Dr. Rick Wolfe is one of Australia’s most accomplished and experienced eye surgeons. He is internationally recognised and is regularly invited to speak and present his own statistics as well as conduct live surgery at world eye surgery conferences.

Rick has been an ophthalmic surgeon for over 30 years, working at Peninsula Eye Centre and Vista Laser Clinics in Melbourne awarding him invaluable experience and achievements throughout his career:

• One of the first surgeons in Australia to perform laser eye surgery in 1991.  Since then, he has personally performed over 25,000 laser eye procedures.

• In 1996, Dr Wolfe was the first surgeon in Victoria to perform the LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) procedure.

• Commenced phacoemulsification (the modern technique of cataract surgery) when it was almost unknown in Australia. He has taught many ophthalmologists this procedure in Australia and overseas. Today it is the procedure of choice in Australia.

• Performed the first corneal incisions and foldable intraocular implants in Australia.  Today this is the most common method amongst advanced cataract surgeons. He has also lectured widely on this technique.

• Pioneered a technique called micro-incision cataract surgery which is today the standard of care.

• Founding member and director of the Melbourne Excimer Laser and Research Group.