Our Team of Eye Care Professionals

 Sue has been practising for over 30 years in a wide variety of settings, both in Australia and Canada. She is a fellow of the College of Optometry, and member of the Contact Lens Society. Recently she was awarded a Lord Mayors Small Business Award in association with Docklands Eyecare 10 year Anniversary.

Sue enjoys every aspect of optometry, but especially taking care of people's eye health and focusing strongly on a holistic approach.

Her specialities are in diagnosing and treating dry eyes, red eyes, removing foreign bodies, and ocular disease such as glaucoma and macula degeneration. 

Since establishing the practice she has enjoyed forming strong relationships with the community including local allied health professionals and general practitioners, and ensuring that every patient has exceptional care. She also offers all types of refractive correction including orthokeratology and refractive surgery co-management.

Outside of Optometry, Sue enjoys spending time with her husband and 4 children: playing tennis, swimming, cycling and triathlon.

Lee has ben an optometrist for 17 years. Graduating from the University of Melbourne in 2008 with therapeutic endorsement, Lee also spent time with Indiana University's optometry program as part of his training.

Lee initially started his career in a private practice rural Victoria setting before returning to metropolitan Melbourne and interstate. He has experience and passion in ocular disease and pathology management, advanced contact lens and paediatrics, which includes myopia control and orthokeratology.

Out of work Lee enjoys basketball, tennis and spending quality time with loved ones. 

His languages spoken include Chinese mandarin, cantonese and basic Spanish.

Rachel graduated high school as the Dux of the College. She began her journey in optometry with a double degree in Bachelor of Medical Science (Vision Science) and a Masters in Optometry from Flinders University in South Australia. 

Rachel has worked in rural independent optometry in South Gippsland for the past 8 years as principal optometrist and co-owner. Rachel enjoys practising in an independent optometry setting as it allows the opportunity to provide personalised, patient-centered care.

Throughout her career, Rachel has amassed extensive experience in general optometry. She co-manages complex ocular disease cases with local ophthalmologists and performs thorough children’s vision assessments.

Rachel’s skills extend to fitting advanced contact lenses, including those for keratoconic patients and post-corneal graft contact lens fittings. She completed the Certificate in Advanced Contact Lenses through the Australian College of Optometry (ACO-CACL).

When she’s not practising optometry, Rachel loves trying new restaurants, going to the gym and spending time with her husband and kids.

ACCREDITATIONS: Therapeutically Endorsed, Advanced Contact Lens Fitting

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Therapeutics, Children’s Vision, Dry Eye Syndrome, Custom Contact Lenses

 Sophie completed her post-graduate Doctor of Optometry at the University of Melbourne in 2016. She has a passion for all areas of optometry, and has particular interests in emergency eyecare, diabetic eye disease and dry eye disease. Since graduating, she spent time working in rural Victoria before deciding to travel all over Australia for work, gaining experience in many different areas of optometry. She loves helping patients find the perfect solution for their personal visual requirements. Outside of optometry, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, and planning her next holiday.

Kusal grew up in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. After completing a Bachelor's degree in science, he found his true passion in Optometry and completed his education at the University of Melbourne. As an eye care professional, Kusal has a keen interest in all aspects of optometry, but particularly with managing ocular disease, paediatric eye health and dry eyes. He is known for his friendly, professional manner and is dedicated to the utmost care of patient's eye health. Outside of optometry, Kusal is a keen cricketer, passionate Essendon Bombers fan and loves to be running or hiking as much as he can.