Dr Nancy Younan

Comprehensive Ophthalmologist

B.Sc.(Med) M.B.B.S. (Hons) (UNSW) M.P.H. F.R.A.N.Z.C.O

Dr. Nancy Younan is an experienced comprehensive ophthalmologist who completed her medical degree at the University of NSW. She completed her specialist ophthalmology training at The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Following her training she undertook a clinical ophthalmology fellowship at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom.

She worked in Tasmania for a number of years and was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Mersey Public Hospital, and North West Regional Hospital. As a consultant, she participated in public cataract waiting list initiatives in the North West Region of Tasmania and provided rural ophthalmology services. Dr Younan has also performed charitable cataract surgery in India.

She has held a consultant ophthalmology position at Bankstown-Lidcombe public hospital , where she was involved with ophthalmology registrar supervision and training. She has had multiple medical publications in peer reviewed journals. Dr Younan enjoys the scope and breadth of ophthalmology. She enjoys treating people of all ages. She performs intravitreal injections for conditions such as macular degeneration and diabetes.

Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Macular degeneration
Diabetic eye disease
Glaucoma
Uveitis
Neuro-ophthalmology
Cornea
Other common eye conditions

Academic Qualifications and Training

Postgraduate

Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (2003)
Master of Public Health , University of New South Wales (1999)

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Medicine (Honours) University of New South Wales (1993)
Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) University of New South Wales (1993)
Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) University of New South Wales (1993)

Accredited Ophthalmology Training

Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom ( 2003)
Paediatric ophthalmology
Cataract surgery
Comprehensive ophthalmology
Glaucoma
Specialist Registrar in Ophthalmology at the East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, United Kingdom (2002)
Comprehensive ophthalmology and eye emergencies
Paediatric ophthalmology
Medical retina,
Surgical retina
Glaucoma.
Cataract surgery
Mentoring and Teaching junior ophthalmology residents .

Accredited Ophthalmology Registrar, Prince of Wales Hospital, and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney (1999-2002).

Comprehensive ophthalmology
Anterior segment/Cornea
Uveitis
Paediatric ophthalmology
Neuro-ophthalmology
Retina
Glaucoma
Cataract surgery
Rural ophthalmology (Broken Hill Base Hospital) and outreach clinics

Pre-accredited Ophthalmology Training

1998 Senior Resident Medical Officer, Prince of Wales Hospital.
Ophthalmology, Accident and Emergency, Cardiology, Neurology,
Neurosurgical High Dependency Unit, General surgery.
1997 Senior Resident Medical Officer , Sydney Eye Hospital.
Adult and children’s Ophthalmic Emergencies, pre- operative medical assessment and post operative medical care.
1996 Resident Medical Officer , President Private Hospital.
Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant ,Medical and Surgical patient care.
1995 Resident Medical Officer ,St. George Hospital, Sutherland Hospital.
Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Accident and Emergency, Cardiology,
Intensive Care and Coronary Care, General Medicine.
1994 Intern, St. George Hospital.
General Surgery (Albury Base Hospital), Gastroenterology Accident and
Emergency, Respiratory medicine.

Public Hospital Consultant Positions

Consultant Ophthalmologist , Bankstown-Lidcombe Public Hospital, 2010.
Consultant Ophthalmologist , Mersey Public Hospital, Latrobe and North West Regional Hospital, Burnie, Tasmania , 2004 -2009.
Participation in Public Cataract Waiting List Initiative in North West Region, Tasmania in 2008 and 2009.

Publications

Dubey R, Wang LW, Amjadi S, Figueira EC, Brown TM, Younan NM, Wilcsek GA, Francis IC. Surgical management of marginal chalazia. British Journal of Ophthalmology . 2011; 95:590,596-7.
Gill, A. C., Oei, J., Lewis, N. L., Younan, N., Kennedy, I., & Lui, K. Strabismus in infants of opiate-dependent mothers. Acta Paediatrica. 2003 ; 92(3), 379–385.
Younan, N. M., & Francis, I. C. Progressive visual failure in an eye with optic disc drusen and an orbital mass. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2003; 23(1), 31–33.
M Coroneo, N Younan, P Kim. Hypersensitivity reaction to intravitreal clindamycin therapy. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2002; 30(2) 147-8.
Younan, N., & McClellan, K. Squamous cell carcinoma with necrotizing scleritis. Australian and New Zealand journal of Ophthalmology. 1999; 27(2), 149–151.
N Younan, “Trachoma in Aboriginal Children”. Major Project. Master of Public Health Degree, University of New South Wales, 1999.

Research

Comparison of IOL Master and Ocuscan readings in lens power prediction. N Younan, East Surrey Hospital, United Kingdom (2002).
Comparison of fluorescein angiographic findings with those of Indocyanine Green Angiography in anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. Mr. A Chopdar, N Younan. East Surrey Hospital, United Kingdom (2002).
Effect of pilocarpine on patients with Age Related Macular Degeneration. N Younan, G Cohn, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney (2002).
Ophthalmological findings in children whose mothers were drug abusers during pregnancy. Collaboration with paediatric team, Prince of Wales Children Hospital, Randwick, Sydney (2001).
Trachoma in Aboriginal Children. Major project, Master of Public Health Degree, University of NSW (1999).
Comparison of LASIK to Incisional Keratotomy in treatment of astigmatism, N Younan, P. Versace, Laser Sight Centre , Sydney (2001).

Presentations

The 13th Annual Australian and New Zealand Ophthalmology Registrars’

Conference, “ Diabetic retinopathy- pathophysiology ”.

The 12th Annual Australian and New Zealand Ophthalmology Registrars’ Conference, “Temporal Arteritis – A Case History”.
The 11th Annual Australian and New Zealand Ophthalmology Registrars’

Conference, “ Cornea and its environment”.

Conferences and Scientific Meetings

2024 RANZCO 55th Annual Scientific Congress.
2024 Global Retinal Network Program Annual Meeting.
2023 RANZCO 54th Annual Scientific Congress.
2022 RANZCO 53rd Annual Scientific Congress.
2021 RANZCO Virtual Congress
2019 The 5th Global Retinal Network Program Annual Meeting.
2018 Global Retinal Network Program Annual Meeting.
2017 18th International Society of Ocular Oncology Biennial Conference / NSW RANZCO Annual Scientific Meeting, International Convention Centre, Sydney.
2016 RANZCO NSW Branch Scientific Meeting .
2015 9th Congress of Asia Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society, Sydney.
2014 RANZCO NSW Branch Scientific Meeting, Hunter Valley.
2013 RANZCO NSW Branch Scientific Meeting .
2011 Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.
2009 RANZCO NSW Branch Scientific Meeting.
2008 The Delhi Ophthalmological Society 59th Annual conference, India.
1999-2006 RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress.
2006 Tasmanian Branch RANZCO, Tasmania.
2004 Tasmanian Branch RANZCO, Tasmania.
1999-2004 RANZCO NSW Branch Scientific Meeting .
2002 XXIXth International Congress of Ophthalmology, Sydney.
2002 “New Perspectives in Ophthalmology” Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2002 British College of Ophthalmologists regional teaching sessions, United Kingdom.
1998-2001 Cossom Ophthalmology Alumni Meeting, Prince of Wales Hospital
1998-2002 The Ophthalmology Registrars’ Annual Conference.