Waverley Private Hospital would like to introduce Associate Professor George Kong, an ophthalmologist with particular interest in glaucoma caused by angle closure and inflammatory eye diseases.
He is experienced in complex glaucoma and cataract surgery. George completed his medical degree (MBBS) from The University of Melbourne, Australia. He successfully completed his PhD in 2011 supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Training Scholarship. George was awarded the prestigious Eberhard Dodt Memorial Award from International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) for his work on retinal electrophysiology.
George completed RANZCO accredited ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Subsequently he embarked on a subspecialty Glaucoma fellowship at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital where he gained medical and surgical expertise in the treatment of glaucoma.
He then travelled to Cambridge, United Kingdom, to work with world-renowned glaucoma specialist Professor Keith Martin for further glaucoma training, where he gained expertise in advanced management of complex glaucoma conditions such glaucoma caused by inflammatory eye diseases (uveitis) and children’s glaucoma. He is also trained laser procedures for glaucoma and in new surgical techniques of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery.
George has an ongoing commitment to best patient care, and education. He has lectured widely and published numerous scientific papers and is a reviewer of several ophthalmology and optometry journals. He was instrumental in the development of the GONE (Glaucoma Optic Neuropathy Evaluation) website which has helped thousands of optometrists and junior ophthalmologists around the world improve their optic nerve examination techniques. George was also a co-inventor of software for visual field-testing software on iPad – Melbourne Rapid Fields.