Dr Kate Reid MBBS FRANZCO
Dr Kate Reid
MBBS FRANZCO
Dr Reid has been an ophthalmologist for more than thirty years, specialising in neuro-ophthalmology over the last decade. After graduating from Medical School at the University of Melbourne, she trained at Sydney Eye Hospital to become a RANZCO Fellow.
Dr Reid was in solo private practice in Sydney for seven years, before being appointed as a Senior Staff specialist in Ophthalmology at Canberra Hospital. She spent fifteen years at the Hospital, including five years as Director of Ophthalmology, and in that role was instrumental in creating the Hospital’s Eye Clinic. While at the Hospital she also developed the Australian National University’s Medical School Ophthalmology Program, and she continues as a University and conference lecturer. Dr Reid has now participated in the training of over a hundred future ophthalmologists, and more than a thousand medical students.
Dr Reid is highly experienced in the management of all neuro-ophthalmology conditions affecting sight. She has a particular interest in the commonest neuro-ophthalmic condition, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), and has published research internationally on this topic. She is working to increase public and professional awareness of the dangers to life and vision posed by sleep apnea, and sits on the Board of Vision 2020 Australia.
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