PARTNERS in P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for PTERYGIUM® makes this advanced technique available by accredited practitioners.
Professor Lawrence Hirst has been conducting clinical research into pterygium for the past 25 years and has contributed more to the peer-reviewed scientific literature on this subject than any other single Australian or overseas researcher.
P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for PTERYGIUM® was been pioneered by Professor Lawrence Hirst over the past 15 years and has now been used in over 2500 patients. Professor Lawrence Hirst has used this method exclusively for the last 12 years and it has resulted in the best results reported in the world’s scientific literature.
P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for PTERYGIUM® is a surgery that can be recommended for patients in whom the pterygium is causing problems as well as those who are concerned about its appearance.
Dr Goodwin is an accredited
P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium surgeon
Dr Todd Goodwin graduated from medical school at James Cook University where he gained a keen interest in ophthalmology. He went on to work at the Townsville Hospital before undergoing specialist training in ophthalmology in Brisbane, Queensland
He now practices in his private practice, NQ Eye Specialists, in Townsville along with providing outreach services to Cape York and central western Queensland.
Being born and raised in North Queensland, Dr Goodwin saw patients suffering with pterygium from the very beginning of his surgical training. He saw first hand how severely this disease could afflict people, especially with recurrent disease. Indeed, he saw it in his family members first and felt a sense of obligation to ensure he trained to the highest standard in the treatment of pterygium. He felt that the commonly taught techniques for pterygium surgery resulted in unacceptably high recurrence rates and suboptimal cosmetic outcomes.
After researching the literature on pterygium surgery it was hard to ignore the results of Professor Lawrence Hirst, with his technique P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium. Dr Goodwin spent time with Professor Hirst, observing his meticulous surgery and cosmetic outcomes, leaving no doubt about the published claims. Professor Hirst then spent two years personally training Dr Goodwin in his technique, P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium to ensure the high standards of the surgery were upheld. Dr Goodwin is now one of only a handful of accredited P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium surgeons in Australia.
