The Team — Thorndon Eye Clinic

MEET OUR DOCTORS

DR STEVE MACKEY
Ophthalmologist
MBChB FRANZCO

Steve graduated from the University of Otago and subsequently trained as a specialist ophthalmologist in Dunedin and Christchurch gaining FRANZCO. He carried out 3 further years of sub-speciality training in the UK which included cataract surgery and vitreoretinal surgery.

Steve is also a consultant ophthalmologist at Wellington Hospital Eye Department.

SPECIALISING IN

Cataract surgery
Refractive lens exchange surgery
Macular and vitreoretinal surgery
Pterygium surgery

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DR NINA ASHRAFF
Ophthalmologist
MBChB FRCOphth FRANZCO

Nina graduated from Leeds University Medical School in the UK and did her postgraduate specialist training at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in the UK. She spent time doing cataract and glaucoma subspecialist training in both Manchester and Wellington. Nina has a special interest in glaucoma diagnosis and management, as well as cataract surgery. She consults from both the Thorndon Eye Clinic and the Boulcott Specialist Centre in Lower Hutt.

SPECIALISING IN

Cataract surgery
Glaucoma

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DR KENNETH CHAN
Ophthalmologist
MSc MBChB FRANZCO

Kenneth consults from Thorndon Eye Clinic and Boulcott Clinic and is also a consultant at Wellington Hospital. He has completed a fellowship in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom as well as a clinical observership in oculoplastic surgery and aesthetic medicine at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. Kenneth is able to conduct his consultations in Cantonese and Mandarin if required.

SPECIALISING IN

Cataract surgery
Oculoplastics
Eyelid malposition, ptosis and dermatochalasis
Periocular skin tumours
Dry/watery eyes
Thyroid eye disease
Orbital disorders and socket reconstruction

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DR NEIL AVERY
Ophthalmologist
BSc MBChB FRANZCO

After growing up in Wellington, Neil attended the University of Otago for undergraduate medical training. While on elective in Jamaica he developed an interest in ophthalmology. Neil completed his internship and general ophthalmology training at Wellington and Dunedin hospitals, followed by two years of fellowship training in retinal diseases and vitreoretinal surgery. Neil continues to make regular trips to Jamaica to help provide outpatient ophthalmic services and perform small incision cataract surgery and pterygium surgery.

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