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Simon has been an optometrist for more than 25 years and has also completed an MBA and a Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics which allows him to treat various conditions including eye infections, allergies and glaucoma. Simon graduated in 1992 from the QUT School of Optometry and spent a little over two years in Port Hedland, a mining town in the far north-west of Australia well as providing visiting optometric services to Broome and Derby. He returned to Brisbane at the start of 1996 and worked as a clinician at the QUT Optometry Clinic as well as doing locum work for various optometrists around the state before purchasing Focus Optometrists in 1999. He has a special interest in contact lenses and eye disease such as macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataracts and is also very experienced at providing eye tests for children and adolescents. When not at work Simon spends his weekends watching and coaching his children’s sport including rugby, cross country, netball, cricket and soccer.

Matt grew up in Graceville and had his very first pair of glasses prescribed by Simon in the 1990s. He credits Simon with inspiring him to become an optometrist. Matt has since worked for Focus as a optometry student at QUT (as did his wife Louise when she was studying), and is now delighted to be consulting alongside Simon as a fellow optometrist. Matt brings over 18 years of clinical experience, having worked at many independent practices across southeast Queensland, as well as enjoying a two-year role in Wanaka on New Zealand's South Island. Matt has a keen interest in all aspects of eye care, from managing eye diseases, to fitting contact lenses, to assisting patients with complicated spectacle lenses. He prides himself on providing a calm environment for his patients, getting to know them (not just their eyes), and taking the time to explain all of the information they might need clearly and completely. Outside of work, Matt enjoys walks with his wife and their Groodle, as well as hiking around New Zealand whenever possible.