Dr Gavin Stringfellow

Dr Gavin Stringfellow brings a wide range of experience to his role at Visionary Eye Specialists. After completing his medical training at Sydney University and his specialty ophthalmology training at Prince of Wales Hospital, he spent an additional year at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London with a particular focus on cataract surgery.

 

While his main interests are in cataract surgery and glaucoma, he also enjoys the daily variety of general ophthalmology with the opportunity to treat people of all age groups with many different eye conditions including pterygium, uveitis, macula degeneration and other retinal disease as well as neuro-ophthalmology.

 

Dr Stringfellow has a passion for rural and indigenous health, and has been providing eye care to the remote outback communities of Bourke and Broken Hill for more than 20 years. Working with the Fred Hollows Foundation he has also performed volunteer eye surgery in Alice Springs.

 

Cataract surgery

• Routine and complex cataract surgery
• For suitable patients, options of premium intraocular lenses to reduce dependency on glasses after surgery
• Surgery under local anaesthetic with sedation, for a comfortable experience

 

Pterygium surgery

• Pterygium excision and conjunctival grafting
• Surgery under local anaesthetic with sedation, for a comfortable experience

 

Comprehensive ophthalmology, including the management of:

• Glaucoma
• Macular degeneration
• Diabetic eye disease
• Uveitis and
• Other common eye conditions

Post-graduate Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (2003) Undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine (Honours) University of Sydney (1992) Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) University of Sydney (1992)