Dr Paul Beaumont
Dr Beaumont was a foundation year student of the University of NSW Medical School, graduating in 1966. He trained under the late Professor Fred Hollows, & was the first Australian ophthalmologist to specialise full time in medical retinal disease. He has been involved in patient care, teaching and research for the past 30 years, and has had a special interest in diabetic retinopathy, retinal venous occlusion and macular degeneration. He has published over 60 articles in peer reviewed journals, and is a frequent invited speaker at international meetings. He is currently the Chairman of the Eye and Vision Research Institute and was the founding Chairman of the Macular Degeneration Foundation. He is on the editorial board of both the Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology and Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Journals.
