Dr.
Tony Stubbs established an ophthalmology service in Williamstown
in 1999. He first commenced his ophthalmology training in 1986
assisting his father, Dr. G. Maxwell Stubbs who was the first
Australian Ophthalmologist to routinely implant intra ocular
lenses during cataract surgery. He then gained valuable experience
overseas and finally spent a year at Fred Hollows’s Eye
Department in the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney.
Dr. G. Maxwell Stubbs is a senior
consultant ophthalmologist, who is an Australian pioneer in
cataract implant surgery, having commenced the first implants
in 1963. He was made a member of the International Intraocular
Implant Club, an exclusive group of innovative eye surgeons
from around the world, in order to provide safer implant surgery
during these early years. Today, Dr. G. Maxwell Stubbs consults
at The Williamstown Eye Centre two days a week.
Dr. Tony Stubbs provides ‘state-of-the-art’
small incision, sutureless cataract surgery, which allows rapid
visual rehabilitation and minimal disturbance to the eye, all
performed under local anaesthetic as a day surgery procedure.
Every cataract operation is also treated as a refractive procedure
and only the best and latest equipment is used to measure the
eye before the procedure and during the actual surgery, thereby
giving the best visual results for the patient.
Dr. Tony Stubbs is a visiting specialist at The Royal Victorian
Eye & Ear Hospital. He has access to day surgery theatre
beds, which allows uninsured patients surgery with Dr. Tony
Stubbs as their surgeon and without the usual public hospital
waiting times, and the surgery can usually be arranged in
a few weeks time. The cost of this surgery is very competitive
for uninsured patients and a written quote is available on
request. Insured patients may be operated on at The Freemason’s
Hospital Day Surgery Unit in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne.
Whichever hospital Dr. Stubbs operates at, the highest standard
of care is always maintained with the best theatre staff,
equipment and warm and friendly admission staff. The Freemason’s
Hospital provides convenient underground parking onsite with
disabled access. Dr. Stubbs only uses experienced, senior
Anaesthetists, who play an important role in ensuring that
the anaesthetic is effective and surgery is comfortable in
a relaxed and supportive environment. Many patients are elderly
and their medical condition is closely monitored during cataract
surgery, and they are not discharged from hospital until they
are completely comfortable, alert and well. All patients for
surgery are reviewed the next day at Dr. Stubbs’s rooms
in Williamstown, unless patients need to stay overnight, which
is sometimes appropriate. In the case of cataract surgery,
spectacle refraction can be performed, usually in three to
four weeks, at which stage the patient’s optometrist
will be able to provide appropriate glasses for reading and
other particular needs.
Dr. Stubbs maintains continuing professional development
with an active participation in local and overseas developments
in eye surgery. He is a member of the European Cataract and
Refractive Surgery Society and regularly attends international
conferences, and has regular contact with colleagues, both
interstate and overseas, in order to maintain an up to the
minute, state of the art eye surgical service for his patients. |
