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Dr Helen Garrott Ophthalmologist

Dr Helen Garrott MBBS(Hons) BMedSc FRANZCO

Dr Helen Garrott
MBBS(Hons) BMedSc FRANZCO

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Dr Helen Garrott is an internationally-trained ophthalmologist with over 15 years of experience. She specialises in reconstructive eye surgery (oculoplastics) including orbital surgery, complex tear duct surgery and the management of eyelid cancers. Dr Garrott is also a leading specialist in thyroid eye disease and offers medical and surgical treatments for the condition.

Dr Garrott received her ophthalmology training at world-leading hospitals including the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and the prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital and Bristol Eye Hospital in the UK.

In addition to the excellence in clinical care she provides, Dr Garrott continues to contribute to ophthalmology research, publishing a wide range of research papers in globally-acclaimed journals and delivering presentations at national and international ophthalmic conferences.

Dr Garrott is also involved in training the next generation of ophthalmologists. She teaches doctors at various stages of their careers and has written a book chapter on eye disorders.

Career highlights

Teaching

  • Clinical supervisor of ophthalmic fellows and registrars, 2010–2023
  • Clinical teacher of optometrists, 2004–2009
  • Convener, orbital case presentations, South-West Oculoplastic Society, 2009
  • Clinical lecturer, orbital meeting presentations, Bristol Eye Hospital, 2008
  • Clinical teacher, medical students, Austin Hospital, Alfred Hospital and Geelong Hospital, 2004–2008

Other professional achievements

  • Speaker at Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology conference 2020
  • Lecturer and anatomic demonstrator, head and neck anatomy for the Cutaneous Surgeon Course, Bristol, 2017–2018
  • Presenter at World Ophthalmology Congress, Tokyo, 2014
  • Author of orbital and cavernous sinus disorders chapter, E-brain
  • Lead for the Orbital Service, Bristol Eye Hospital, 2010–2013
  • Organiser of the British OculoPlastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) annual scientific meeting, Bristol, 2013
  • Organiser of South West Ophthalmic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Bristol, 2011
  • Orbital meeting coordinator, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 2009
  • Orbital meeting coordinator, Bristol Eye Hospital, 2008
  • Melbourne Annual Ophthalmic Alumni Meeting organiser, 2005
  • Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Weekly Alumni Meeting organiser, 2005

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Australian Medical Association
  • Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society
  • Member of the South West Ophthalmic Society
  • Member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Awards

  • Leonard Mitchell Prize in Ophthalmology
  • JP Ryan Prize for General Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Alison Howorth Prize, Rheumatology
  • Highest final year and overall medical school marks at Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Ken Grice Prize, Best 4th Year Student, Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Dean’s Honours List (1998, 2000)
  • Bayer Diagnostics Prize in Biochemistry, third year academic achievement and the highest proficiency in Biochemistry
  • Admission for the Golden Key Honour Society
  • Cyril Barnett Prize, graduation BMedSc student with highest marks in anatomy
  • CA and LH Greatrex Medical Prize, best Tasmanian first-year student

Education & training

  • Bachelor of Medical Science, University of Tasmania, Tasmania
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Neuro-ophthalmology training, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Victoria and UK
  • Oculoplastic fellowship, Bristol Eye Hospital, UK
  • Orbital Fellowship, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK
  • Fellow, RANZCO

Personal life

Dr Garrott enjoys many hobbies and interests outside of her ophthalmic career. She has been playing squash at a national level since her university days and has run a half marathon. Dr Garrott is also an artist who has exhibited her paintings on various local art trails. She has sold several paintings.

Research & publications

Dr Garrott is committed to offering the most advanced and up-to-date clinical care for her patients as a frequent contributor and regular presenter at local and international ophthalmology conferences. She has an expansive research output dating back to 2003 and focuses primarily on oculoplastic surgery and thyroid eye disease.

Dr Garrott is also an organiser of leading ophthalmic annual meetings – including the South West Ophthalmic Society Meeting and the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society Annual Meeting ­– which provide clinicians with training and expertise on the newest research and treatment techniques.

Read more publications
  • Audit of electrolysis management of trichiasis

    The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) Annual Congress, Virtual, 2021
  • Re-audit of the immunosuppression service at Bristol Eye Hospital

    Bristol Eye Hospital
  • Periocular Reconstruction

    Key note lecture, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology, Lucerne, February 2020
  • Controversies in lacrimal surgery

    British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS), Nottingham, June 2019
  • Late secondary orbital melanomas

    British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS), UK, 2010
  • Long-term efficacy of 2-0 Prolene brow suspensions for congenital ptosis

    Royal College of Ophthalmology, 2008
  • A retrospective analysis of the Botulinum toxin in the treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm

    Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni Annual Scientific Meeting, 2004
  • A case of giant meningioma causing visual loss

    Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuro-ophthalmology Meeting, 2003
  • A case of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

    Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuro-ophthalmology Meeting, 2002

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