About Dr Brendan Cronin
MBBS (Hons), DipOphthSci, B.Com, LLB, FRANZCO
Dr Cronin is a Corneal & Anterior Segment Surgeon & the Director of Education at the Queensland Eye Institute in Brisbane Australia.
Dr Cronin is the co-founder of Focus Vision. He grew up on the Gold Coast and completed his medical and ophthalmic training in Brisbane at the University of Queensland where he graduated from medicine with honours. He completed his ophthalmic training in Brisbane and then further trained in his subspecialty of Corneal, Refractive and Anterior Segment Surgery at the prestigious Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom.
Dr Cronin is a registered specialist with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency and is a member of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO), The Australian Society of Ophthalmology, The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, The Cornea Society, and is a founding fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences.
He has collaborated as a principal and sub-investigator on over 20 international clinical trials including in new devices, intraocular lenses and novel therapies for ocular disease. He holds an international patent on corneal collagen cross linking technology. Dr Cronin is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and he has over 20 major publications in national and international medical journals.
When not at work he enjoys spending time with his wife & children.
What makes Dr Cronin different?
I have been the patient! I needed urgent eye surgery when I was a medical student. Thankfully the surgery went very well and I maintained excellent vision – thanks to modern ophthalmology!! That’s why I became an ophthalmologist. I fell in love with the amazing technology and treatments we have available. But this means I know what it is like to be in your position.
Even better - I have had laser eye surgery! Yes - I believe in the safety and efficacy of the procedure so much that I have had it myself.
Procedures Dr Cronin specialises in:
All types of laser refractive surgery including LASIK, CLEAR, PRK, ICL’s
Micro-incision cataract surgery, lens replacement surgery and refractive lens exchange with all types of lenses includes multifocal lenses, lifestyle lenses and extended depth of focus lenses.
Sutureless and cosmetic pterygium surgery
Keratoconus surgery including CAIRS “Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments” and LASER “Athen’s Protocol” corneal resurfacing combined with collagen cross-linking
