Our optometrist and practice owner is Simon Hurwood. He has been an optometrist for over 25 years and has also completed an MBA and a Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics which allows him to treat various conditions including eye infections, allergies and glaucoma.
Simon graduated in 1992 from the QUT School of Optometry and spent two years in Port Hedland, a mining town in the far north-west of Australia. He returned to Brisbane at the start of 1996 and worked as a clinician at the QUT Optometry Clinic as well as doing locum work for various optometrists around the state.
He has a special interest in contact lenses and eye disease such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes and cataracts and is also experienced at testing children and adolescents.
When not at work Simon spends a lot of time watching and coaching his children’s sport including rugby, cricket, rowing and soccer.
