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Allevia Kensington Hospital
Brian Kent-Smith
Ophthalmologist & Cataract Surgeon
MB BCh 1987 Witwatersrand; FCS (SA) 1994
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- Undergraduate studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
- Institute for Aviation Medicine during military service 1989/90.
- Speciality training at Hillbrow Hospital and St John Eye Hospital,Baragwanath, Soweto.
- Moved to New Zealand in 1997.
- Worked at Whangārei Hospital full time at first, then part-time for 23 years. I ran a weekly paediatric eye clinic and was responsible for screening premature babies in the special care baby unit.
- In 2005 I built a day-stay surgical centre with my late colleague Dr Geoff Wallace.
Treatments:
- Cataract and refractive lens surgery
- Macular degeneration treatment
- Oculoplastic surgery
- Glaucoma surgery
- Squint surgery