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Dr Justin Sherwin Ophthalmologist

Dr Justin
Sherwin
BMedSc(Hons) MBBS(Hons) MPhil MChir PhD FRANZCO

Dr Justin
Sherwin
BMedSc(Hons) MBBS(Hons) MPhil MChir PhD FRANZCO

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Dr Justin Sherwin is a highly skilled ophthalmic surgeon, with special interests in cataract surgery and glaucoma management. Dr Sherwin completed his clinical ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, where he currently holds a public appointment, and sub-specialist training in glaucoma and cataract surgery at Oxford Eye Hospital, UK. He has a strong academic and research background and holds postgraduate degrees (MPhil, MChir, PhD) in epidemiology and eye research from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Dr Sherwin also treats patients with medical retinal conditions, including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, and general eye conditions. He has expertise in the treatment of cataract, pterygium and glaucoma, and performs intravitreal injections for retinal conditions. Dr Sherwin manages glaucoma with medication, laser and surgical treatments. With surgery, he uses both traditional and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) approaches.

Career highlights

Teaching

  • Lecturer, Doctor of Optometry, University of Melbourne
  • Examiner, Australian College of Optometry Therapeutics Course
  • Ongoing ad hoc teaching appointments for medical students, GPs, ophthalmology registrars and optometrists

Other professional achievements

  • Current member of the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), Masada Private Hospital
  • Reviewer for over 10 major international peer-reviewed journals
  • Over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of genetics, epidemiology and public aspects of eye disease, with major focus on cataract, glaucoma, refractive error and the ocular impact of ultraviolet radiation and time outdoors

Professional memberships

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
  • Australian Society of Ophthalmology (ASO)
  • European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)

Research

Dr Sherwin has been very active in clinical and epidemiological research with over 50 peer-reviewed publications with a major focus on cataract, glaucoma, refractive error and the ocular impact of ultraviolet radiation and time outdoors. Over the last 5 years he has held a number of formal research appointments with prestigious institutions, including the Department of Public Health  and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, the Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia (Genetics/Epidemiology) and the Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne (Clinical Genetics).

Community involvement & charitable work

Over the course of his ophthalmic career, Dr Sherwin has volunteered for the Fred Hollows Foundation (Nakuru, Kenya), Ronald McDonald House Charities (Melbourne, Australia) and Unite for Sight (a US non-government organisation) in Tamale, Ghana. He has undertaken research associated with the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Tanzania.

Awards

  • Best Free Paper, International Society of Glaucoma Surgery, Montreal, Canada (2018)
  • Hector Maclean Scholarship, University of Melbourne (2017)
  • RANZCO Industry Scholarship (Industry supported by Allergan) for fellowship (2017)
  • Avant Doctors-In-Training Research Scholarship (part-time award) (2014)
  • Queens' College University of Cambridge Travel Scholarship (2011)
  • Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship (2010)
  • Charlie Bell Scholarship for Future Leaders (2008)
  • Monash University Faculty of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Scholarship (2007-2008)
  • Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) Research Fellowship (2007)
  • John Flynn Scholarship (2003–2007)
  • Dr Eric Stock Prize in Medicine (2006)
  • Monash University Medical Undergraduate Society Volunteer Bursary (2016)
  • AMSA National Undergraduate Rural Health Conference Prize (2004)
  • Commonwealth Education Learning Scholarship (2004–2008)

Education & training

  • Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours), Monash University, Australia
  • Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (Honours), Monash University, Australia – Elective in Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Master of Philosophy (Epidemiology), University of Cambridge, UK
  • Master of Surgery, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Fellowship of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
  • Internship and House Medical Officer (Surgery), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
  • Senior House Officer (SHO), Surgery, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford, UK
  • Registrar in Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  • Fellow in Glaucoma, Oxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Publications Congress posters and lectures
  • Has the increasing incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea resulted in increased chlamydial and gonococcal conjunctivitis presentations? Results from Melbourne, Australia, from 2000 to 2017

    Rothschild P, Chen Y, Wells K, Sherwin JC, Crock C.
    Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019 Mar;47(2):289–291.
  • Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial. – A response

    Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Salmon JF.
    Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13387. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. 2019 Mar;47(2):301.
  • Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial

    Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Elahi B, Bilkiewicz-Pawelec A, Salmon JF.
    Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Nov;46(8):888-894. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13311. Epub 2018 May 24.
  • Twenty-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma: mortality and visual function

    King C, Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Salmon JF.
    Br J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec;102(12):1663-1666. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311595. Epub 2018 Mar 3.
  • Genome-wide linkage and association analysis of primary open-angle glaucoma endophenotypes in the Norfolk Island isolate

    Matovinovic E, Ko PF, Lea R, Benton M, Haupt L, Eccles D, Hewitt AW, Sherwin JC, Mackey DA, Griffiths L.
    Mol Vis 2017 Sep 28;23:660-665. eCollection 2017.
  • Expression QTL analysis of the Norfolk Island isolate implicates immune-related genes in glaucoma endophenotypes

    Kho PF, Lea RA, Benton MC, Eccles D, Haupt LM, Hewitt AW, Sherwin JC, Mackey DA, Griffiths L.
    J Hum Genet 2018 Jan;63(1):83-87. doi: 10.1038/s10038-017-0374-y. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
  • Conjunctival xerosis due to vitamin A deficiency

    Sherwin JC, Samawickarama C.
    Arch Dis Child 2018 Sep;103(9):890. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313618. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
  • Methodological issues in vitreous floater treatment trial (Letter)

    Kokavec J, Sherwin JC, Ang GS.
    JAMA Ophthalmol 2018 Apr 1;136(4):447–448. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0207
  • Are we overestimating intraocular pressure in overweight patients?

    Aggarwal K, Sherwin JC, Zia R.
    Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Apr;46(3):303-305. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13032.
  • Physical abuse of Children

    Sherwin JC, Stevenson SR.
    N Engl J Med 2017 Jul 27;377(4):399
  • Nd:YAG laser vitreolysis versus pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous floaters

    Kokavec J, Wu Z, Sherwin JC, Ang AJ, Ang GS.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jun 1;6:CD011676. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011676.pub2. Review.
  • Time spent outdoors and myopia: establishing an evidence base

    ED Kocak, Sherwin JC.
    Eye Science 30 (4), 143–146
  • Is the incidence of blindness in Australia Falling? Results from 2008–2014

    Parsons SR, Sherwin JC, Hall AJ.
    Clin Experiment Ophthal 2016 Apr;44(3):221-2. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12669. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
  • Giant-cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

    Sherwin JC, De Smit E, Hewitt AW.
    N Engl J Med 2014;371:1652.
  • Hydration and the eye in health and disease (Review)

    Sherwin JC, Kokavec J, Thornton SN.
    Clin Experiment Ophthal 2015;43(8):749–64.
Read more publications
  • Sunlight, outdoor activity and myopia in an Australian birth cohort study.

    RANZCO Conference, Melbourne, 2012.
  • Genetics of Myopia: Update for Ophthalmologists.

    Invited oral presentation Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress UK, 2012.
  • Is outdoor activity associated with myopia?

    Moorfield’s Alumni Meeting, 2012.
  • Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence is inversely associated with myopia in young adults.

    Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2012.
  • Associations with retinal nerve fibre layer: EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study.

    Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2012.
  • Biometry and conjunctival autofluorescence on Norfolk Island.

    Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2011.
  • Association between myopia and conjunctival autofluorescence on Norfolk Island.

    Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2011.
  • Diabetes and Glaucoma. Meta-Analysis.

    American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, 2011.
  • Outcomes of Trabeculectomy in rural Africa.

    Presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, 2011.
  • Association between outdoor activity and myopia. Meta-Analysis.

    American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, 2011.
  • Heritability of Refractive Error in Norfolk Island.

    Genemappers Conference. Hobart, 2011
  • Mackey Prevalence and autofluorescence characteristics of pterygium in young Australian adults.

    RANZCO Conference, 2011.
  • Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in young adults.

    RANZCO Conference, 2011.
  • Utility of RhoC and ZAG Protein Expression as Biomarkers for Prediction of PSA Failure Following Radical Prostatectomy.

    Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference, 2011.
  • Uncorrected refractive errors in adults in Sub- Saharan Africa.

    Ophthalmic Society of East Africa, 2011.
  • Implementation of a vision2020 programme in sub-Saharan Africa.

    International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, General Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008.
  • The S.A.F.E strategy for trachoma eradication in Northern Ghana.

    2007 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology Annual Congress.
  • Central corneal thickness in Myocilin Glaucoma.

    Australian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, 2007.
  • The relationship between tumour volume and positive surgical margins in radical prostatectomy specimens.

    Victorian Urology Conference, 2007.
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