Associate Professor Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney
“Senior Lecturer at UWA and a member of the Australian Society for HIV Medicine and the Australian Uveitis Study Group.”
Biography
Associate Professor Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney completed her medical training in Perth, Western Australia before pursuing postgraduate study at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA. In 2003 Associate Professor Tay-Kearney was appointed Head of Department of Ophthalmology at Royal Perth Hospital. She is a Senior Lecturer at UWA and a member of the Australian Society for HIV Medicine and the Australian Uveitis Study Group. She is the Chair of Qualifications and Education as well as an Examiner for the RANZCO Part 2 College examinations.
Make a Booking- Further Key Experience
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Post-graduate study at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA
- Membership of Professional / National / Regional Bodies
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Member of the Australian Society for HIV Medicine
Member of Australian Uveitis Study Group
Member International Ocular Inflammation Society - Current Hospital / University Affiliations
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Ophthalmology Consultant, Royal Perth Hospital
Associate Professor, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia
Chair of Qualifications and Educations (WA)
Examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology final examinations ( RACE) - Research Interests
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Priniciple Investigator ‘Use of Humira in the treatment of non-infectious posterior uveitis’ and ‘Use of Gevokizumab in the treatment of non-infectious posterior uveitis’.
Clinical lead ‘Delivery of Teleophthalmology in under-served regions of WA’.
Completed research projects in use of slow release steroid implants and teleophthalmology - Other Professional Achievements
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Head of Department, Royal Perth Hospital ( 2004 -2010)
Editorial Board member Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology
External Examiner for University of Malaya