Dr Eric Mayer

Dr Eric Mayer is a highly experienced Vitreo-Retinal  and Cataract Surgeon, who is dedicated to providing the highest possible standards of medical care to his patients.

Eric graduated from Oxford University in the UK in 1994 and trained at St Thomas’ Hospital and other Hospitals in London. He also trained and worked in Cambridge, Oxford, Windsor, Bath, Taunton and Bristol. He worked for five years as a Consultant Specialist Ophthalmologist in the UK before moving to Australia He became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists in 2008. He has worked as a Surgical and Medical Retinal Specialist for over twenty years.

Before moving into Ophthalmology he completed a PhD in the field of neural transplantation, pioneering work in growth factors and early gene transfer experiments. He was the recipient of a highly prestigious National Career Scientist Award from the Department of Health and Development in the UK.  He has over fifty peer reviewed publications evidencing his continual efforts to find new treatments and improvements in care and outcomes for patients. Dr Mayer established the first clinic for Genetics in Eye Disease at Bristol Eye Hospital and was the founder and initiator of bio-electronic interfacing developments and human retinal neural stem cell work, which led to the first identification of stem cells in the Human Retina.

In addition to his Medical work, Dr Mayer has taught medical students and supervised medical and surgical training of junior doctors. He was also an Examiner for the International Council of Ophthalmology for ten years, working closely with the late Dr Peter Watson.