Recognition for Dr Craig Donaldson

Dr Craig Donaldson awarded AM

One of our very own Ophthalmologists Dr Craig Donaldson was one of four eye health professionals recognised for their contributions to the sector, featuring among the 1,127 recipients on the 2019 Australia Day Honours List.

Dr Donaldson was awarded Member of the Order (AM) in the Order of Australia Honours list on  26.1.2019, for ‘Significant service to medicine in the field of Ophthalmology and to professional eye health bodies’.

Dr Craig Donaldson

When asked, Dr Donaldson said he was “surprised and very humbled”.

In addition to being a part of the team at Sydney Ophathlmic Specialists for over 20 years, he was one of the founding members of Epping Surgery Centre in 2004 & remains chairman of the organisation’s board. He is also a visiting medical officer at Sydney Eye Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital, and a senior staff specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Dr Donaldson specialises in cataract & strabismus management in both adults and children, in addition to general adult and paediatric ophthalmic eye diseases.