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
Professor Lawrence Hirst
mivision | 01 December 2009
Professor Lawrence Hirst, MBBS first class Honours (Qld), DO (Melb), FRANZCO, FRACS, MD (Qld), MPH(Johns Hopkins) is the Exec. Dir. of the Prevent Blindness Foundation; CEO of the Qld Eye Institute, Medical Dir. of the Qld Eye Bank and Prof. of Ophthalmology... 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
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
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 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
Dr Jo Barr
mivision | 01 December 2009
OD, MS, FAAO is Vice President Global Clinical & Medical Affairs and Professional Services Vision Care Bausch & Lomb. Dr. Barr joined Bausch & Lomb in July 2007. Prior to this he was editor of Contact Lens Spectrum from 1987 to 2007, holding one... Read More
Mark Willcox
mivision | 01 November 2009
Prof. Mark Willcox is Executive Director of the Optometric Clinic and CSO of the Institute for Eye Research. He is also Prof. of the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW, and an Executive Director of the Vision Cooperative Research Centre. He and... Read More
Jim Kokkinakis
mivision | 01 June 2009
Jim Kokkinakis is a partner in The Eye Practice, a Sydney-based optometry practice specialising in the use of cutting-edge diagnostic technology including Retinal Digital Photography, Optical Coherence Tomography and Corneal Topography. Read More