Dr Simon Taylor

Dr Taylor is an Ophthalmologist with a subspecialty practice in Oculoplastic, Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery. Dr Taylor graduated in Medicine with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney in 1989. Specialist Ophthalmology training was undertaken at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, and then as the Senior Professorial Registrar at the Sydney Eye Hospital.

Their subspecialty training in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery was then undertaken in Australia, the USA and the UK. They were the Honorary Oculoplastic Fellow at the Sydney Eye Hospital in 1999. Fellowship training in Oculoplastic Surgery was then undertaken at the University of Michigan, USA; the University of Utah, USA; and Royal Manchester Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Dr Taylor is an Honorary Associate at the Sydney Eye Hospital, a consultant at the Skin & Cancer Foundation and a VMO at Westmead Hospital. They also hold the position of Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School.

Dr Taylor continues as an active educator for the Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) and holds a Senior Lecturer academic appointment at the Save Sight Institute of the University of Sydney, with ongoing dedication to Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Ophthalmology Advanced Trainee programmes (through appointments at the Sydney Eye Hospital & Westmead Public Hospital). In addition, on the Sydney Adventist Hospital campus, they participate in education for medical students from the Australian National University.