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Refractive Cataract Surgery

Dr Ed Hauptman specializes in refractive cataract surgery at Berwick Surgicentre. He is on of Melbourne’s leading surgeons in multifocal lens technology and in small incision cataract surgery under topical anesthetic ( no-needle - no stitch).  

 
 
Who we are

Berwick Surgicentre is a fully registered Day Procedure centre ands is accredited with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards. We specialize in refractive cataract surgery and our specialist staff provide expertise in  comprehensive  range of ophthalmic diagnosis, treatment and surgery. Dr Ed Hauptman instituted the first ophthalmic practice   in Berwick in 1991 and established its first day surgery in 2000.

 
     
 

MBBS (Hons) (Melbourne), MPH (Melbourne), FRANZCO (Melbourne),

 

Dr Elaine Wong is a general ophalmologist proficient in both adult and paediatric ophthalmology and has a sub-specialty interest in strabismus. She has done an ocular-motility fellowship at RVEEH and is now working as a consultant at both the RVEEH and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia, actively involved in eye care research within the community. She has presented her research at various international conferences

 

 

Career History

Present          Consultant on Ocular-Motility Clinic and General Ophthalmology Clinic at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

 

2006             Ocular Motility Fellowship, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital – Supervisor : Dr. Lionel Kowal

o       Clinical assessments and surgical management of strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology conditions

o       Independent cataract and strabismus surgery

o       Supervision of registrar operations

o       Monthly registrar teaching

o       Clinical research and presentations

  

2002 -           Research Fellow, Eye Health Promotion Unit, Centre for Eye Present          Research Australia, University of Melbourne

o       Prescription of low vision aids

o       Development of Aboriginal Eye Screening Programs

o       Involvement in research design, recruitment subjects, data collection, data analysis and publications of results

o       Reviewer of manuscripts for Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology and Journal of Health Promotion

 

2003-05        Ophthalmology Registrar at Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

 

1999-2001    Royal Melbourne Hospital – HMO

 

Presentations

Low Vision Referral – Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni 2006, Wong EYH

 

OCT in Amblyopia – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

Oxybutynin Associated Esotropia – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

Epiretinal Membrane and Exodeviation – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

Vertical Diplopia After Acoustic Neuroma and Botox – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

The Mysterious Medial Rectus – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

Consecutive Exotropia – Squint Club Australia 2006, Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

In Office Assessment of Congenital Nystagmus – RANZCO 2005, Kowal L, Wong EYH

 

Modern Treatment Options for Congenital Nystagmus – RANZCO 2005, Kowal L, Dondey J, Wong EYH

 

Surgery in Congenital Nystagmus – RANZCO 2005, Kowal L, Wong EYH, Bush S, Abel L

 

The Prevalence of Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy in Melbourne Ethnic Chinese (poster) – American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2004, Wong EYH, Zhang Y, Harper A, Keeffe JE

 

Unusual Presentation of Pellucid Marginal Degeneration – XXIst Cornea & Eye Bank Meeting 2004, Wong EYH

 

Detection of Undiagnosed Glaucoma by Eye Health Professionals: the Need for Perimetry (poster) – ARVO 2003, Wong EYH, Keeffe, JE, Rait JL, Vu HTV, Le A, McCarty C, Taylor HR

 

The Experience of Age-related Macular Degeneration – Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni 2003, Wong EYH, Hassell J, Guymer R, Keeffe JE

 

Detection of Glaucoma by Eye Health Professionals – Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni 2002, Wong EYH, Keeffe JE, Weih L, Rait JL, Le A, Taylor HR

 

Scedosporium Endophthalmitis – RANZCO Victoria State Branch Meeting 2001, Wong EYH, Hall A, Chow LP, McKelvie P

 

 


 

Publications

Detection of Glaucoma by Eye Health Professionals

Ophthalmology 2004 Aug;111(8):1508-14

Wong EYH, Keeffe JE, Weih L, Rait JL, Le A, Taylor H.

 

The Experience of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 2004 Oct; 98 (10): 629-640

Wong EYH, Hassell J, Guymer R, Keeffe JE.

 

Scedosporium Endophthalmitis. Two Fatal Disseminated Cases of Scedosporium Species Infection Presenting with Endophthalmitis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 29(5); 330-334

McKelvie P, Wong EYH, Chow LP, Hall A

 

Acute Epiglottitis in Adults: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery 2001; 71; 740-3

Wong EYH, Berkowitz RG

 

 

Papers Submitted

Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Strabismus: A Review of its Use and Effects

            Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation

Wong EYH, Kowal L

 

Oxybutynin Associated Esotropia

            Journal of American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology

Wong EYH, Kowal L

           

 

 
     
 
 
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