Dr Michael Wei

Dr Michael Wei is an experienced and comprehensive Australian trained Ophthalmologist with specialisation in retinal and macular disorders, refractive cataract surgery, and general ophthalmology. He has expertise in the treatment of retinal and macular disorders and has extensive experience in performing all forms of retinal lasers and intravitreal injections. He is also a skilled cataract refractive surgeon and performs and teaches cataract surgeries using the latest techniques.

Dr Wei earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from The University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a Masters of Ophthalmic Science at The University of Sydney. He completed his specialist Ophthalmology training at the prestigious Sydney Eye Hospital Network, with further training as a Senior Registrar at Royal North Shore Hospital with focus in retina, complex cataract surgery and glaucoma. Upon completion of specialist ophthalmology training, Dr Wei undertook one year of medical retina fellowship under the guidance of Professor Paul Mitchell at Westmead hospital. During this fellowship, he gained expertise in the treatment of retinal and macular disorders including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular occlusions and other macular diseases. He also became proficient in performing all forms of retinal lasers and intravitreal injections. During this time, he was a sub-investigator in numerous international clinical trials in new therapies for macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular occlusion. The following year, Dr Wei underwent a retinal fellowship at St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, in Toronto Canada. This is the busiest retinal unit in Canada, and he obtained extensive experience in the management of difficult and complex vitreoretinal conditions. In particular, he became adept in minimally invasive treatment of retinal detachments with pneumatic retinopexy. Dr Wei also acquired competencies in performing eye surgeries using the latest 3D heads-up visualisation system with Alcon Ngenuity and Zeiss Artevo 800 technologies.

Dr. Wei has published several papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has presented at both local and international scientific meetings. He is actively involved in teaching and training ophthalmology registrars, medical students, and optometrists.

Dr. Wei is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists (ANZSRS) and the Australian Medical Association (AMA).

Dr. Wei is fluent in Mandarin and Hokkien/Taiwanese dialect.