Ian Constable

Who is Ian Constable?

Ian Jeffrey Constable AO is an Australian ophthalmologist and the founder and director of the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia. He is also the Foundation Lions Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Western Australia, and the Foundation Director of UWA’s Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science.

Constable is also the Chairman of the West Australian State Science Council, the Director of Ophthalmology Services for the WA Department of Health, a member of the State Facilities Council for Centres of Excellence, and a member of the State Health Research Advisory Council.

Constable is also a consultant ophthalmologist to six Perth hospitals, including Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. His clinical sub-specialties are vitreoretinal surgery, retinal vascular disease, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration