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Our Optometrists
Nicholas Hansen
B.Optom(Hons) FACBO
Behavioural Optometrist
Nick graduated with honors from the University of NSW in 1977. He became involved in Behavioural Optometry with his main interest being in the treatment of children with strabismus (eye turn), amblyopia (lazy eye) and vision related learning difficulties. In this area he has published numerous papers and spoken at various optometric and educational courses both nationally and internationally.
He has previously been a visiting lecturer for the School of Optometry at the University of NSW, lecturing both to the undergraduates and post graduates in the optometric masters course. In 1998 he was awarded his fellowship to the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrist and is now a past president of the college. In 1997 he became the first optometrist in Australia to be awarded the title of Behavioural Optometrist Specialist by the NSW Board of Registration. In 1999 he was elected the first chairman of the International Federation of Behavioural Optometry (IFBO), a position which he still presently holds.
Nick was recently recognised by his peers for his outstanding contribution to Behavioural Optometry in Australasia by being awarded the Keith Woodland Memorial Award.
Mark Hansen
B.Optom
Mark graduated from NSW University in 1983.
Mark has taken special interests in sports vision and contact lenses
He was part of an optometry team screening the Australian Olympic Team for the Sydney Olympics. He has a particular interest in providing shooters with the best possible lens design for their type of sport.
Mark is one of the few optometrists who is trained in fitting speciality contact lenses, such as hard gas permeable lenses designed for to treat keratoconus or patients with unusual or high prescriptions.
He has also done extra training in dealing with patients who have very poor vision due to macular degeneration or loss of eyesight. His Low Vision expertise is all about maintaining the best possible vision for his patients and providing special aids and advice on how they can best operate doing their day to day needs. Mark also visits numerous nursing homes and aged care facilities doing special domiciliary visits.
Sean Hansen
B.Optom(Hons)
Sean is married with three children and initially graduated as a Primary School teacher in 1988. After teaching locally in the Orange area he returned to university to study optometry. In 1992 he graduated with first class honours. He further developed his professional interest in children's vision by completing his fellowship of Behavioural Optometry in 1999. Sean continues his career as a clinical based optometrist working particularly with children with visually related learning difficulties and he has spoken and lectured at numerous optometry and other professional conferences. He is currently head of the Australian College of Behavioural Optometrists fellowship examination board.
Jake Hansen
B.Optom
Jake graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor of optometry in 2008.
He has been working in private practice for 3 years in children's vision, contact lenses and general practice.
He was winner of the eyecare plus professional recognition award in 2011 and is currently studying Ocular Therapeutics post graduate course to become a Therapeutics certified optometrist.
Jenny Wu
B.Optom
Jenny graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2008 with an award for excellence in Research, with her final year project being published in the highly esteemed Journal of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Jenny moved from Sydney and joined the team in Orange in 2009. She has an ineterst in ocular health and contact lenses, and is currently enrolled in the Ocular Therapeutics course at the University of New South Wales.
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