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Elle graduated from Flinders University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Medical Science (Vision Science) and Master of Optometry. She is therapeutically endorsed to prescribe ocular medications. Elle's key interests include myopia control and dry eye disease. She is passionate about utilising modern eyecare technology for early detection of eye disease.

Karen qualified as an optometrist in 2007 in Dublin, Ireland, making the move to Perth in 2013. She has worked in a number of settings both independent and corporate, and also been involved in educating student optometrists from a number of different Australian and New Zealand universities. She is an Honorary Teaching Fellow for the School of Optometry and Vision Science in Auckland. She completed a post grad qualification in ocular therapeutics in 2019, Advanced Paediatric Eye Care in 2023 and Dry Eye Disease: Diagnosis and management in 2024. Karen is passionate about learning and utilising all the most recent evidence-based information to achieve the best clinical outcomes for her patients.