About

He undertook fellowship training in glaucoma at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, gaining expertise in incisional and microinvasive glaucoma surgical techniques in addition to medical and laser glaucoma therapies. He then completed a cornea, external diseases, and refractive surgery fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. During this fellowship he gained experience in all aspects of corneal transplant surgery, complicated cataract surgery, pterygium surgery, and surface-based therapeutic and refractive laser procedures. Dr Northey was awarded the Sydney Hospitallers’ Norman Rose and the RANZCO Trevelyn-Smith travelling scholarships in support of his fellowship training.

He has published in peer reviewed medical journals, presented at national and international ophthalmology conferences, and is a clinical associate lecturer at the University of Sydney. Dr Northey is currently a staff specialist ophthalmologist at Sydney Eye Hospital.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Advanced), The University of Sydney
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours), The University of Notre Dame Australia
• Master of Medicine (Ophthalmic Science), The University of Sydney
• Master of Public Health, The University of Sydney
• Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO)