Dr Ross MacIntyre

Professional Background

Dr MacIntyre completed his undergraduate training at Colgate University in New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Honours. He then completed his medical degree at New York Medical College, graduating with Honours, before undertaking a transitional internship at Columbia University.

He completed his ophthalmology registrar training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as Chief Resident and received the William G. Tsiaras Research Award.

Dr MacIntyre then undertook a subspecialty clinical fellowship in cornea, complex cataract surgery, and refractive surgery at the world-renowned Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore — one of the leading eye centres in the world — where he was awarded the Henry D. Jampel Research Grant.

Following his fellowship, Dr MacIntyre completed additional corneal training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne before entering private practice. He holds a Staff Specialist appointment at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital's Cornea Unit, where he trains ophthalmology specialists in training and conducts ongoing clinical research.

Dr MacIntyre has personally performed over 7,000 cataract surgeries and more than 10,000 ophthalmic surgical procedures, and trains ophthalmology registrars and fellows in cataract surgery.

He consults at Northern Eye Consultants in Bundoora and Bass Coast Eye Centre in Wonthaggi, and is committed to providing patients with the most current evidence-based treatments in a thorough and compassionate manner.

Areas of Expertise

Dr MacIntyre has received several academic awards including the AAO Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist Award and the Wilmer Eye Institute's Henry D. Jampel Research Grant — see his full credentials and publications.