Paul Healey

Professor Paul Healey is a Clinical Professor in the Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health at the Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. He completed a Bachelor of Medical Science in Cell Biology at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in 1988, followed by MBBS with Honours, Master of Medicine in Clinical Epidemiology in 1997, and a PhD in Medicine in 2007, all from the University of Sydney. As a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO), he practices as a glaucoma subspecialist ophthalmologist at Westmead Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, where he contributes to clinical care, teaching, and training of medical students and ophthalmology registrars. His career also includes appointments as Clinical Associate Professor within the university's Westmead Clinical School.

Professor Healey's research specializations include ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery, epidemiology, diagnostic test evaluation, screening, and cell biology. He served as the chief glaucoma investigator for the Blue Mountains Eye Study, a pivotal population-based cohort study that has advanced understanding of glaucoma incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and associations such as with diabetes and optic disc size. With over 125 peer-reviewed publications and more than 5,700 citations, his influential works encompass 'Open-angle glaucoma and diabetes: the Blue Mountains Eye Study, Australia' (1997), 'Optic disk size in open-angle glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study' (1999), 'Association of Open-Angle Glaucoma Loci With Incident Glaucoma in the Blue Mountains Eye Study' (2015), 'Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic risk prediction' (2021), and 'Fifteen-Year Incidence of Open-Angle Glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study' (2026). He co-authored the book 'Fast Facts: Glaucoma' (2004). Professor Healey holds leadership positions, including on the executive committee of the Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society and within the Australia and New Zealand Glaucoma Society, where he chaired the New Interventions Subcommittee and delivered the Gillies Lecture.

Professional Email: paul.healey@sydney.edu.au