About Dr John Chang

Consultant Eye Surgeon

BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons 1), PhD(UNSW), FRANZCO

Dr John Chang is a consultant eye surgeon dedicated to providing the best possible care for his patients using the latest in medical research and technology combined with his specialist knowledge and skills.

Dr John Chang specialises in both routine and complex cataract surgery in eyes with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma or uveitis.

Dr Chang takes great care in listening to the needs of his patients, and tailoring his treatment approaches to their specific circumstances and needs.

Community outreach

Dr John Chang has been a passionate educator, supervisor and mentor of medical students, junior doctors, optometrists, nurses and other doctors for many years.

Dr Chang is also actively involved in teaching and training the next generation of eye surgeons. He is one of the supervisors of the accredited training program (Northern Sydney Private post) for eye registrars of Sydney Eye Hospital. This is also part of MediAid charity work that is supported by the generous donation of Dr Knight. This charity program provides free cataract surgery for uninsured pensioners who would otherwise have to await very long public hospital waitlist in order to receive much needed sight-saving eye surgery. As well as providing supervision to training eye doctors, Dr Chang is able to provide his patients in need, appropriate access to such charity funded cataract surgery.

Clinical research

Dr Chang is a clinician-scientist with a PhD in Ocular Immunology, which complements his clinical qualifications as an eye surgeon that includes international subspecialist fellowship training in the field of Medical Retina and Uveitis. It is this unique background in academic rigour and continual pursuit of knowledge that drives Dr Chang’s ethos of delivering eye care of the highest standards for his patients.

Qualifications

Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Completed RANZCO specialist ophthalmology training in Australia, including at the major teaching hospitals in Adelaide, Sydney, and Fred Hollows Foundation outreach eye services in Central Australia
Additional international sub-specialist (Medical Retina & Uveitis) qualification attained at the prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Moorfields is the largest and oldest eye hospital in Europe
PhD in Ocular Immunology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
Graduated Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) with First Class Honours, The University of NSW, Sydney

Professional memberships

Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
Australian & New Zealand Society of Retina Specialists (ANZSRS)
Clinical adjunct lecturer, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney
Uveitis Special Interest Group of RANZCO
Australian Medical Association (AMA)
Regulation Agency (AHPRA): Full specialist registration, MED0001107400
Korean Australian Medical Society (KAMS)

Awards

Dr Chang has been the recipient of multiple NHMRC grants and scholarships for his research as well as academic prizes during his medical and specialist training. Read more

The Eye Foundation, Royal Australian & New Zealand Colllege of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) / Novartis Ophthalmics Medical Retina Research Scholarship: Research project on “Genome-wide association study of diabetic macular oedema” (2011)
National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Research Project Grant: “Role of toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of ocular inflammation” (2007-2009) Investigators: Peter McCluskey, John Chang, Denis Wakefield.
Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia (ORIA) Research Grant: “The role of IL-17 in the pathogenesis of uveitis” (2007). Investigators: John Chang, Peter McCluskey, Denis Wakefield.
NH&MRC Medical Postgraduate Research Scholarship: “The role of pattern recognition receptors in the pathogenesis of acute anterior uveitis” (2003-2006).
Best Research Presentation (by poster) Award, 38th Annual Scientific Congress of RANZCO, Sydney: “Long-term Australian follow-up study of the visual outcome in autosomal dominant optic atrophy” (2006).
NH&MRC Traveling Research Grant: “Use of prostaglandin analogues in the treatment of glaucoma in uveitis” (2005). Clinical research conducted under the supervision of world renowned uveitis specialist, Professor Sue Lightman, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
School of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Travel Grant, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney (2003-2005).
Prize for Best Oral Research Presentation at the annual scientific meeting of Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney (2004).
John Hirschman International Health Scholarship, School of Public Health, University of NSW: To present in Fred Hollows Foundation eye camp in rural Dhading, Nepal (1999).
The G.R. Cameron Memorial Prize for first place & the highest aggregate mark in Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney (1997).
The W.E. Glover Prize for Physiology for best performance in Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney (1997).

Publications

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Liu, Ebony; Kaidonis, Georgia; McComish, Bennet; Gillies, Mark; Abhary, Sotoodeh; Essex, Rohan; Chang, John; Pal, Bishwanath; Daniell, Mark; Lake, Stewart; Petrovsky, Nikolai; Hewitt, Alex; Jenkins, Alicia; Lamoureux, Ecosse; Gleadle, Jonathan; Craig, Jamie; Burdon, Kathryn

In: Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 60, pp. 3937, 2019.