Kevin M O’Brien BOptom (Hons), MOptom, GCOT, FACBO
Kevin has worked in private practice for over 35 years. This has been in Sydney & Newcastle, with 34 years of that at his current location in John St, Singleton. Kevin graduated with a Honours Degree in Optometry 1981.
Kevin’s interest in Behavioural Optometry began as far back as 1980 when working in a group practice with Peter Woolf in Newcastle. This in turn led to studies culminating in being conferred with a Fellowship of the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometry in 1995. (Kevin is one of a limited number of optometrists in Australia to hold this qualification. (see www.acbo.org.au)
Kevin’s studies continued with a Masters in Optometry in 1996. This was followed with Kevin being awarded the prestigious ACBO President’s Award for exceptional contribution to the development & promotion of Behavioural Optometry in Australia. This award had, at that time, been conferred only four times in 20 years.
Kevin is the former Editor of the ACBO National Newsletter, that is distributed both domestically and internationally – a position he held for 14 years.
Kevin’s clinical interests include ocular therapeutics, diabetic eye care, contact lenses and of course, Behavioural Optometry.