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It was an interest in children’s vision that initially sparked Melissa’s desire to study optometry. Melissa spent the first 8 years of her career in general private practice, completed a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Optometry and gained expertise and experience in a range of areas including children’s eye care, contact lens fitting and post-surgery co-management with ophthalmologists. More recently, Melissa has spent 11 years as an associate at a practice established to provide quality eye care for children of all ages. Melissa is well versed in caring for children referred by nurses, teachers and other optometrists for management of their eye sight or eye alignment conditions and vision related learning difficulties. This includes the provision of spectacles, contact lenses and vision therapy. Melissa is enthusiastic and passionate about providing quality vision care to individuals of all ages.

Caroline is a passionate, therapeutically endorsed Optometrist with extensive experience in managing — and co-managing with ophthalmologists where appropriate — a broad range of eye conditions, including Glaucoma, Macula Degeneration, and Retinal pathologies in both children and adults, with experience gained from working in rural Victoria. She has a particular interest in Binocular Vision Disorders, Children's eyecare and Myopia Control, and has completed the Australian College of Behavioural Optometrists (ACBO) Accreditation in Advanced Vision Care (AAVC) Unit 1, alongside multiple school vision screenings. Known for her warm, approachable manner, Caroline is committed to building lasting, trusted relationships with her patients. Dr Caroline Xu is a female optometrist based in Langwarrin, fluent in both English and Mandarin.

After spending over 3 years working in regional Victoria (East Gippsland), Melanie gained value experience and exposure to many of the pathology aspects of Optometry before returning to Melbourne 2005. Since establishing Vision One Eyecare in 2006, Melanie has gone on to establish a special interest in Children’s Vision focused on overcoming learning delays and difficulties with children. Melanie is also a board member of the Australian College of Behavioural Optometry (ACBO). Melanie has undertaken further education with both ACBO as well as the American Optometric Extension Program (OEP) some of which concentrates on the provision of vision therapy for visual dysfunction, strabismus and amblyopia, learning delays and autism spectrum disorder. Melanie has also completed her post-graduate certificate in Ocular Therapeutics, which allows for the provision of certain prescription only medications for eye conditions. Melanie graduated from University of Melbourne with 1st class honours.