Adjunct Professor
Hemal Mehta

Dr Mehta is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. He has over two decades of experience managing patients with macula diseases and performing cataract surgery. He is Co-director of Clinical Trials Research at Strathfield Retina Clinic. He provides consultations in Sydney and the Central Coast.

Dr Mehta was previously an Ophthalmology Consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom running the intravitreal injection services, teaching cataract surgery and leading the retinal clinical trials unit.

Hemal Mehta is an Adjunct Professor at University of Notre Dame Australia and Clinical Associate Professor at University of Sydney. He is on the Therapeutics Committee of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.

Dr Mehta completed an 18-month medical retina and cataract fellowship at Sydney Eye Hospital specialising further in the latest techniques in the diagnosis and management of these conditions. He also carried out a medical retina and cataract fellowship at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The clinical research during these fellowships contributed to his Doctorate of Medicine (academically on par with a PhD) on ‘Novel endpoints in diabetic retinopathy clinical trials’ from Cambridge University.

Dr Mehta completed 7 years of ophthalmology specialist training in London with 3 of these years at Moorfields Eye Hospital with rotations in all major ophthalmology subspecialties. He has carried out ophthalmology electives in the USA at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University. His internship was in London teaching hospitals. He carried out 6 years of medical training, completing the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University and clinical training at University College London Medical School. He was awarded the Allen Goldsmith and Duke Elder Awards in Ophthalmology.