Dr Chris Kennedy is an ophthalmologist, who undertook training to become a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, and Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons while simultaneously completing his PhD thesis.

Dr Kennedy completed two further post-graduate Fellowships in Vitreo-retinal Surgery and Medical Retina in the USA (University of Virginia) and UK (Bristol).

Dr Kennedy established the retinal surgery service at Fremantle Hospital in 1998 and co-founded St John of God Eye Clinic in Subiaco with the widely respected, late Dr Dermot Roden, building it into one of the best-equipped eye practices in Australia with a reputation for delivering expert care of the highest quality.

Dr Kennedy has been an Executive Board Member as well as past Treasurer and Secretary of the Western Australian Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. He is the current Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, St John of God Subiaco Hospital.

Dr Kennedy has sub-specialty interests in:

• Cataract surgery
• Diabetic eye disease
• Macular disease
• Retinal disorders
• Vitreo-retinal surgery