Quan Nguyen Nhu

An ophthalmologist who loves his family and his work

Altona North, Victoria, Australia

About

💓I’m a medical university lecturer, a senior vitreoretinal surgeon, a board member of two private eye centers, and a co-founder of one among them. My work includes researching methods to deliver health care via the latest technological advances and focusing on remote or underprivileged patients. 💓I had three-year experiences working in an eye center for underprivileged patients. This center delivers free eye exams and surgeries to thousands of patients annually (The Fred Hollows Foundation-Australia included). 💓Technology accompanies healthcare: I worked for three years as an acting head of the IT department at the Eye Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, where I connected what ophthalmologists want and what the IT team could do to provide the best experience for our patients. In 2017, with the help of Orbis International, an eye care NGO, our team went to Belfast in the UK to study their National diabetic retinopathy screening network. A few months later, the Vietnamese version of the diabetic retinopathy screening network was born and ran well for 2+ years. Now we’re preparing to bring artificial intelligence to the system to cut down waiting time and increase the quality of the service. 💓I’ve been an active senior retina consultant who does both medical and surgical retina. I have performed, on average, 500 surgeries per year for 10+ years. I took part in many in-house and international trials in eye care. I do believe in evidence-based medicine and strive to work in that direction. 💓Since coming back from surgical retina fellowship training in Australia in 2010, I’ve been traveling around the country to give lectures and share experiences about vitreo-retina diseases with my peers. I’ve trained at least five retina fellows. I’m a peer reviewer of EyeSEA (Eye South East Asia) Journal.

Experience

  • Faculty Lecturer at Eastern International University
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    I'm working as a member of the Faculty of Medicine project management board at EIU. I prepare curriculum and teaching materials for the Ophthalmology Department.

  • Peer Reviewer at EyeSEA (Eye South East Asia) Journal
    Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    I contribute as well as do reviews for potential publications for this journal in the field of vitreo-retina.

  • YouTube Content Creator at Self-employed
    Sep 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 11 mos

    I have a Youtube channel about eye health for laypeople and professionals alike.

  • Ophthalmic faculty / speaker at Novartis, Bayer, Abbott, Allergan, Abbvie, Roche, Zeiss, Heidelberg Engineering ...
    Nov 2005 - Present · 20 yrs 9 mos

    Since 2016, I deliver 20+ conference presentations nationwide each year.

  • Board Member, Director of Retina Service at Eastern International Eye Center
    Dec 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    A modern private medical center that provides a wide range of medical and surgical eye disease services. Cataract and refractive surgery, along with retina, are the two strong subspecialties.