Dr Tom Playfair (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Tom Justin Playfair
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Sydney Australia 1968
- FRANZCO Australia 1975
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
Doctor Playfair is a medical retina specialist.
After graduating from Sydney University Medical School, Dr Playfair completed his residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He demonstrated anatomy to medical students at Sydney University Medical School for a year then trained in Ophthalmology at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne. He took up a post at Addenbrook’s Hospital at Cambridge England and during the three years there he trained in vitreoretinal surgery.
He has been a visiting medical officer at the Sydney Eye Hospital since 1978. His specialty is medical retina. He holds the position of Head of Ophthalmology in the Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
Dr Playfair specialises in medical retina, including the management of patients with macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Retina Associates - Chatswood
- Retina Associates - Eastern Suburbs
- Chatswood Grove Eye Clinic
- Chatswood Eye Specialists
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Practice Locations
Sydney
- Chatswood Grove Eye Clinic
- Address
- Suite 12 12-14 Malvern Avenue
Chatswood NSW 2067
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9411 7767
- Fax
- 02 9415 1839
- 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
- Chatswood Eye Specialists
- Address
- Level 2
38b Albert Ave
Chatswood NSW 2067
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9411 7767
