Michael Kalloniatis, BSc(Optom), MSc(Optom), PhD, FAAO, Glaucoma Diplomate (AAO) Dr. Kalloniatis completed his optometry degree at the University of Melbourne and after completing his Master’s degree at the same institute, undertook PhD studies at the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO). After postdoctoral training in retinal neuroanatomy at the University of Texas, he returned to Melbourne, where he served as a faculty member in the optometry department and established a neurobiology and visual psychophysics laboratory.
In 2001, he moved to the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he served as the Robert G. Leitl Professor of Optometry and Vision Science.
During his time at the University of Auckland, he served as head of school and associate dean of research in the faculty of science.
He spent 13 years as director of the Centre for Eye Health at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, and he recently moved to a faculty position at University of Houston College of Optometry, where he continues his clinical research on glaucoma and retinal disease and continues his clinical teaching to optometry and vision science students.