Our Specialist Ophthalmologists | Launceston Eye Doctors

The ophthalmologists at Launceston Eye Doctors have many years experience in treating ophthalmic diseases and performing ophthalmic surgery including Laser Vision Correction.

Visiting specialists bring additional services to Launceston Eye Doctors ensuring local treatment for retinal and paediatric diagnosis and surgery in Tasmania.

Dr Andrew Patrick
MBBCH, FCS(SA)Ophth, FRCSEd, FRANZCO
Dr Andrew Patrick was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1992.
Dr Andrew Patrick
MBBCH, FCS(SA)Ophth, FRCSEd, FRANZCO
Dr Andrew Patrick was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1992. He spent one year in a registrar post in Neurology at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital prior to commencing his registrarship in Ophthalmology at the same institution. During this time he was awarded registrar of the year in 2000. Following this training he spent a year in the United Kingdom at the Royal Eye Infirmary in Plymouth as a Clinical Fellow. Here he continued with general ophthalmolgy practice and received training in Oculo-plastic surgery.
He has obtained FCS(SA)Ophth from the College of Medicine of South Africa in 1999. In 2000 he obtained a FRCS Edin (Ophthalmology) from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
In 2008 Dr Patrick left his practice in Johannesburg to join the Launceston Eye Doctors (formally The Eye Hospital). Here he continues to work as a general ophthalmologist with a special interest in oculoplastic and cataract surgery.
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Dr Tze’yo Toh
M.B.B.S (Tas), MMedSci (Tas), FRANZCO
Dr Tze’Yo Toh was originally from Sarawak, Malaysia and was offered a scholarship in 1993 to study year 12 at the Hobart College.
Dr Tze’yo Toh
M.B.B.S (Tas), MMedSci (Tas), FRANZCO
Dr Tze’Yo Toh was originally from Sarawak, Malaysia and was offered a scholarship in 1993 to study year 12 at the Hobart College. He graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1999. Whilst Dr Toh was working as a surgical registrar at the Launceston General Hospital he completed his Masters Thesis “Heritability of Central Cornea Thickness – The Twin Eye Studies”.
Dr Toh worked at Launceston Eye Doctors (formally The Eye Hospital) for 12 months prior to the commencement of his formal ophthalmic training in Christchurch in 2004. In 2010, he returned to Australia for his Glaucoma Fellowship under the supervision of world renowned Professor of Glaucoma – Dr Jonathon Crowston, at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne.
In February 2011 Dr Toh returned to Launceston Eye Doctors, with his wife Cecilia, son Preston and daughter Ellie. Dr Toh has a special interest in Glaucoma, Refractive and Cataract Surgery.
Over the past two years, Dr Toh has completed a corneal fellowship with Dr Nicholas Downie, specializing in corneal transplant surgeries for conditions such as keratoconus and Fuch’s Endothelial Dystrophy, including the latest surgical techniques of DMEK and DSAEK.
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Dr Lucy Goold
MBBS (Syd), MMed (Syd), FRANZCO
Dr Lucy Goold completed her medical training at the University of Sydney.
Dr Lucy Goold
MBBS (Syd), MMed (Syd), FRANZCO
Dr Lucy Goold completed her medical training at the University of Sydney.
She completed a Masters in Ophthalmology whilst working as an Ophthalmology Registrar in Newcastle, before moving to South Australia for her formal Ophthalmology training. She undertook an Oculoplastics and Orbit fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr Goold has particular interests in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery, thyroid eye disease and cataract surgery.
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Mrs Julie Barbour
DBOA Ass Dip Sc Orthoptics
Julie was born in Durban, South Africa, was educated on the North West Coast of Tasmania and is married with two children.
Mrs Julie Barbour
DBOA Ass Dip Sc Orthoptics
Julie was born in Durban, South Africa, was educated on the North West Coast of Tasmania and is married with two children. Julie completed her orthoptic training at the Lincoln Institute, School of Health Sciences in Melbourne, Victoria. Her special interests are children and adults with strabismus (turned eye), binocular vision and eye movement disorders. As well as working at Launceston Eye Doctors Julie works at the Launceston Eye Institute and North West Eye Surgeons in Burnie and Devonport.
Julie participates in research in the Strabismus Inheritance Study of Tasmania (SIST) and Glaucoma Inheritance Study of Tasmania (GIST). She is a board member of the Orthoptic Board of Australia.
She is a board member of Orthoptics Australia and has held the positions of President and Treasurer and Tasmanian Representative.
What is an Orthoptist?
Orthoptist are university trained, allied health care practitioners who specialise in disorders of eye movements and diagnostic procedures related to disorders of the eye and visual system.
Orthoptic treatment of certain conditions can relieve visual symptoms and enhance visual performance.
Orthoptists work in many areas including neonatal care, paediatrics, rehabilitation, geriatrics, neurological impairment, community services and ophthalmic technology. They provide part of the ophthalmic assessment for a variety of disorders.
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Dr Jonathan Ruddle
M.B.B.S, FRANZCO
Since 2009 Dr Jon Ruddle has led a busy paediatric eye care clinic at Launceston Eye Doctors.
Dr Jonathan Ruddle
M.B.B.S, FRANZCO
Since 2009 Dr Jon Ruddle has led a busy paediatric eye care clinic at Launceston Eye Doctors. Between his regular bimonthly surgical and consulting visits he works closely with experienced locally based orthoptist Julie Barbour and Colleagues to best manage the full range of childhood eye conditions.
Jon graduated from medicine at Melbourne University in 1998. He undertook Ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists in 2007. Further Fellowships to advance his training in paediatric and genetic ophthalmology took place between the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and in London at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Currently Dr Ruddle heads the Ocular Genetic Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital. In both institutions he cares for glaucoma of all ages. His paediatric surgical expertise covers childhood squint, complex cataract and glaucoma surgery of all ages. His Melbourne based private practice is Melbourne Children’s Eye Clinic in Parkville.
Jon continues as a Senior Research Fellow through the Centre for Eye Research Australia with publications and projects incorporating genetic investigations into the care of both common and rare paediatric ocular conditions. He has published work on clinical outcomes in paediatric cataract and glaucoma seeking to find the best solutions for these difficult conditions.
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Dr Robin Abell
Ophthamologist | Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Eye Surgeon
Dr Robin Abell practices in general ophthalmology and cataracts with a subspeciality interest in Cornea and Laser Refractive Surgery.
Dr Robin Abell
Ophthamologist | Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Eye Surgeon
Dr Robin Abell practices in general ophthalmology and cataracts with a subspeciality interest in Cornea and Laser Refractive Surgery. Dr Abell completed his Ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital followed by subspeciality fellowship training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He has a special interest in laser vision correction, Fuchs Dystrophy, Keratoconus and applying preventative strategies to avoid loss of vision in corneal disease, Dr Abell is highly skilled in modern techniques of corneal transplantation.
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