Comprehensive ophthalmologist specialized in complex cataract and glaucoma surgeries in Canberra
About Dr Nelson Kuo
Dr Chih-Hung (Nelson) Kuo is a specialist cataract, glaucoma, eyelids and tear duct surgeon. He also treats conditions affecting the macula such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
Dr Kuo studied medicine at the University of New South Wales and completed his prevocational training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He began his ophthalmology training at the Sydney Eye Hospital. He spent two further fellowship years at the Concord Repatriation Hospital in Sydney and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom, sub-specialising in complex glaucoma and oculoplastic. He is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO).
After his fellowships, Dr Kuo worked as a consultant ophthalmologist at tertiary public hospitals in Brisbane providing public cataract, glaucoma and oculoplastic services.
Dr Kuo is appointed by the Canberra Health Service to provide public cataract and glaucoma surgery services, supervising and training the next generation of ophthalmologists. He is also appointed as an examiner for RANZCO Advanced Clinical Examination (RACE).
Dr Kuo is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Queensland and Australian National University. He has published many articles in peer-review journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.
Dr Kuo is the ACT representative for the Glaucoma Australia Ophthalmology Committee.
He is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Procedures
Dr Kuo provides the following eye procedures and more
Cataract Surgery
Removal of cataract (human lens opacity) and lens implantation to restore vision
Intravitreal Injection
Treatment of macular diseases to restore and preserve vision
Eye Lasers
Laser treatment for glaucoma control and clearance of scar formation after cataract surgery
Eyelids Surgery
Eyelids and eyelashes problems, droopy eyelids, watery eyes and eyelid tumours
Scarless Tear Duct Surgery
Various surgical Treatment for watery eyes including endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
Glaucoma Surgery
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and complex glaucoma surgery for glaucoma control
Locations
Belconnen
*Aranda
*Belconnen – Belconnen Town Centre
*Bruce
*Charnwood – Charnwood Centre
*Cook
*Dunlop
*Emu Ridge
*Evatt
*Florey
*Fraser
*Flynn
*Giralang
*Hawker
*Higgins
*Holt – Kippax Centre
*Kaleen
*Latham
*Lawson
*Macgregor
*Macquarie – Jamison Centre
*McKellar
*Melba
*Page
*Scullin
*Spence
*Weetangera
Gungahlin
: ^ “denotes suburbs which have been planned, but not yet been opened or settled”
*Amaroo
*Bonner ^
*Casey ^
*Crace ^
*Forde ^
*Franklin
*Gungahlin – Gungahlin Town Centre
*Harrison
*Jacka ^
*Kenny ^
*Kinlyside ^
*Mitchell
*Moncrieff ^
*Mulangari ^
*Ngunnawal
*Nicholls
*Palmerston
*Taylor ^
*Throsby ^
North Canberra
*Acton
*Ainslie
*Braddon
*Campbell – Duntroon
*City Centre (also known as Civic)
*Dickson – Dickson Centre
*Downer
*Hackett
*Lyneham – North Lyneham
*O’Connor
*Reid
*Russell
*Turner
*Watson
South Canberra
*Barton
*Capital Hill
*Deakin
*Forrest
*Fyshwick
*Griffith – Manuka
*Kingston
*Narrabundah
*Parkes
*Pialligo
*Red Hill
*Symonston
*Yarralumla
Tuggeranong
*Banks
*Bonython
*Calwell
*Chisholm
*Conder – Lanyon Market Place
*Fadden
*Gilmore
*Gordon
*Gowrie
*Greenway – Tuggeranong Town Centre
*Hume
*Isabella Plains
*Kambah – Kambah Village Centre
*Macarthur
*Monash
*Oxley
*Richardson
*Theodore
*Wanniassa – Erindale Centre
Weston Creek
*Chapman
*Duffy
*Fisher
*Holder
*Rivett
*Stirling
*Waramanga
*Weston – Weston Creek Centre
Woden Valley
*Chifley
*Curtin – Curtin Centre
*Garran
*Hughes
*Farrer
*Isaacs
*Lyons
*Mawson – Southlands Centre
*O’Malley
*Pearce
*Phillip – Woden Town Centre – Swinger Hill
*Torrens
Molonglo
Planned suburbs as of 2 January 2008, at the Weston Creek end of Molonglo
*Sulman
*Wright
*Coombs
Former Suburbs
*Eastlake (now Kingston)
*Westlake (now Yarralumla and Lake Burley Griffin)
*Blandfordia (now Forrest)
*Molonglo (now Fyshwick)
*Ginninderra
Other
*Hall (technically a separate town)
*HMAS HARMAN (navy base)
*Oaks Estate
*Pierces Creek (former forestry settlement)
*Tharwa (technically a separate town)
*Uriarra (former forestry settlement)