Fendalton Eye Clinic provides modern state-of-the-art laser eye surgery specialising in LASIK, SMILE eye laser, PRK laser eye sugery and cataract surgery. Our eye surgeon is Dr David Kent.
Dr David Kent (MBChB, FRANZCO, FRACS) is one of Australasia’s leading LASIK specialists and has done over 28,000 LASIK procedures, more than any other New Zealand eye surgeon.
Recognised as a leader in the field of corrective laser eye surgery, LASIK, SMILE eye laser and PRK. Dr Kent is both the current New Zealand representative to the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the New Zealand representative to the Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Dr David Kent has been the leader in refractive surgery in the South Island being the first eye surgeon to perform the following procedures:
- PRK
- LASIK
- Wavefront-guided personalised (customised) LASIK and PRK
- Implantable contact lenses
- Toric and multifocal intraocular lenses used in cataract surgery
- Intra-corneal ring segments to treat keratoconus
- Riboflavin corneal cross-linking to treat keratoconus.
Dr Kent also offers the latest techniques in cataract surgery. He has done almost all his cataract surgery under topical eyedrop anaesthesia with no injection, no eyepatch since 1996. He specialises in refractive cataract surgery using multifocal intraocular lenses aiming to reduce dependence on glasses and/or contact lenses.
Training
Dr David Kent completed his medical degree in 1985 and training as an eye surgeon (ophthalmologist) in 1992 in Auckland. He then spent 12 months at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London doing post-graduate fellowship in glaucoma. Dr Kent then spent 19 months in Charleston, South Carolina working with Dr Kerry Solomon and Dr David Apple at the Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina. There he did post-graduate training in excimer laser surgery, cataract surgery and intraocular lenses. He then worked at an excimer laser clinic in Melbourne to further his sub-specialty training before returning to New Zealand in 1996 to establish the Fendalton Eye Clinic. During his time in the United States Dr Kent was involved in US FDA trials of excimer laser surgery as well as research into how the cornea heals after the LASIK procedure.
Surgical Experience
At Fendalton Eye Clinic Dr Kent was the first eye surgeon in the South Island to perform both PRK and LASIK surgery.
He is one of the most experienced laser surgeons in Australasia and has done more LASIK surgery than any other New Zealand eye surgeon.
Dr David Kent regularly presents scientific papers on laser eye surgery at major ophthalmic meetings in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. He has authored or co-authored a number of scientific papers on laser refractive surgery. Dr Kent is a member of both the American and Australasian Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Dr Kent is the elected New Zealand representative on the executive committee of the Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Dr Kent’s other areas of expertise is cataract and intraocular lens surgery. Dr Kent offers a number of innovations in cataract surgery including no needle, no eyepatch, cataract surgery. He is the South Island’s leading user of multifocal intraocular lenses.
Dr Kent was the first New Zealand eye surgeon to offer the innovation of Bioptics surgery – a combination of Implantable Contact Lens surgery and laser eye surgery to correct extreme focusing errors.
Papers
Trial of a disc lens for intercapsular cataract extraction
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol. 1990;18:329-344
Alpins NA, Tabin GC, Adams LM, Aldred GF, Kent DG, Taylor HR. Refractive versus corneal changes after photorefracive keratectomy for astigmatism
J Refract Surg. 1998;14:386-96
Pathology of Refractive Surgery
In Apple DJ and Rabb MF, editors. Ocular Pathology, Clinical Applications and Self Assessment. Fifth Edition. St. Louis, Missouri. 1998. Mosby-Year Book Inc
Endophthalmitis in Auckland 1983-1991
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol. 1993;21:227-36
Pediatric capsulorhexis technique
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1995;21:236
Irreversible silicone oil adhesion to silicone intraocular lenses. A clinicopathologic analysis.
Ophthalmology. 1996;103:1555-61
Security of capsular fixation: small-versus large-hole plate-hepatic lenses
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23:1371-5
Effect of surface photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis on the corneal endothelium
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23:386-97
Three multizone photorefractive keratectomy algorithms for myopia. The Melbourne Excimer Laser Group
J Refract Surg. 1997;13:535-44
Silicone oil adhesion to intraocular lenses: an experimental study comparing various biomaterials
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23:536-44
Mini-haptics to improve capsular fixation of plate-haptic silicone intraocular lenses
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1998;24:666-71
