Education and Training:

2017 - The Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, Esteemed Member of the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery having fulfilled all requirements of membership

2001 FRANZCO - Fellow Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

1999 - Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, Part II Clinical Examination (including Refraction and Pathology)

1998 - MPH Master of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

1995 - Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, Part I Clinical Sciences Examination (Anatomy, Physiology, Optics)

1989 - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of Sydney

Other Professional Activities:

April to July 2009 - Aboriginal Outreach Ophthalmology Services in NT, Australia - Aboriginal Communities in Katherine, Gove, Raminginin and Groote Island.

April 2006 - Participation in ‘Eye Comply” with Pfizer, an ongoing audit for Glaucoma and Latanaprost Eye Drops.

October 2003 - Appointed as Approved Medical Specialist to the Workers Compensation Court, NSW.

August 1999 - Outreach Ophthalmology in Papua New Guinea, Laila Foundation.

Ophthalmic Research:

Dr Goodrich completed an ophthalmic research treatise titled ‘Fibrinogen, Other Cardiovascular

Risk Factors and Cataract: The Blue Mountains Eye Study”, for his Master’s degree of Public Health from the University of Sydney.

This was completed under the supervision of Associate Professor Paul Mitchell of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney.

Dr Goodrich’s epidemiological and biostatistical research involved the analysis of clinical data collected as part of the Blue Mountains Eye Study, a population based eye study conducted on more than 3,000 people from a defined region west of Sydney.

Dr Goodrich’s expertise lies in study design, statistical analysis of data and interpretation of results in the context of study design limitations.

Professional Experience:

2001 to Present - Consultant Ophthalmologist in Coffs Harbour and Mid North Coast, NSW, practising at:

1: Private Specialist Ophthalmology Practice - Coffs Harbour;

2: Private Specialist Ophthalmology Practice - Grafton;

3: VMO Albany Street Day Surgery;

4: VMO Macksville District Hospital;

5: VMO Grafton Base Hospital;

6: VMO Baringa Private Hospital;

7: VMO Bellingen Hospital; and

8: VMO Coffs Harbour Health Campus.

2001 - Locum Senior Registrar, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, United Kingdom. Locum Senior Registrar, Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

2000 - Ophthalmology Fellow at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom. Subspecialty training in cataract surgery and medical retina and oculoplastic surgery.

1997 – 1999 - Accredited Ophthalmology Registrar, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

1995 – 1997 - Masters of Public Health, University of Sydney.

1993 – 1995 - General Practice.

1991 – 1993 - Senior Medical Resident, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

1990 - General Medical Practice.

1989 - Junior Medical Residency at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

Publications:

In satisfaction of the degree Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney - Goodrich ME,

Cumming R, Mithcell PM, Koutts J, Burnett L Plasma Fibrinogen and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors and

Cataract Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 1999 Dec; 6 [4]: 279-90.