Wayne graduated as an optometrist from Queensland University Technology in Brisbane in 1992. He completed his Ophthalmic Medicines Prescribing training in 2013. He opened Angelo Street Optical in 2005 with his optical dispensing business partner, Barry Telfer. Prior to this he was a store manager and staff optometrist for 12 years for a large national chain in a variety of locations including Esperance, Rockingham, Morley and Hay Street. He has also worked in some of Perth’s most exclusive high street optical practices. He consulted for the Association for the Blind/Visability for 7 years helping Low Vision clients make the most of the vision they have remaining. He is a careful refractionist and a proactive contact lens fitter. His experiences of Therapeutics higher education, and working in an Eye Hospital in Hyderabad, India and country WA practice without the comforts of a nearby ophthalmologist means his eye disease diagnostic skills are advanced. Wayne has a special interest in early Glaucoma detection and management given his strong family history and his own well managed Ocular Hypertension. Wayne’s patient empathetic manner is often commented on by clients.