Useful Links & Resources

Australian Professional Bodies our staff are members of:

www.ranzco.edu – Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

www.ama.com.au – Australian Medical Association

www.orthoptics.org.au – Orthoptics Australia

www.australianorthopticboard.org.au – Australian Orthoptic Board

Our doctors have admitting rights at the following hospitals:

www.westmeadprivate.com.au – Westmead Private

https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/hospitals/chw – Children’s Hospital at Westmead

www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/bankstown/ – Bankstown Hospital

https://www.mqhealth.org.au/ - Macquarie University Hospital

https://www.sydneyprivate.com.au/ – Sydney Private Hospital

www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ccq/ - Campbelltown Hospital

www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/liverpool/ – Liverpool Hospital

If your child has a vision impairment:

www.nextsense.org.au – Next Sense

www.visionaustralia.org.au – Vision Australia (previously known as the Royal Blind Society)

Patching Websites:

Patches are available from the following Australian websites

www.eyepatch.com.au – stick on (skin) patches

www.eyecessories.com.au – cloth patches (slide on glasses)

www.patchmate.com.au – cloth/slide on patches

www.patchmykid.com.au – cloth/slide on patches

The following US companies will ship patches to Australia:

www.myipatches.com (both adhesive and cloth)

www.funeyepatchkitsforkids.com (adhesive/skin)

Useful Websites for Patching:

www.patchpals.com – fun activities to do whilst wearing a patch, reward charts, as well as selling and shipping cloth patches

https://www.aao.org/pediatric-center-detail/amblyopia-patching-FAQS - amblyopia explained, hints for patching compliance, eyepatch club for children and forums for parents

www.eyeplaysafe.org.au – games with an eye safety theme

Useful links about vision

Towards a National Preschool Vision Screening Programme

RANZCO positions statement Progressive Myopia in Childhood

RANZCO Position Statement The Myth of a Tracking Disorder in- Children with Reading Difficulties

Irlen Syndrome Position Statement May 2018

AAO Org – Joint Statement Learning Disabilities Dyslexia vis

ABC Podcast on Irlen Lenses

other ophthalmologists who see children in NSW / ACT

List of Ophthalmologists who see Children by Local Health District (correct at 30th June 2023)