Dr Alpins has been practising cataract surgery and refractive surgery since the mid 1980's and is recognised nationally as a leading cataract and refractive surgeon. He is a leading world authority on myopia and astigmatism treatment with the excimer laser. Dr Alpins has lectured by invitation on his surgery techniques at major scientific meetings in Australia, USA, Canada and Europe. He contributes to scientific journals and ophthalmic information magazines on cataract and laser, astigmatism and myopia surgery. These articles have been translated into many other languages for publication on the European, South American and Asian continents. He has invented new methods for treating and analysing astigmatism, and has developed the ASSORT surgical planning outcomes analysis software program that is used by ophthalmologists in Australia and overseas. Dr Alpins is on the editorial board of the prestigious American and European Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ocular Surgery News, Eurotimes and other publications. His latest research paper 'Clinical outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis using combined topography and refractive wavefront treatments for myopic astigmatism' was published in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. This paper demonstrates the benefits of vector planning on visual outcomes compared with current available treatments.

 

Dr Alpins began performing refractive surgery in 1984 introducing the technique of radial keratotomy at that time, and was one of the first surgeons in Australia to use the Laser Vision correction techniques. Since 1991, he has treated over 15,000 patients with the Excimer laser and invites you to attend one of his medical clinics in Melbourne for an obligation free assessment.