Dr Doug Roydhouse

MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS

Dr Doug Roydhouse specialises in cataract surgery and medical retina.  His current services include general ophthalmology, cataract surgery, laser treatment for diabetes and other vascular problems, macular degeneration and laser for glaucoma.

Dr Roydhouse was educated at Geelong College where he was the school Dux in 1965.  He studied medicine at Melbourne University where he graduated with Honours in surgery in 1972.  Dr Roydhouse undertook an ophthalmology registrar position at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in 1977 and completed a retinal fellowship in 1981.  He has worked as a senior consultant ophthalmologist at the RVEEH for 17 years and was a founding member of the Melbourne Excimer Laser Group. 

Dr Roydhouse has co-authored academic papers on Vitrectomy techniques and Giant Pigment Epithelial Tear.

Dr Doug Roydhouse is now in practice at the Vision Eye Institute Footscray