Auckland ophthalmologist Dr Trevor Gray has opened Re.Vision, a new sub-specialist surgery in Mt. Wellington, Auckland offering anterior segment surgery to those who can pay and the beginnings of a sustainable model for those who fall between the public and private sector’s eye health services.
“Re.Vision is my new home. It’s always been a little bit of a background dream, but I never thought it would come to reality; I never thought I’d leave the Eye Institute,” says Dr Gray. “But life changes and you have to roll with the punches and then make the most of what comes your way.”
Dr Gray made the decision to leave Eye Institute and pursue his own dream of a dedicated anterior segment boutique practice late last year after what he describes as a parting of philosophical ways.
Joining him at Re.Vision is most of his Eye Institute team, including receptionists, ophthalmic nurses, technicians and optometrists; 13 in total, he says. Plus, the British-raised and trained cornea and anterior segment fellow Dr Mohammed Ziaei, better known as “Dr Mo,” who will be adding his work at Re.Vision to his clinical research at the University of Auckland and his consultant ophthalmologist shifts at Greenlane Clinical Centre.
“Mo was head-hunted by Charles (Professor Charles McGhee) two years ago to be Charles’ fellow and he has turned out to be one of the most skilled, naturally-gifted surgeons we have ever come across,” says Dr Gray. “He’s also affectionately known as the ‘trainer of the trainers’ because he’s done lots of special endothelial transplants at Moorfields Eye Hospital where he trained.”
