Professor Stephanie Watson OAM

Professor Stephanie Watson is an eye surgeon specialising in cataract, corneal and laser surgery; with expertise in eye disease in adults and children. Her sub-specialty training was completed at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK and her PhD was awarded for developing a novel dry eye therapy.

As an international leader in research and innovation she is appointed as a Professor at the Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney. She has over 200 publications, holds international patents and is invited to speak internationally.

Prof Watson has appointments at Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and the Sydney Surgical Centre, the. She is Head of the Corneal Unit at the Sydney Eye Hospital

Prof Watson is Chair of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia, Editor for the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group, and a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. She is an expert advisor to the $150 million Stem Cell Therapies Mission , Chair-elect to the Association for Vision in Research and Ophthalmology (ARVOs) Advocacy and Outreach Committee and was invited to be a Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology.

She was awarded the Premier’s Prize for Leadership in Innovation in NSW. Prof Watson was nominated for a Care and Compassion medal in the Pride of Australia awards. She led her team to first prize in the Best Health Innovation Product Idea, IDE group and was awarded first prize for the Medical Device Commercialisation Training Program, ATP Innovations and the NSW Office for Health and Medical Research. She received the Gustav Nossal Medical and Dental Post-graduate Research NHMRC scholarship; this is awarded to the highest ranked applicant. She was awarded the ‘Les is more’ grand final award, episode winner and people’s choice award on The New Inventors, ABC Television, for developing a stem cell therapy.

Cataract Surgery

• She has extensive experience in cataract surgery including more complicated cases and optimising vision
• She will ensure that you are diagnosed correctly and that receive the treatment appropriate to your individual condition, including the correct choice of lens from the many options available.
• She has been selected by the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists to train doctors performing cataract surgery.
  
  

Corneal Transplantation

• Stephanie is a corneal specialist with experience in the range of options available to treat your specific condition to ensure you achieve the optimal visual outcome. As a specialist, she is often sought out for second opinions or referred complicated cases.
• She has an international reputation for her innovative research on corneal surgery.
• She trains local and international doctors in corneal surgery including all forms of transplantation (penetrating grafts, endothelial grafts (DMEK, DSEK) and lamellar grafts)
  
  

Keratoconus (Cross-Linking)

• Stephanie is a corneal specialist and understands the complete range of options available to treat your specific condition to ensure you achieve the optimal visual outcome. As a specialist, she is often sought out for second opinions or referred complicated cases.
• She uses the latest cross-linking equipment to ensure that your procedure is as comfortable as possible.
• To track outcomes in keratoconus she has developed a world-first registry that is utilised by specialists across the globe
  
  

Dry Eye Management

• Prof Watson specialises in dry eye and has assisted countless patients in improving their symptoms.
• She is also involved in leading research into the condition and her opinion is frequently sought by industry on advisory boards.