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A day in the life of Eye Specialist and Surgeon Farokh Irani

A day in the life of Eye Specialist and Surgeon Farokh Irani

14 May 2018

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A day in the life of series uncovers a typical day for a medical specialist

6 am: awake and start the day with a strong hot coffee. Fire up the computer and start by reviewing letters I have written about the patients I have seen the previous day. These will go out to the referring doctor.

Then, a look at my day and the appointments that I will have with my patients. Each one is reviewed in advance

7 am

the children stir and after some coaxing, awaken

Help prepare the school lunches.

Breakfast, tidy up, then off to work

8 am

In the office. Our first patient has arrived

1 30 pm

today is an operating day

I have 6 cataract operations to perform

5 pm

Back in the office for administration and house keeping activities.

Correspond to doctors and caregivers…

Some doctors are asking for guidance about specific areas of management.

I also have a paper to prepare for publication and the deadline is approaching

6 30 pm. Home

Dinner and time with my family

Help the children with their homework

Help Sheila , my wife, with household chores and preparing for the next day

9 pm

I try to snatch some relaxation time by catching up with the news broadcast on TV. Then off to bed for another day!

Farokh Irani - Ophthalmologist

Farokh Irani works at St John of God Bendigo Hospital and has 21 years' surgical experience with highly successful outcomes. He has performed more than 15,000 cataract procedures. He uses an atraumatic technique with instant vision all under local anaesthetic.

He was sub-specialist trained in cataract and refractive surgery in the USA, London and Israel and trained in eye surgery in Sydney. He has a medical degree from Melbourne University with Honours. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and a member of the Australian, American and European society of cataract / refractive surgeons.

He is a regular contributor to international and local meetings. Mr Irani has a major role training junior eye doctors and travels to third world counties to restore sight to the desperately poor. He pioneered low-stress cataract surgery with no needle and no stitch which allows patients to walk in and walk out with no eye pad or covering afterwards and sight restored immediately.