Associate Professor Elaine Chong is a cataract, corneal and refractive surgeon, and medical retinal specialist.

Associate Professor Chong is the Head of Ophthalmology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), Deputy Head of the Corneal Unit at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) and a consultant ophthalmologist in the Medical Retinal Unit. Prior to these positions, Elaine underwent double subspecialty fellowship training, first in medical retina and later in corneal and refractive surgery – and was the recipient of the RANZCO gold medal for excellence as the top Ophthalmology exam candidate across Australia and New Zealand. This single medal is awarded to the most outstanding candidate in the final exit examinations across the region and is not automatically awarded every year.

Associate Professor Chong sits on the Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology journal editorial board, is the Chair of the Victorian Ophthalmology Registrar Selection committee in the executive committee of the Australian and New Zealand Cornea Society and is Deputy Chair of RANZCO Women In Ophthalmology. She was the scientific program chair for the RANZCO Victorian Branch Annual Scientific Meeting from 2019 to 2024. Associate Professor Chong holds a PhD and Masters of Epidemiology from the University of Melbourne. She has received various international awards for her work in corneal and retinal research, with her peer-reviewed work featured and published internationally.

One Right Eye

Associate Professor Chong is very much involved in the patient education arena. She is the co-founder of One Right Eye (ORE), which features an online virtual eyeball to facilitate quick-and-easy explanations in real time for ‘right-to-the-point’ patient education.

Eye diseases are complex but inherently visual. ORE is free for all ophthalmologists and optometrists to use by signing up at the ORE website.