Specifically, what you can expect from Southern Lakes Eye Care and Surgery is:

• No Needle/ No Stitch Topical Anaesthesia Cataract surgery

• A painless 6 Minute or less Lens replacement (Cataract) surgical procedure

• Immediate vision post surgery– No Eye patch 

• Rapid visual recovery. Good vision in most cases on Day 1

• Comprehensive subspecialist support from Auckland Eye

• The opportunity of same day surgery for both eyes

• Extensive experience in advanced visual outcomes to reduce dependency on glasses for all distances and tasks.

• Extensive experience in clinical research ensuring my advice is broad and well considered (please see my CV)

• A regular 2-week follow-up service available (on occasion this may extend to 3-4 weeks)

• Experienced local Optometric support. Queenstown/Wanaka/Cromwell/Alexandra

• Modern Surgical suite at Southern Cross Surgical Centre equipped with latest surgical devices for optimal patient care during lans replacement (cataract) surgery.

• Local support from my personal optometrist in Queenstown

• A fully equipped dedicated eye clinic in Queenstown with the latest devices for optimal accuracy of diagnosis and outcomes:

• Zeiss IOL Master 700 biometer

• Nidek YAG and SLT Laser System

• Oculus Keratograph K5 corneal diagnostics

• Zeiss Cirrus 6000 OCT

• High Resolution Anterior Segment photography

• Effective Dry Eye treatment utilizing the Optilight IPL system

• Based on the success of treating dry eye in Auckland I am excited to introduce this service to Central Lakes, where the problem is even more prevalent and problematic due to the low humidity of the climate

• This latest technology utilizes a unique patented light delivery system to treat dry eye at its root cause, rather than a “band-aid” approach such as eyedrops.

• Access even further approaches through the association with Auckland Eye (AB Max and Rexon)

Things to consider:

• Anaesthetist support for your eye surgery. 

• This means that no intravenous sedation will be supplied at the time of your surgery. Having undertaken surgery on 1000’s of patients I do not envisage this a hurdle of any size except in extreme situations (Phobias and extreme anxiety)

• If a life threatening non eye related event occurred during or around the time of surgery, we would rely on the Queenstown emergency services to provide support care

• Immediate subspecialist support to manage rare surgical complications (occurring frequency less than 1:300)

• In a large center such as Auckland it may be occasionally possible to complete a complicated surgery on the same day. More often a secondary intervention would occur within a short number of days.

• In Queenstown a complication under my care requiring a further procedure would best be managed with a flight to Auckland (flying would not be any additional risk) to access the highest standards of care at Auckland Eye

• In this eventuality, the cost associated with further surgery would be funded by health insurance or further personal costs, this includes all surgical and transport expenses.

• An alternative is to access local emergency services in the Public Sector via Dunedin, Invercargill, or Christchurch