The professional staff at Urban Eyewear all share a commitment to continuing education. Urban Eyewear is a strong advocate for social responsiblity and supports community projects with worthy organisations such as Optometrists Giving Sight (OGS).    OUR OPTOMETRISTS SooJin Nam B.Optom (UNSW), exec MBA (AGSM) Special interest: behavioural optometry and myopia control    SooJin graduated with her B.Optom at UNSW in 1999 and is a member of Optometrists Association Australia, the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists and the Orthokeratology Society of Australia.  SooJin is a clinic supervisor at the School of Optometry (UNSW). SooJin has a special interest in children's vision, myopia control and learning difficulties (in particular, the impact vision has on learning and concentration).  She enjoys helping people to develop better vision in order to improve their ability to study, work and play!  SooJin participated in the Rotary Group Study Exchange to Indiana as part of the centenary team in 2004.  SooJin was recently a volunteer Provision optometrist (in association with ICEE and RACS) for an eyecare service delivery trip to East Timor.  She has also previously been named Young Australian of the Year for community services rendered by her local Council.     Grace Wee B.Optom (UNSW) M. Optom (UNSW) special interests: behavioural optometry, myopia control and specialty contact lenses Grace has graduated with a Bachelor of Optometry (Hons) in 2005 and with a Master of Optometry in 2009. She has also travelled to London to complete her preceptorship in the Institute of Optometry. From her Masters, Grace has developed a keen interest in Children's vision and Specialty contact lenses. Grace is also a current member of Optometrist Association Australia and the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists   Ali Khalife B. Optom (UNSW) B. Med Science (UTS) Special interests: myopia control and specialty contact lenses Ali completed his optometry degree from the University of New South Wales in 2007 and is a member of the Optometrists Association Australia and the Contact lens Society. He performed his preceptorship in a private clinic in Hobart, Tasmania where he gained further experience in providing primary eye care services to the general public, improved his clinical skills and was involved in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of patients with corneal disease, glaucoma, diabetes and macular degeneration. Ali has also completed a medical science degree before his Bachelor of optometry specializing in pharmacology, toxicology and molecular biology, which has enriched his knowledge and helped tremendously in understanding the principles behind various optometric and ophthalmologic therapy.    Rebecca Milston B.Optom (UNSW)    Rebecca Milston graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2008 and is a member of the Optometrists Association of Australia. In her final year of study Rebecca completed her preceptorship at the Omni Eye Care Clinic in New York City, an ophthalmology clinic specializing in ocular disease. Here she was given the opportunity to work with highly experienced specialists and was exposed to a wide range of ocular pathologies including advanced glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.  She is currently completing her diploma of ocular therapeutics which which will allow her to prescribe a range of eye medications.    Michael Phu B. Optom B. Sci (UNSW)    Michael, a new graduate, is the first therapeutically-endorsed optometrist at Urban Eyewear. This means he is able to prescribe medications to treat common eye conditions. Michael is committed to caring for his patient's visual needs and eye health and co-management with GPs and eye specialists. He has conducted contact lens research at the world-renowned Brien Holden Vision Insitute. Michael completed his preceptorship at Omni Eye Care Clinic in Atlanta and the Australian College of Optometry in Victoria.          Rachel Kim B. Optom (University of Auckland)             OUR ORTHOPTISTS Batoul Hammoud B. Orthoptics (Syd Uni)    Batoul Hammoud graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science, Orthoptics. She specialises in binocular vision, squint and amblyopia, working especially closely with children. Batoul also performs basic ophthalmic assessments to detect changes in ocular health and vision. She has had much exposure to various eye practices including paediatric ophthalmology clinics such as at Westmead Hospital, where most of her squint education was trained.  As her key focus at Urban Eyewear, working together with Soojin and the team of optometrical staff, Batoul provides initial detection and evaluation of binocular dysfunction and provides vision therapy for individuals to regulate eye movements and optomise eye teaming. Batoul can help individuals reach their specific goals, whether it be maximising eye focusing at near and distance, or enhancing one's concentration, coordination or memory abilities by training visual perceptual skills.    Eyal Pat M. Orthoptics (Syd Uni) Eyal is a qualified orthoptist who graduated from the University of Sydney with 15 years of experience in the optical industry as an international optometrist. He has a special interest in binocular vision problems (especially strabismus and amblyopia) and can be referred to for any specialised assessment and development of vision training programs. He also has extensive experience in hard contact lenses and low vision solutions.   OUR DISPENSERS Karen Micallef Certified Optical Dispenser (Chullora)       Karen has been working in the optical industry for over 25 years and is a member of the Australasian Dispensing Opticians Association. Karen has provided quality optical services to the local community for the last 5 years through the Chullora practice. As a qualified dispenser, Karen is committed to providing a personalised and positive experience to patients. She loves making people look and feel great about themselves!    Dania Allouche Certified Optical Dispenser (Bankstown and Chullora)    Dania can be seen in Eyecare Plus Bankstown and Urban Eyewear Chullora. She carries over 15 years of experience of optical knowledge in frames and lenses. She has worked all around Sydney prior to joining our team, catering to meet every individual’s vision needs. You can be assured that her fashion expertise in frames will help patients express themselves in their own way; this is almost eclipsed by her own extensive personal collection of spectacles, where every day you will see her wearing a different frame. Dania loves working out in the gym and speaks Arabic. She is always seen with a bright smile on her face which is so contagious that patients will leave the door smiling as well.    Fahimeh Khodobakhsh Certified Optical Dispenser (Broadway)    Fahimah is a Certified Dispensing Optician and graduated from TAFE whilst working full time. She is an excellend technician, who can dispense urgent lenses on the same day and is very competent on spectacle adjustments. Her education and experience means that she truly understands what will work best for your spectacle needs. She enjoys getting to know her patients.                    OUR OPTICAL CONSULTANTS    Sun Hee Lee       Mariam Nachabe          Rima Haynes          OUR OPTICAL ASSISTANTS    Shereen Kassir       Jinnie Lee       Claresta Soesanto       Lily Tang