CURRICULUM VITAE: JAMES GENGE POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 2011 Founder and Medical Director: Northern Beaches Eye Surgery Refractive: LASIK, PRK, Cataract Surgery, Clear Lens Exchange, Phakic IOL Implantation, ICL implantation. Corneal: Corneal Transplantation including Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty, Endothelial Keratoplasty, Full Thickness Corneal Transplantation, Intracorneal Ring Segment (Kerarings) implantation, Collagen Cross linking. Anterior Segment: Pterygium Excision with Free Conjunctival Autografting, Cataract Surgery Specialist: Micro-incision Cataract Surgery, Multifocal and Toric Intraocular Lens Expert, Complex reconstructions including Iris and Scleral Sutured Intraocular Lens Implantation. Glaucoma: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, Trabeculectomy with the Express Glaucoma Shunt, Ocular Coherence Tomography monitoring. Macular Degeneration Treatment: Intravitreal Lucentis Injections for Age Related Macular Degeneration, Fluorescein Angiography, Retinal Laser. Oculoplastics: Peri-ocular Plastic Surgery, Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty, Cosmetic injections including Restylane Dermal Filler and Botox. 2004-2010 Doctor Partner: Vision Eye Institute Hurstville Refractive Surgery Specialist: LASIK, PRK, PTK, Refractive Lens Exchange, ICL Implantation, Phakic Intraocular Lens (Cachet) Implantation. Corneal Surgery Specialist: Corneal Transplantation, Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty, Endothelial Keratoplasty, Intracorneal Ring Segment Implantation (Kerarings, Intacs), Collagen Cross Linking, Arcuate Keratotomy, Pterygium Excision with Free Conjunctival Autograft, Ocular Surface Tumour Surgery. Cataract Surgery Specialist: Micro-incision Cataract Surgery, Multifocal and Toric Intraocular Lens Expert, Complex reconstructions including Iris and Scleral Sutured Intraocular Lens Implantation. Comprehensive General Ophthalmologist: Lucentis for Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma treatment with SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty), Trabeculectomy with the Mini- Express Glaucoma Shunt, Diabetic Eye Disease treatment. Oculoplastic Surgery: Blepharoplasty, Ptosis correction, Entropion and Ectropion Eyelid Surgery, Tumour Excision and reconstruction.
2003-2004 2002-2003 Cornea and Anterior Segment Fellow: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK Consultant: Miss Linda Ficker Experience: Surgical: Corneal and anterior segment surgery including: Penetrating Keratoplasty including perforations, multiple redo s, combined PK/ECCE and keratoprosthesis, Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty, Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty, Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation, Amniotic Membrane Transplantation, Arcuate Keratotomy, complex cataract extractions, anterior segment reconstructions, sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, conjunctival neoplasm excision, EDTA Band Keratopathy removal, Gunderson flaps and pterygium excision with free conjunctival autografts. Refractive surgery: LASIK, post Penetrating Keratoplasty LASIK, LASEK and Photo Therapeutic Keratectomy. Experience includes both standard and wavefront guided ablations. Clinical: Comprehensive corneal and external eye disease clinics. Consultant in Ophthalmology: Australia Locum Consultant: Southline Eye Centre, Orange Eye Clinic Manly Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital Experience: Wide ranging surgical and clinical exposure to cornea, oculo-plastics, medical and surgical retina, glaucoma, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, paediatric and neonatal ophthalmology. POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 2002 4 th year Senior Ophthalmology Registrar 2001 3rd year Ophthalmology Registrar Westmead Hospital (Senior Registrar), Concord Hospital, St George Hospital. 2000 2nd year Ophthalmology Registrar Sydney Eye Hospital, Westmead Hospital, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. 1999 1st year Ophthalmology Registrar Sydney Eye Hospital, Westmead Hospital, and Darwin Base Hospital. 1998 Senior Resident Medical Officer Concord Repatriation Hospital. Neurology Endocrinology, Emergency, Anaesthetics, Plastic surgery. 1997 Locum Registrar Hawkesbury District Hospital, Blue Mountains District Hospital, Bulli Hospital, Campbelltown Hospital, Lottie Stewart Private Hospital; Commonwealth Medical Officer Health Services Australia. 1996 Ophthalmology Resident
1995 Intern Sydney Eye Hospital. St Vincent s Hospital. Accident and Emergency, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery. EDUCATION Post Graduate: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 2003 Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 2001 Part 2 Examination in Ophthalmology, 1998 Part 1 Examination in Ophthalmology, Tertiary: 1994 M.B.B.S. Completion on initial sittings. University of New South Wales 1992 B.Sc. Medicine Honours, University of New South Wales Research conducted in Myanmar (Burma). THESIS: Breath Methane: A Myanmar Population Profile and Use as a Diagnostic Method for Carbohydrate Malabsorption. 1991 Research Awards Secondary: University of NSW Scholarship for B.Sc. Medicine Honours. Medical Research Council of Australia Scholarship for B.Sc. Medicine Honours. 1982-1987 Knox Grammar, Wahroonga, NSW 2076.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology 2011. Invited Speaker: Corneal Ring segments. 2. NBES Conference 2011. Common ocular problems facing optometrists. 3. Alcon breakfast Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology 2011. Invited speaker: Restor toric multifocal IOL. 4. Asia Pacific Academy of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2011. Refractive outcomes with the Alcon Refractive Suite. 5. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2011. FS 200 More than just a flap maker. 6. NSW eye center conference 2011. Lamellar Corneal Transplants. 7. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, TropSat Meeting 2011. Invited speaker: Dry Eye. 8. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2010: Masterclass. Invited Speaker: Intacs vs Kerarings for Treating Keratoconus 9. Alcon conference 2010. Invited Speaker: IOL Power Selection Post-Kerato Refractive Surgery. 10. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2010. Comparison of Visual Performance with AcrySof ReSTOR Aspheric and Tecnis Multifocal IOLs. 11. Vision Eye Institute Optometry Podcast 2010: Keratoconus Treatment; Toric Lenses. 12. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2009, Keraring Symposium: Invited Speaker. Kerarings after Intacs. 13. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009. Comparison of Visual Performance with AcrySof ReSTOR Aspheric and Tecnis Multifocal IOLs. 14. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2009. Intacs vs Kerarings for Treating Keratoconus. 15. Alcon Refractive IOL Symposium 2009 Invited Speaker. Comparison of Visual Performance with AcrySof ReSTOR Aspheric and Tecnis Multifocal IOLs. 16. HCF Optometry Conference 2009. Advances in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery. 17. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009. Intacs vs Kerarings for Treating Keratoconus. 18. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009. Single Inferior Intac Insertion for Inferior Keratoconus. 19. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2009. Interesting and unusual corneal transplant cases. 20. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2009. Intacs vs Kerarings for Treating Keratoconus. 21. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2009. Comparison of Visual Performance with AcrySof ReSTOR Aspheric +3 and Tecnis Multifocal IOLs. 22. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009. Comparison of Visual Performance with AcrySof ReSTOR Aspheric and Tecnis Multifocal IOLs. 23. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2009. Refractive and Glaucoma Advances: The Cutting Edge. 24. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology NSW Branch Meeting 2008. Intacs for Keratoconus. 25. Australian Ophthalmology Registrars Conference 2008. Invited Speaker: Multifocal IOL s 26. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2007.
Cataract Surgery in Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy. 27. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2007. Keratoconus Treatment. 28. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2007. New Techniques in treating Keratoconus. 29. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2006. The Pupil. 30. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2006. Is it time to throw away your glasses? 3, 6 & 12M following implantation of ReSTOR IOL. 31. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2006. Early results with Rezoom / Tecnis Multifocal mix-match. 32. Better health & beauty Expo 2005. Better Vision in 2005. 33. Vision Eye Institute Conference 2005. Cornea: from the mundane to the exotic. 34. NSW General Practitioners Conference 2005. Invited Speaker: Management of Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis. 35. Genge JR, Poole T, Rodriguez A, Ficker LA. 2004. Prospective comparison of LASIK using one and two-step ablation for the correction of refractive errors after Penetrating Keratoplasty. 36. Genge JR, Pullam K, Ficker LA. 2004. Scleral Contact Lenses in Ocular Surface Disease. 37. Genge JR, Ficker LA. 2004. Wavefront guided LASIK vs. Wavefront guided LASEK. 38. Genge JR, Ficker LA, Beaconsfield M. 2004. Stevens-Johnson syndrome: Simultaneous Lid and ocular surface reconstruction with amniotic membrane. 39. Annual ophthalmology conference Moorfields Eye Hospital 2004. London U.K. 1 or 2 Step LASIK after PK. 40. Moorfields hospital alumni conference 2004. The Scleral Contact Lens in treating ocular surface disease. 41. Moorfields hospital alumni conference 2004. Prospective Randomised Double Masked Trial of LASIK with Autocentroid Targeted Active Tracking in One Eye and Non-Tracked Surgeon Fixation in the Other Eye. 42. Moorfields Eye Hospital Corneal Grand Rounds lecture 2004: Grafting the perforated eye. 43. Moorfields Eye Hospital Corneal Grand Rounds lecture 2004: Inducing re-epithelialisation of neurotrophic and stem cell deficient corneas. 44. Moorfields Eye Hospital Corneal Grand Rounds lecture 2004: Fungal Infections of the Cornea. 45. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting Poster Presentation 2004: Genge JR, Bunce C, Ficker L. 2003. Astigmatism and the Flieringa ring in Penetrating Keratoplasty. 46. Royal Australian and New Zealand College Of Ophthalmology Annual General Meeting 2003. Wound Construction in Cataract Surgery. 47. Genge JR, Ficker LA, Rosen P, Stephens JD. 2003. Prospective randomised double masked treatment of myopic astigmatism by autocentroid tracker guided LASIK in one eye & nontracked LASIK to the other eye. 48. Genge JR, Bunce C, Ficker LA. 2003. Astigmatism and the Flieringa ring in Penetrating Keratoplasty. 49. Moorfields Eye Hospital Corneal Grand Rounds lecture 2003: Bioengineered Corneas: How close are we? 50. Moorfields Eye Hospital Corneal Grand Rounds lecture 2003: LASIK after Penetrating Keratoplasty. 51. RANZCO NSW Branch Meeting lecture 2003: Wound Construction and AC Maintenance in Cataract Surgery.
52. Parker D, Genge J, Roberts T. 2002. Reducing the risk of retinal phototoxicity during cataract surgery by minimizing intraoperative light exposure. Manuscript submitted to Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 53. Clement C, Genge JR, O Donnell B, Lockhead A. 2002. Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma of the Eyelids. Manuscript submitted to Ophthalmology. 54. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting Poster Presentation 2002: Genge JR, Neilson G, Maloof AJ, Milverton EJ; Sealed human lens capsule irrigation. 55. International Congress of Ophthalmology Poster Presentation 2002: Genge JR, O Donnell B; Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma of the eyelids. 56. RANZCO Annual General Meeting Poster presentation 2001: Genge JR, Ghabrial R; Iris Heterochromia in Aquired Horners Syndrome. 57. Maloof AJ, Genge JR, Neilson G, Milverton EJ. 2001. Selective irrigation of the lens capsule of the human eye with trypan blue using sealed capsule irrigation. Manuscript submitted to The Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 58. Maloof A, Neilson GJ, Genge J, Milverton EJ, Pandey S. 2001. Sealed Capsule Irrigation of the capsular bag: report of a new technique and its application to eliminate posterior capsule opacification. Manuscript submitted to The Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 59. Ophthalmology Registrars Meeting lecture 1999-2002: Herpes simplex/ herpes zoster Keratitis. Anterior uveitis. Migraine. Amarosis fugax. Multiple Sclerosis and the Eye. Vitreous Haemorrhage. Amniotic Membrane for limbal stem cell deficiency. 60. Annual Ophthalmology Registrars Conference lectures: 2000 Opportunistic infections in HIV. 61. Neurology Grand Rounds lecture; Concord Repatriation Hospital 1998. Quinine induced ocular toxicity. 62. Endocrinology Grand Rounds lecture; Concord Repatriation Hospital 1998. Grave s Ophthalmopathy. 63. Ophthalmology Primary preparation course 1998. Binocular Development and Visual Development. 64. Annual Ophthalmology Registrars Conference lectures: 1997 Anatomy of the eyelid. 65. Bolin TD, Myo-Khin, Soe-Aung, Genge JR, Duncombe VM: Correlation of hydrogen and methane production to carbohydrate malabsorption in Burmese (Myanmar) children. J. Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1996; 22: 144-147. 66. Bolin TD, Genge JR, Duncombe VM, Soe-Aung, Myo-Khin: Patterns of methane production in a Burmese (Myanmar) population. J Gastroenteroloy and Hepatology 1996; 11: 71-76. 67. Research Medal presentation; Prince Henry Hospital 1992: Breath methane as a diagnostic method for carbohydrate malabsorption. 68. Genge JR: Contamination of breath methane samples in sterilised vacutainer tubes. Clinical Chemistry 1991; 11: 2019. 69. Bolin TD, Genge JR, Myo-Khin, Htain-uin: Storage of methane breath test samples in plastic syringes. Clinical Chemistry 1991; 12: 2161.
SURGICAL FILMS PERFORMED AND PRODUCED: ICL with Kerarings for Keratoconus (2011) Cataract Surgery: advanced techniques (2010) The Big Bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus (2010) Deep anterior lamellar Keratoplasty: Melles Technique (2010) ICL (Intraocular Collamer Lens) implantation (2010) Iris reconstruction and Iris sutured IOL implantation in ocular trauma. Presented at RANZCO 2010. Alcon Cachet Phakic intraocular lens implantation (2010) Intelligent Phacoemulsification with Microincision Cataract Surgery (2010) Complex Cataract extraction (2009) Microincision Cataract Surgery (2009) Microincision cataract surgery with aniridia implant (2009) Descemets stripping endothelial Keratoplasty & Intraocular lens exchange (2009) Bilateral femtosecond assisted LASIK (2009) Keraring implantation for keratoconus (2009) Pterygium removal with free conjunctival autograft implantation (2009) Subluxed Intraocular Lens Repair (2009) Toric IOL implantation for keratoconus (2009) Trans-scleral IOL fixation: 2 techniques, one patient. Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009. Runner up, Pizer film festival Deep anterior lamellar Keratoplasty: Technique Comparison (2009) Endothelial Corneal Transplantation (2009) The Mini-Express Glaucoma Shunt in Trabeculectomy for Glaucoma (2009) Subluxed Lens repair: Movie (2008) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Frequent Lecturer at both International and National Ophthalmology Conferences, often as an invited speaker Regular teaching of junior ophthalmology registrars in didactic lectures, clinic supervision and surgical instruction. Involved in teaching medical students: Moorfields Eye Hospital, University of Sydney, University of NSW. Organisation, supervision and assessment of trial Ophthalmology Fellowship examination 2002.