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• 2023 CorT for keratoconus paper
• 164. Hemidivisional Vector Planning to Reduce and Regularize Irregular Astigmatism by Laser Treatment – Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, February 2022.
• 163. Assessing Total Keratometry Astigmatism, Simulated Keratometry, and Total Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Against Manifest Refractive Cylinder – JRS 2021
• 162. JCRS Letters ASSORT calculators accurate and clinically useful – JCRS 2021
• 161. JCRS letter: SMILE and Vector Planning clinical results study – JCRS 2021
• 160. Comment on: Rethinking the optimal methods for vector analysis of astigmatism – JCRS 2021
• 159. Comment on: Comparison of clinical outcomes between vector planning and manifest refraction planning in small-incision lenticule extraction for myopic astigmatism – JCRS 2021
• 158. Optimized CorT Total to Compare Scheimpflug vs Dual Scheimpflug/Placido Imaging Devices – JCRS August 2020
• 157. Comparison of clinical outcomes between Vector Planning and manifest refraction planning in small incision lenticule extraction for myopic astigmatism – JCRS January 2020
• 156. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Based on Total Corneal Power Data (CorT Total): A Benchmark for Total Corneal Astigmatism – Cornea 2019
• 155. Respect for Corneal Astigmatism – JOJ Ophthalmology 2019 (article)
• 154. An Ineffective Astigmatism Analysis – JRS 2019
• 153. Quality of images with toric intraocular lenses – JCRS 2018
• 152. Astigmatism Surprise After Refractive Surgery – In book: Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery (pp.145-152) Jan 2018
• 151. Vector Planning and Corneal Topographic Astigmatism – European Ophthalmic Review Jan 2018
• 150. Clinical outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis with an aberration-neutral profile centered on the corneal vertex comparing vector planning with manifest refraction planning for the treatment of myopic astigmatism – JCRS 2017
• 149. Refractive Lens Exchange for High Hyperopic Astigmatism Followed by LASIK – Book – Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery – 2017
• 148. Practical Astigmatism- Planning and Analysis – Book, Slack Incorporated NJ, 2017
• 147. Hemidivisional vector planning to reduce and regularize irregular astigmatism by laser treatment – Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, February 2022.
• 146. LASIK Surprises and How to Avoid Them – Ocular Surgery News – May 2019
• 145. Astigmatism: The Final Frontier – Evolving Solutions to Reduce Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery – Euro Times Dec 2018
• 144. Role of Hemidivisional Corneal Topographic Astigmatism (CorTs) in the Regularization and Reduction of Irregular Astigmatism – Cornea 2017
• 143. How to get Accuracy in Intraocular Lens Calculations in Normal and Extreme Cases – Touch Medical Media 2017
• 142. Section Editor for Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today
• 141. Letters to the Editor: Refractive, corneal, and ocular residual astigmatism: distribution in a German population and age-dependency: the Gutenberg health study – Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Oct 2017
• 140. Vector Planning Delivers Superior Outcomes for Myopic Astigmatism – Ophthalmology Times 2017
• 139. Planning for Coupling Effects in Bitoric Mixed Astigmatism Ablative Treatments – JRS 2017
• 138. Letters to the Editor: Topography-modified refraction – Adjustment of treated cylinder amount and axis to the topography versus standard clinical refraction in myopic topography-guided LASIK – Dovepress June 2017
• 137. Standard for Reporting Refractive Outcomes of Intraocular Lens Based Refractive Surgery – JCRS April 2017
• 136. Letters to the Editor: Astigmatism Terminology and Source References – ASCRS & ESCRS 2016
• 135. Astigmatism Measure – ESCRS Eurotimes November 2015
• 134. CorT an Accurate, Consistent Measure of Corneal Astigmatism – Ocular Surgery News U.S Edition October 2015
• 133. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism (CorT) to Quantify Total Corneal Astigmatism – JCRS 2015
• 132. Inovative Toric IOL Calculators and How to Use Them – CRST Europe May 2015
• 131.Outcomes Analysis In A Clinical Setting – CRST Europe – February 2015
• 130. What’s the Big Idea? – CRST February 2014
• 129. Letters to the Editor: Vector Analysis with Femtosecond Laser – JCRS 2014
• 128. Measuring Astigmatism Planning Surgery and Tracking Results – Slack Incorporated 2014
• 127. Letters to the Editor: Excimer Laser Correction of Astigmatism: Consistent Terminology for Better Outcomes – Journal of Refractive Surgery 2014
• 126. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Highlights of Ophthalmology Journals (English Addition Series 2014)
• 125. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Highlights of Ophthalmology Journals (Spanish Addition Series 2014)
• 124. Toric IOL Refractive Surprises – Understanding & considering all the available options is imperative – Ophthalmology Times Europe April 2014
• 123. Operating on the laser’s edge – EyeWorld March 2014
• 122. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Revista Issue 2, 2014
• 121. Refractive suprise after toric intraocular lens implantation: Graph analysis – JCRS February 2014
• 120. Free online calculator for toric IOL planning and postoperative analyses – CRST September 2013
• 119. Corneal topographic astigmatism corresponds to manifest refractive cylinder – OSN July 2013
• 118. Online calculator determines target power for toric IOLs – OSN August 2013
• 117. Corneal Astigmatism – New method gives more accurate measurement of astigmatism of the whole cornea – (Euro Time) June 2013
• 116. Refractive editor’s  corner of the world CorT’ing accuracy – ASCRS Eye World 2013
• 115. Letters to the Editor: A Re-Analysis of Astigmatism Correction – British Journal of Ophthalmology 2012
• 114. Kelman’s IOL design concepts endure 30 years – Dr Alpins Perspective (OSN) – October 2012
• 113. Cataract Surgery: New Challenges and Innovations – The Pulse – Autumn 2012
• 112. Study: Corneal Sensation Reduced After LRIs (OSN) – February 2012
• 111. St Arnaud Australia Day Ambassador (St Arnaud North Central News) –  Published Februay 2012
• 110. Worldwide Need for Cataracr Surgery Projected to Rapidly Grow in Next 10 Years (Asia Pacific) – November/December 2011
• 109. Preoperative OCT a Significant Step – July/August 2011
• 108. Australia Day Speech (Victoria Country Women) Published – March 2011
• 107. iASSORT and Pentacam for an Alpins astigmatism Analysis (Highlights of Opthalmology) – 2011
• 106. Utilising Topographers (Eurotimes)- October 2010 
• 105. Refractive and Corneal Paramatres Should be Used (Eurotimes) – Sep 2010
• 104. iASSORT Provides Astigmatic Analyses Using Topography (CRST Europe) Sep 2010
• 103. Australian ophthalmologists oppose cut in Medicare rebate for cataract surgery (OSN) Jan 2010
• 102. Integrated eye care: how it works in a metropolitan setting in Victoria (Insight) Jul 2009
• 101. Ocular residual astigmatism measurement could salvage 5% of dissatisfied LASIK patients (OSN) Jun 2009
• 100. Study finds that combined refractive treatment reduces astigmatism more than wavefront alone (OSN) Apr 2009
• 99. The new frontier for clear vision (Mivision) Feb 2009
• 98. Aussie World First: New Astigmatism Treatment Technique (Mivision) Dec 2008
• 97. Melbourne surgeon’s technique recognised as improving treatment of astigmatism (Insight) Sep 2008
• 96. Maximising astigmatism correction in cataract surgery (EuroTimes) Sep 2008
• 95. In the journal – LASIK for myopic astigmatism (EyeWorld) Jul 2008
• 94. Practice Management – Doctor, how good are your results with patients like me? – (Eurotimes) Jun 2008
• 93. US FDA adopts Aust-developed laser technique as its standard – (Insight) Nov 2007
• 92. The view from Australia – (EyeWorld) Oct 2007
• 91. PARK with vector planning for keratoconus results stable at 10-year follow-up – (OSN) Sep 2007
• 90. Laser calculation benefits keratoconus patients-(OSN) Jun 2007
• 89. ASCRS Highlights – Refractive keratectomy with vector planning for keratoconus maintains outcomes at 10 years – (OSN) June 2007
• 88. Wavefront mixed with topography offers ‘ideal laser treatment’ – (OSN) May 2007
• 87. XXIV Congress of the ESCRS, London 2006 – Assessing outcomes in refractive surgery – (Eurotimes) Apr 2007
• 86. Topography and wavefront linkage improves visual outcomes – (Eurotimes) Apr 2007
• 85. At Issue: Do you recommend the use of omega fatty acids to treat dry eye? Why or why not? – (OSN) Apr 2007
• 84. Personal Experience in the Management of Irregular Astigmatism – (Highlights of Ophthalmology) 2007
• 83. Experiencia Personal en el Manejo del Astigmatismo Irregular – (Highlights of Ophthalmology – Spanish Edition) 2007
• 82. At Issue: What is your highest limit for hyperopic correction in laser refractive surgery and why? – (OSN) Oct 2006
• 81. Letters to the Editor: Terms Used for Analysis of Astigmatism – (JRS) June 2006
• 80. Refractive Procedure for the Keratoconic Patient – An examination of LASIK and PRK, with an emphasis on PARK – (Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today) Aug 2006
• 79. Personalised nomograms ‘essential’ surgeons say – A personalized nomogram allows greater accuracy in refractive surgery, incorporating many variables that can affect outcomes – (OSN) Apr 2006
• 78. At Issue: For patients with myopia greater than 7D who desire refractive surgery, what treatment do you prefer and why? – (OSN) April 2006
• 77. At Issue: What do you think was the biggest news in Refractive Surgery in 2005 and why? – (OSN) Dec 2005
• 76. At Issue: For what refractive errors would you consider lens-based surgery over laser-based procedures?’ – (OSN) Jun 2005
• 75. Letters to the Editor: Combining Wavefront and Topography Data – JCRS April 2005
• 74. Innovation Spotlight – “Angles on using customised vector analysis to treat refractive patients” – (OSN) Feb 2005
• 73. At Issue: What is your preferred prophylactic regimen for cataract surgery? – (OSN) Feb 2005
• 72. Letters to the Editor: Analyzing Refractive Data – (JCRS) 2004
• 71. Resultant astigmatism can be minimized with inclusion of topography data, surgeon says – ‘Vector planning can help surgeons find the optimal balance between corneal and refractive measurements’ – (OSN) Dec 2004
• 70. ESCRS Paris Highlights: Topography-based PRK in keratoconus – (OSN) Nov 2004
• 69. At Issue: “How important is fluidics today for performing modern phacoemulsification, including microincision cataract surgery?” – (OSN) Mar 2004
• 68. Mixing vector, wavefront values improves outcomes – (OSN) Oct 2003
• 67. At Issue: With the current economic climate in your country, is it feasible to expand your practice? – (OSN) October 2002
• 66. Software aims to reduce astigmatism after LASIK – (OSN) Dec 2002
• 65. At Issue: With the current economic climate in your country, is it feasible to expand your practice? If yes, how? If no, why?- (OSN) Oct 2002
• 64. Editorial Comment: Wavefront gains supporters, skeptics. – (OSN) Aug 2002
• 63. Editorial Comment: Consider the vertex distance in refractive surgical procedures. Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Feb 2002
• 62. At Issue: What do you prefer for LASIK enhancements, lifting the flap or recutting, and why? – (OSN) Feb 2002
• 61. Refractive Surgery: Correcting astigmatism – (EyeWorld) Jan 2002
• 60 Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Jan 2002
• 59. At Issue: Under what circumstances, if any, should a person under age 18 have LASIK? – (OSN) Nov 2001
• 58. At Issue: Have custom corneal ablations improved LASIK results? – (OSN) Sep 2001
• 57. At Issue: Are doctors seeing a rise in antibiotic resistance? – (OSN) Jul 2001
• 56. At Issue: The effect of discount LASIK – (OSN) Mar 2001
• 55. At Issue: Preventing infections – (OSN) Nov 2000
• 54. Wavefront is showing signs of success, but can it do it alone? – (OSN) Sep 2000
• 53. At Issue: Computer-related vision problems – (OSN) Sep 2000
• 52. Is the future of  refractive surgery based on corneal topography or wavefront? – (OSN) Aug 2000
• 51. At Issue: Reasons for use of one microkeratome over any other – (OSN) Aug 2000
• 50. At Issue: Is there a place in the future of refractive surgery for both PRK and LASIK? – (OSN) Aug 2000
• 49. At Issue: Preferred regimen for curing haze after PRK – (OSN) Aug 2000
• 48. The future of wavefront refraction as a diagnostic tool – (EyeWorld) May 2000
• 47. EW Dialogue: Challenging cylinders: Optimising astigmatism assessment and treatment – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
• 46. EW Dialogue: The astigmatic armamentarium – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
• 45. EW Cover Interview: Optimising approaches to astigmatism assessment – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
• 44. EW Dialogue: Placido vs. nonplacido disk videokeratography – (EyeWorld) Sep 1999
• 43. Topographic disparity: a useful new measure of irregular astigmatism – [5th in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jul 1999
• 42. The treatment or Irregular Astigmatism – [4th in series of 5 articles] (OSN) July 1999
• 41. Corneal versus refractive astigmatism: integrated analysis – [3rd in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jun 1999
• 40. Flattening, Steepening and Torque are crucial points in astigmatism surgery – [2nd in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jun 1999
• 39. Vector Analysis of Astigmatism Correction: The Alpins Method – [1st in a series of 5 articles] (OSN) May 1999
• 38. PRK more accurate when astigmatism isn’t also a factor – (Ophthalmology Times) Mar 1999
• 37. Symmetry in motion: A look at the Alpins’ method for treating irregular astigmatism – (EyeWorld) Dec 1998
• 36. ASSORT: Laser capabilities expanded for astigmatism treatment – (JRS) Nov 1998
• 35. An Australian approach to modulating corneal healing in PRK – (Euro Times) Nov 1998
• 34. The Alpins Method: A Breakthrough in Astigmatism Analysis – (Medical Electronics) Sep 1998
• 33. Ophthalmologist Develops New Method of Analysing Astigmatism – (Insight) Aug 1998
• 32. Software Program Refines Astigmatism Outcomes – (Medical Laser Report) Jul 1998
• 31. Corneal Topography Data enhance Astigmatic Outcomes – (OSN) Jul 1998
• 30. Ophthalmoligst Develops Surgery Outcomes Software – (Biomedical Technology) May 1998
• 29. Refraction optimised by adjusting laser nomograms – (Ophthalmology Times) Nov 2007
• 28. Software computes accurate astigmatic correction nomograms for LASIK, PRK – (OSN) Oct 1997
• 27. LASIK – Refractive surgery thought leaders – (EyeWorld) Sep 1997
• 26. Astigmatism Treatment uses Refractive, Topographic Data – (Ophthalmology Times) Aug 1997
• 25. Letters to the Editor: Excimer Laser Keratectomy for Astigmatism After PK – Ophthalmology 1996
• 24. New Multizone-Multipass Technique for PRK – (OSN) August 1996
• 23. Software Links Excimer to Topography – (OSN) 1995
• 22. Target Emmetropia: Incorporating Refractive Surgery Principles for better Cataract Surgery Results – (OSN) Aug 1995
• 21. Cataract outcome programs proliferate along with managed care – (OSN) Jul 1995
• 20. Astigmatism Roundtable – Managing Astigmatism during Cataract Surgery – (OSN) Mar 1995
• 19. Adjusting Astigmatism Magnitude to Improve Excimer PRK Results – (OSN) 1995
• 18. Letters to the Editor: Vector Analysis – (JCRS) 1994
• 17. Letters to the Editor: Surgically Induced Astigmatism – Aus/NZ Ophthalmology 1994
• 16. Surgical Manoeuvres – An Excimer Laser PRK Technique – (OSN) Nov 1994
• 15. Paris 94 Supplement: Excimer Laser Surgery Planning. Practical Astigmatism Analysis for the PRK and AK Surgeon – (OSN) Oct 1994
• 14. Alpins ASSORT Affords High-tech Outcomes Analysis – (OSN) Sep 1994
• 13. ASSORT – The Statistical Team for your Surgical Practice – (Eyecare Technology) Jun 1994
• 12. Vector Analysis Can Improve Predictability of Astigmatism – (Ophthalmology Times) Mar 1994
• 11. Target Emmetropia feature: What type of Cataract Surgeon are you? – (OSN) Jan 1994
• 10. Program Analyzes and Refines Refractive Surgery Technique – (Ophthalmology Times) Nov 1993
• 9. Patient Demand for Excimer Surpasses RK – (OSN) Nov 1993
• 8. ISRK Panel: Managing High Myopia – (OSN) Nov 1993
• 7. TIA – Know what you are aiming for in astigmatism surgery – (OSN) Aug 1993
• 6. A new method of astigmatism analysis – (OSN) Aug 1993
• 5. Top Paradox Programmer Wins Trip to US Conference – (Borland Connection) 1993
• 4 Single-stitch surgery can increase ATR astigmatism – (OSN) Jan 1993
• 3. Letters to the Editor: Evaluating Astigmatic Results – JCRS 1993
• 2. Small incision triple procedure for cataract and glaucoma – (OSN) Dec 1992
• 1. Improving Surgery by Analysis – (ASSORT) (OSN) Jul 1992