S. Dean

Dr Simon Dean completed medical MBChB training in Auckland New Zealand in 1997. In 2007 he was awarded fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO). He completed fellowship training in the UK in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow, followed by cataracts and anterior segment in Birmingham, UK, and the Bedford branch of Moorfields Eye Hospital. He also holds fellowship of the British Contact Lens Association (FBCLA) by examination. He completed his MSc in cataract and refractive surgery in 2009. Dr Dean was Head of Department at Manukau Superclinic for six years, and consults privately through Eye Institute. He is the Subject Leader for the RANZCO Optics exam team. Dr Dean is active in teaching and research and has designed and built a number of ophthalmic instruments, including a corneal collagen crosslinking device. When he is not accompanying his two boys to their many extracurricular activities, he can be found either on a mountain bike, or playing double bass in the Auckland Symphony Orchestra or snare drum in the City of Auckland Pipe Band.