Contributors / Writers

Gabi Hollows
mivision | 01 December 2009
Gabi Hollows. Graduating from the NSW School of Orthoptics in 1972, it was during her training that she first met the late Fred Hollows. Made a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International, she is the founding director of The Fred Hollows Foundation. Read More
Peter Druery
mivision | 01 July 2009
Peter Druery is a licensed optical dispenser and optical technician. He teaches both of these disciplines at the Institute of TAFE Ultimo, Sydney. He has had 34 years experience in the industry. Peter holds a B.Ed (Hons) UTS and a Dip.Teach (SCAE). Read More
Dr. Ian Pearson
mivision | 31 August 2010
Dr. Ian Pearson is a futurologist with a proven track record of 85 per cent accuracy. His conceived text messaging for landlines years before the first mobile text message was sent. Dr. Pearson writes in our business section on the impact augmented reality... Read More
Neil B. Gailmard
mivision | 01 July 2009
Neil B. Gailmard, OD, MBA, FAAO is President of Gailmard Consulting, a management firm that specialises in helping optometrists increase productivity and profitability. He is in private practice and has published hundreds of articles in professional journals. Read More
Geoff Lawson
mivision | 01 December 2009
Geoff Lawson, OAM, is a qualified optometrist who graduated with a Bachelor of Optometry from the University of New South Wales and an ambassador for Optometry Giving Sight. He is a former Australian Cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket... Read More
Professor Jonathan Crowston
| 29 September 2010
Professor Jonathan Crowston, a clinician-scientist who specialises in glaucoma, is the Managing Director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia. His research roundup will become a regular series for mivision and this first article tackles one of the major... Read More
Dr. Percy Lazon de la Jara
| 29 September 2010
Dr. Percy Lazon de la Jara is the Head of Clinical Research at the Clinical Research and Trials Centre, Brien Holden Vision Institute. Read More
Assoc. Professor Mark Daniell
mivision | 01 November 2009
Assoc. Professor Mark Daniell is based at the Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Melbourne Hospital. He writes on new treatments for Age Related Macular Degeneration in this issue. Read More
Dr. Victoria Evans
| 29 September 2010
Dr. Victoria Evans is a freelance writer and ophthalmic consultant who was previously the Head of Clinical Research for the Institute for Eye Research (now the Brien Holden Vision Institute). She has worked in clinical practice in Sydney, and in research at... Read More
Dr Ridia Lim
mivision | 01 November 2009
Dr. Ridia Lim is a cataract and glaucoma specialist in private practice at Hunter Street Eye Specialists, Parramatta, Sydney and a consultant glaucoma surgeon at Sydney Eye Hospital. Read More