Mr Gurmit Uppal (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Gurmit Singh Uppal
- Qualifications
- FRANZCO 2014
- MBBS 1998
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- French
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Urdu
- Medical Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Dr Uppal is a retinal specialist (vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina) with a special interest is macular diseases, particularly age related macular degeneration (AMD). He completed a doctorate research degree at the prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital (London, UK) and Institute of Ophthalmology (part of University College London). His research examined novel surgical treatments for AMD including transplantation surgery and more recently stem-cell treatments for this condition and he has published extensively in this field. The research was completed under the guidance of Lyndon da Cruz, one of the worlds leading retinal specialists and originally from Perth WA.
Dr Uppal trained in London at leading teaching hospitals including the world renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital, where he undertook his ophthalmic registrar training. Thereafter he completed a retinal fellowship (vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina) at Sydney Eye Hospital and Sydney Hospital, developing an expertise in surgical and medical treatment of retinal disease and macular disorders. He followed this with a second vitreoretinal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London further enhancing his experience in retinal disorders including retinal detachment, macular pathologies (retinal membranes, macular holes, macular traction, myopic macular disease), complex cataract, trauma, diabetic eye disease, retinal vascular diseases, and AMD.
He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists as well as the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK), and a member of the American Association of Ophthalmology and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Dr Uppal is also a member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Retina Specialists.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Peninsula Eye Hospital
- North Lakes Eye Centre
- Caboolture Eye Surgery
Practice Locations
QLD
- Peninsula Eye Hospital
- Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm
- Address
- 47 Redcliffe Parade
Redcliffe QLD Australia
- Phone
- 07 3283 3488
- Fax
- 07 3284 5091
- Caboolture Eye Surgery
- Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm
- Address
- 86 King Street
Caboolture QLD Australia
- Phone
- 07 5499 1933
- Fax
- 07 5499 1033
- North Lakes Eye Centre
- Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm
- Address
- Lakelands Medical Centre
Suite 6 Cnr Gregor St West and Winn St
North Lakes QLD Australia
- Phone
- 07 3491 6177
- Fax
- 07 3491 6511
