Dr David Ng

MBBS, FRANZCO, MPH

Dr David Ng is a specialist cataract surgeon.   He is a general ophthalmologist with a special interest in diabetic eye disease and small incision cataract surgery.

Dr Ng studied medicine at Sydney University. He completed a Master of Public Health and gained a wide breadth of clinical expertise in neurosurgery and plastic surgery prior to commencing his ophthalmology training at the renowned Sydney Eye Hospital.

Dr Ng is actively involved in teaching and is a regular lecturer to the General Practitioner trainees at their annual training conference. He regularly provides talks to GPs and optometrists informing them of the latest breakthroughs with cataract surgery and other specialised areas. He has provided clinical expertise and coaching to junior doctors in the Northern Sydney Area Health Service.  Dr Ng is a respected reviewer for the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and is an examiner with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.

Dr Ng has a great interest in medical mission and has worked in Tanzania and in the Northern Territory with the Aboriginal population. In 2003 he travelled to Tibet where he helped set up a cataract day surgery facility and provided clinical expertise to the local ophthalmologists. In 2004 and 2005 he visited Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Western China to educate and provide more local ophthalmologists with the skills to help reduce the long waitlist of cataract cases.

In 2003 Dr Ng joined the Vision Eye Institute team, and provides general ophthalmology services at the Chatswood and Cremorne practices.