Dr Rick Wolfe recently attended the RANZCO (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists) Scientific Congress 2022 in Brisbane, with over 1,700 in-person delegates from Australia and overseas. As …Read More
Dr Rick Wolfe co-founded the Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS), together with Prof Graham Barrett in 1995 - and this year, AUSCRS celebrated its 25th year!Read More
June is Cataract Awareness Month - to help educate the community about cataracts. About half of all Australians aged over 50 have some form of cataract and ageing is the …Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre and Beleura Private Hospital recently hosted an educational evening for local GPs titled “Eye Liner” and included presentations from Dr Rick Wolfe, Dr Zelda Pick and Dr …Read More
We are pleased to announce that Dr William Tao has joined our team at Peninsula Eye Centre. Dr Tao is a general ophthalmologist, with subspecialty interest in glaucoma.Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre is proud to be a major sponsor and long-term supporter of the 2022 Mornington Art Show, this year celebrating its 50th year!Read More
At this year’s annual AUSCRS conference, which was held virtually on 23th October and attended by over 180 eye surgeons and support staff, the theme was “AUSCRS Code to Success …Read More
Dr Justin Sherwin explains why eye drops to lower eye pressure are an important tool to help preserve and protect vision in patients with glaucoma and elevated eye pressure.Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre is excited to announce that, this week, Dr Elvis Ojami, commenced performing vitreoretinal surgery at Beleura Private Hospital, Mornington!Read More
On 20th April, the Peninsula Eye Centre hosted an educational evening titled “Clinical Update 2021” for our local optometrists. The CPD accredited event included presentations from Dr Rick Wolfe, Dr …Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre is Open. Under the current Stage 4 Restrictions, we would like to assure our patients and referring optometrists and GPs that our clinic remains open and is …Read More
Australian icon Ita Buttrose has issued a passionate plea to senior Australians in a bid to avoid thousands of people going unnecessarily blind during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre is OPEN and continuing to provide essential eye care services to our community. Our doctors are consulting in person and by phone via telehealth, where possible.Read More
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 the Australian government has introduced Telehealth. Your doctor at Peninsula Eye Centre will consult with you in the usual manner via a telephone or …Read More
At Peninsula Eye Centre we take the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak very seriously and are taking additional protective measures to ensure the health and safety of our patients, team members …Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre is proud to be a major sponsor of this year’s Mornington Art Show (16-26 January 2020), presented by the Mornington Rotary Club.Read More
Bringing world-class ophthalmic care to the Mornington Peninsula. In response to growing demand for quality ophthalmic care on the Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula Eye Centre has recently undergone a significant upgrade …Read More
On 30th July, Peninsula Eye Centre hosted an educational evening titled “Clinical Update 2019” for local optometrists. The CPD accredited event included presentations from Dr Rick Wolfe, Dr Zelda Pick …Read More
Dr Rick Wolfe recently attended the 8th ForeSight symposium in Hong Kong. On 22 – 23 June 2019, over 300 delegates from the Asia-Pacific region participated in the program, which …Read More
Peninsula Eye Centre and Beleura Private Hospital recently hosted another educational evening for local GPs titled “Eye Sight – GP Ophthalmology”, featuring ophthalmologists Dr Elvis Ojaimi, Dr Justin Sherwin and …Read More
Dr Elvis Ojaimi features on Nine News Melbourne in a segment about a new surgical microscope, which has enabled Dr Ojaimi to restore sight to a Mornington Peninsula woman who …Read More
Alcon recently announced that it has acquired Fluid-Based IOL Maker, PowerVision. US-based PowerVision, Inc. was formed to develop fluid-based accommodating intraocular lenses (IOLs) for cataract surgery patients.Read More
On 27th November, Peninsula Eye Centre proudly hosted the “Clinical Update - November 2018” CPD event for our local optometrists. Dr Elvis Ojaimi, Dr Suki Sandhu and Dr Rick Wolfe …Read More
At this year’s AUSCRS conference, held in Noosa on 17-20 October 2018 and attended by over 300 surgeons and support staff, the theme was “Ride the Wave”. With over 70 …Read More
On 23th October, Peninsula Eye Centre and Beleura Private Hospital proudly hosted the “All Eyes - common eye presentations and emergencies” education evening featuring ophthalmologists Dr Justin Sherwin, Dr Elvis …Read More
We are pleased to announce that retinal surgeon, Dr Elvis Ojaimi, has joined our team at Peninsula Eye Centre. Dr Ojaimi has extensive medical and surgical retinal fellowship training in …Read More
As a leading expert in the field of cataract and refractive surgery, Dr Rick Wolfe was recently invited to speak at the annual SynergEYES conference, including providing the key note …Read More
In April, Dr Rick Wolfe was proud to have been chosen to be the first surgeon in Australia and New Zealand to use the new Alcon Clareon® intra-ocular lens (IOL) …Read More
Having performed cataract eye surgery using the AcrySof IQ PanOptix Toric IOL on cataract patients for a couple years in Australia, Dr Rick Wolfe was invited to present on the …Read More
Glaucoma is a potentially blinding eye disease that runs in families. Too often it is invisible because families don't talk about it. March 11-17 marks the annual World Glaucoma Week, …Read More
We are pleased to announce that Dr Justin Sherwin has joined our team at Peninsula Eye Centre. Dr Sherwin is an ophthalmologist with sub-speciality interest in glaucoma management.Read More
We were recently delighted to support R U OK? Day - an important initiative to raise awareness of suicide prevention and to make sure we keep an ‘eye' on those …Read More
In this article, Melissa Shedden from Body + Soul, speaks with Dr Rick Wolfe about the different eye conditions and the treatments available to help you see clearly.Read More
In a recent article titled “Customised Laser Refractive Treatments for Better Patient Outcomes”, published in the mivision journal, Dr Rick Wolfe discusses how "customisation seeks to not only correct refractive …Read More
In a recent article titled “LASIK: Why Doing Better is Important”, published in the mivision journal, I discuss why “LASIK should aim to improve vision in every measurable and subjective …Read More
SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), also referred to as ‘keyhole laser eye surgery’ is another treatment for short-sightedness (myopia). SMILE uses only one of the lasers we use in LASIK; …Read More
At the recent APACRS Conference, Dr Rick Wolfe was invited to speak on a numbers of topics, including the choice of intraocular lens for cataract surgery and astigmatism management with …Read More
By Dr Rick Wolfe. 20 years ago, my friend, Graham Barrett, and I founded the Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS). We formed AUSCRS to provide ophthalmologists with …Read More