Perth's medical services include one of the world's most respected centres for ophthalmology, the treatment of the eye, and one of its mentors was Bernard Catchpole. Included in his skills was a gift for persuasion. He played a key role in the recruitment of Ian Constable, a world authority in hi

In 1969, Geoff Carl Hipwell returned from his postgraduate ophthalmology training in London. He was truly a breath of fresh air in ophthalmology in Sydney in that era, as very few ophthalmic surgeons had a Fellowship from any of the royal surgical colleges at that time. Geoff soon commenced work at

John Norton Taylor was an Australian ophthalmologist who contributed to improvements in the treatment of oculomotor nerve palsy. He was born in Adelaide, Australia, and was a direct descendant of Eliza Sturt, the sister of Captain Charles Sturt, a prominent Australian explorer in the early 19th cent

Dr John Lawrence Bignell, a leading ophthalmologist in Melbourne for many years, died on Monday 31 October 2005 after a long illness. John was born in Melbourne on 24 May 1917, the second son of Colonel and Mrs F Bignell; his father was also a doctor and served in France in the First World War. J