VISTAeyes’ 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

Dr Rick Wolfe was recently invited to host and lead discussions at the Alcon FOCUS Symposium for cataract surgeons.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 most common cause.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 Justin Sherwin.Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe was recently invited to compare and lead discussion at the Australian Dry Eye Summit held in Sydney.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

VISTAeyes Laser Eye Clinic is excited and proud to announce that our Director and LASIK surgeon, Dr Rick Wolfe, has recently become a Founder of the World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences (WCRSVS).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 – What’s new in the virtual world?”.Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe was recently pleased to be invited to present at two of the four APAC Virtual Refractive Summit webisodes, which were hosted throughout September 2021. The webisodes were launched by Alcon, in collaboration with Oftalmo University and attended by over 150 refractive surgeons globally.Read more

Peninsula Eye Centre recently hosted an educational evening titled “Clinical Update 2021” for our local optometrists. The CPD accredited event included presentations from Dr Rick Wolfe, Dr Zelda Pick and Dr Justin Sherwin.Read more

We’ve been amazed by the recent images and audio of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. Interestingly, over the decades NASA’s scientists and engineers have been responsible for many inventions and technological breakthroughs that help us here on Earth too! But, did you know that LASIK technology also originated at the space agency?Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe writes about the different types of LASIK laser eye surgery currently available in Melbourne and how to decode them.Read more

In a recent article titled “Exceeding Expectations in Refractive Surgery: CSO MS-39 AS-OCT”, published in the mivision journal, Dr Rick Wolfe writes about his clinical experience with this new technology at VISTAeyes Laser Eye Clinic.Read more

The initial promise that SMILE would provide better visual outcomes, have shorter recovery time and be less invasive to the corneal integrity did not eventuate - writes Dr Rick Wolfe.Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe presents at an Optometry Educational Evening titled “Vision: Quantity and Quality" and explains the latest developments in topography-guided laser ablations and IOL technologies.Read more

On 30th July, the Peninsula Eye Centre hosted an educational evening titled “Clinical Update 2019” for local optometrists.  The CPD accredited event included presentations from ophthalmologists Dr Rick Wolfe, Dr Zelda Pick and Dr Elvis Ojaimi.Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe writes about this year’s AUSCRS conference, held in Queenstown, New Zealand on 17-20 July 2019.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 included inspiring keynote presentations from leading experts, panel discussions, interactive audience response system and 3D videos on cataract surgery. Read more

The Peninsula Eye Centre is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2019 Mornington Winter Music Festival.Read more

We are pleased to announce that Dr Zelda Pick has joined our team at Peninsula Eye Centre.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 Dr Rick Wolfe.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 presented on a range of eye care topics.Read more

At VISTAeyes, we are proud supporters of Lions Recycle for Sight Australia. Since the Australian operation began in 1991, this important initiative has delivered over 7 million pairs of refurbished quality glasses to men, women and children in need across Africa, Asia, Middle East, Oceania and Europe.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 doctors’ sessions, presented by international and local experts, we shared a wealth of information.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 Ojaimi and Dr Rick Wolfe.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 both Australia and Canada.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 address regarding the new Clareon® intraocular lens (IOL) with the AutonoMe™ Delivery System for cataract and lens exchange patients.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) with the AutonoMe™ Delivery System.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 topic and to share his considerable experience with over 100 ophthalmologists in Malaysia on 28th April, 2018.Read more

On 1st May, Peninsula Eye Centre proudly hosted the “Clinical Update 2018” event for our local optometrists...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, which aims to raise awareness, alert people to have regular eye checks and help beat Invisible Glaucoma.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 are pleased to announce that Dr Simran Mangat has joined our team of ophthalmologists at Peninsula Eye Centre.Read more

When Joel couldn’t even make out his fiancé at her sister’s wedding – he knew things had gone too far. This is what he did next.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 we love by checking in with a simple ‘R U OK?’Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe writes about the top 10 things you need to know about SMILE laser eye surgery.Read more

Dr Rick Wolfe writes about this year’s 21st Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS) meeting.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 error, but to improve the optics of the eye and the quality of vision”. He analyses the results of the conventional laser treatments, as well as SMILE, and assesses how they compare with the latest customised LASIK treatment: Topographic-Guided (Contoura Vision) treatment.Read more

On 30th May, our team at Peninsula Eye Centre proudly hosted the “Clinical Update 2017” event to our local optometrists.Read more

We were recently delighted to treat racing driver, Dylan Young, at VISTAeyes Laser Eye Clinic. Dylan, a home grown Melbourne boy, is one of only a handful of Australian racing drivers competing internationally on the pathway to Formula 1.Read more

After years of clinging to contact lens drops for dear life, Women’s Health beauty editor, Ashleigh Austen, was ready to give laser eye surgery a go.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 way”. In this article, I analyse the results of the standard, non-customised Wavefront Optimised LASIK treatment and assess how they compare with the new customised LASIK treatments: Wavefront Guided and Topographic-Guided (Contoura procedure).Read more

SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), also referred to as ‘keyhole laser eye surgery’ is a new treatment for short-sightedness (myopia). SMILE uses only one of the lasers we use in LASIK; the femtosecond laser and not the excimer laser. Instead of creating a flap, as we do in LASIK, it cuts out a sliver of tissue (a lenticule) from within the cornea.Read more

The AUSCRS’s sister society, APACRS (Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons), held its annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 27-30 July 2016.Read more

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 the first organised forum of its kind in Australia. 20 meetings later and AUSCRS has become the go-to place and the peak body for cataract and refractive surgery education.Read more

I was recently honoured to be invited to speak at the SynergEYES conference held in Sydney...Read more

As a ‘Partner in Sight’ of The Eye Surgeons’ Foundation, I am proud to be supporting JulEYE, which aims to raise community awareness of eye health issues ...Read more

In a recent article titled “IOL Surgery Astigmatism Elimination”, published in the mivision journal, Dr Rick Wolfe discusses a new paradigm in IOL surgery: astigmatism elimination rather than astigmatism reduction. “A quiet revolution has occurred in intraocular lens (IOL) surgery. It has come not from one remarkable development, but rather from a fortunate confluence of several. For me, this is the most exciting thing to happen in IOL surgery and one I am privileged to be a part of.” Dr Rick Wolfe writes.Read more

The Australian Consumers Association's Choice magazine has recently published an article titled “A guide to laser eye surgery”. The article looks at laser eye surgery procedures, costs, outcomes and potential risks to help you choose the right option.Read more

At the 2015 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting, Eric Donnenfeld, MD, addresses the myths, misconceptions and realities of LASIK surgery by using an evidence-based approach and evaluates upcoming advancements.Read more

A recent study, published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery, examines the prevalence of laser corneal refractive surgery (laser vision correction [LVC]) among ophthalmologists who perform these procedures and to assess the willingness of these ophthalmologists to recommend LVC to immediate family members.Read more

A recent article, published in the mivision journal, assesses the results of four studies which examine trifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) for treatment of presbyopia. The article explains that whilst classic multifocal IOLs are bifocal and dependant on two focal points (representing far and near working distances), lens designers have recently introduced a third focal point in the IOL optic aimed at providing better visual acuity at the intermediate distance while maintaining good far and near vision. Clinical Associate Professor Michael Lawless and Dr Rick Wolfe provide their comments on the evidence of trifocal IOLs for presbyopes.Read more

In a recent article, published in the mivision journal, Dr Rick Wolfe assesses the future of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (LACS) using an evidence-based approach.Read more