no resources to call upon.

Training in Australia, he was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) and to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. On completion of this specialisation, Dr. Cohn returned to Africa to work as a community ophthalmologist, extending the skills to teams of trainees.

After some years, he returned to Australia to an appointment at the University of New South Wales to teach. He retains a passionate interest in foreign aid projects in developing countries . Dr Cohn was chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, having held this position within the College from 2002 -2013. He has also been a lecturer in the University of NSW, School of Medicine, since 1985 and has a keen interest in ocular pain, dry eye conditions and corneal problems.

In the last 20 years Dr Cohn’s international projects have seen him establish teaching programmes in Myanmar (formerly Burma), India, Indonesia and Cambodia that aim to empower local ophthalmologists and their communities. Australian expertise augments the knowledge and expertise of the resident staff, and equipment is provided to ensure that the centres are able to function optimally.

Hospital Affiliations
East Sydney Private Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
Eye Associates

Practice Locations

NSW

Eye Associates
Level 4
187 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000 
Australia
02 9231 1833
02 9232 3086