Dr Matthew Simunovic (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Matthew Patrick Simunovic
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Cambridge United Kingdom 2006
- AMC Australia 2008
- FRANZCO Australia 2014
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
Matthew Simunovic is an ophthalmic surgeon with subspecialty training in the surgical and medical management of disorders of the retina and vitreous. His clinical training was undertaken in Australia, North America and the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO) and is a vitreoretinal surgeon at Sydney Eye Hospital. He holds honorary academic appointments at the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney.
Matthew attended medical school at the University of Cambridge (MB BCHIR with distinction in medicine & surgery), where he also gained his PHD (for a thesis entitled The cone dystrophies). During his time at Cambridge, he was awarded the Duke-Elder Examination Prize and the Patrick-Trevor Roper Award by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London.
He completed specialist ophthalmic surgical training at Sydney Eye Hospital and undertook subspecialty fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and in medical retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
He subsequently completed a combined clinical and clinical research fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital/Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford. Here, in addition to his clinical duties, Matthew worked as part of a team investigating gene therapy for choroideremia and was part of the surgical team implanting the next generation of alpha AMS sub-retinal electronic implants.
He was supported during his fellowship training by the Norman Rose Travelling Scholarship, the Sydney Eye Hospital Alumni Association Travelling Fellowship, the RANZCO/Bayer Australia Scholarship, the RANZCO/Novartis Medical Retina Fellowship Award and the Bayer Global Ophthalmology Awards Program Fellowship.
Matthew’s clinical practice focuses on vitreoretinal surgery (including small gauge vitrectomy, scleral buckling and macular surgery), medical retinal disorders and complex cataract surgery in which vitreoretinal intervention may be required (including sutured and sutureless scleral fixation techniques for intraocular lenses).
In addition to caring for patients, he is actively engaged in research and in the training of retinal fellows, ophthalmology registrars and medical students.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Chatswood Private Hospital
- Sydney Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Retina Associates - Chatswood
- Retina Associates - Eastern Suburbs
- Retina Associates - Nepean
- Retina Consultants - Wollongong
- Retina Consultants - Hurstville
- Retina Consultants - Miranda
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Medical Council (AMC)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Practice Locations
Sydney
- Chatswood Private Hospital
- Address
- Suite 1 38B Albert Avenue
Chatswood NSW 2067
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9413 4822
- Retina Associates - Chatswood
- Address
- Level 4
8 Thomas Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9411 3333
- Fax
- 02 9413 3825
- Retina Associates - Eastern Suburbs
- Address
- Park Place
Suite 901 Level 9
3 Waverley Street
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9389 4840
- Fax
- 02 9387 8541
- Retina Associates - Nepean
- Address
- Suite 206 68 Derby St
Kingswood NSW 2747
Australia
- Phone
- 02 4737 3360
- Fax
- 02 4737 3363
- Retina Consultants - Hurstville
- Address
- Level 3
33 MacMahon Street
Hurstville NSW 2220
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9570 1622
- Retina Consultants - Miranda
- Address
- Suite 15 & 16 Level 1
50-52 Urunga Parade
Miranda NSW 2228
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9525 7355
- Fax
- 02 9524 4611
Wollongong
- Retina Consultants - Wollongong
- Address
- 13 Market Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Australia
- Phone
- 02 8567 0990
- Fax
- 02 9570 1699
