Dr Matthew Spargo

PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY, STRABISMUS SURGERY, CATARACT SURGERY, GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

MBBS (HONS), MPH, FRANZCO

Dr Matthew Spargo is in demand for patients requiring high-level, sophisticated strabismus care. His paediatric and adult patients come from all areas of New South Wales for his expertise in eye muscle surgery. He also provides services in complex cataract surgery, ranging from babies to older adults.

Currently he is the Director of Training at the Prince of Wales Hospital Network, being one of two bodies in New South Wales that train the next generation of eye surgeons.

Dr Spargo’s consultancy practice principally provides sub-specialty expertise in paediatric eye care and strabismus (eye muscle imbalance). He is an expert in disorders of double vision, providing surgical solutions to this intolerable problem. For his adult patients, he also offers expertise in the care of cataract, glaucoma, retinal disease, pterygium and general emergencies.

In addition to being the Director of Training at Prince of Wales, he is also a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, providing sight saving interventions to some of the most vulnerable children in our community.

Dr Spargo is a member of numerous professional organisations. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and a member of the International Strabismological Association. He has played a pivotal role in the NSW Retinopathy of Prematurity working group, aimed at maximising visual outcomes in premature babies.

He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented at both national and international meetings.

Fellowships

Fellow – Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
Paediatric Ophthalmology – Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
Adult Strabismus – Oxford University Hospitals, United Kingdom
General paediatrics and Strabismus – Royal Gloucestershire Hospital, United Kingdom

Awards & Participation

Director of Training, Prince of Wales Network – responsible for the training of future Ophthalmologists
Doctors-In-Training Committee Member, Australian Medical Association
LEAP and LEAD participant – Clinical leadership course run by the Health Education and Training Institute
Treasurer and Board Member, Resident Medical Officer’s Association (46 members)
Junior Medical Officer Representative, General Clinical Training Committee, Wagga Wagga NSW
Clinical School Representative, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW
Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) Rural Medical Scholarships
Board member and Volunteer Liaison Officer, Hands of Help (not-for-profit organisation)
Year 12 Prize for Outstanding Leadership

Professional Memberships, Associations, Committees

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
International Strabismological Association
Paediatric Special Interest Group (RANZCO)
NSW Retinopathy of Prematurity Working Group
Medical Board of Australia - General Registration (MED0001669233)
General Medical Council, United Kingdom (GMC 7630278)

Current Hospital Appointments

Private

Visiting Specialist, Kogarah Private Hospital, Kogarah
Visiting Specialist, Chatswood Private Hospital, Chatswood
Visiting Specialist, Barton Private Hospital, Barton ACT

Public

Staff Specialist, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick
Visiting Medical Officer, Broken Hill Hospital, Broken Hill
Visiting Medical Officer, Bourke Hospital – part of the Outback Eye Service, transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Publications and Events

PUBLICATIONS

Spargo M & Mellis C. Parental perceptions of overweight children in a rural population: a Pilot Study, Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, Feb 2014, 50 (2), p131-4.
Spargo M, Cheung L, Stringfellow G, Versace P, & Fung A. Hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens opacification – a series of 18 cases, Poster Exhibition - RANZCO Congress 2018
Spargo M, Shah P & Abbott J, Childhood Glaucoma, EyeNews, Feb 2019, 25 (5)
Phu J, Hennessy MP, Dance S, Spargo M, Apel W, Kalloniatis M. A collaborative clinical model for patients with suspected angle closure glaucoma spectrum disease, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/cxo.12923

SUBMISSIONS

Mitchell A, Spargo M, Lo W & Painter S. Paediatric carotico-cavernous fistula following nonpenetrating periorbital trauma – Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
Spargo M, Cheung L, Stringfellow G, Versace P, & Fung A. Hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens opacification – a series of 32 cases – Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Spargo M & Coroneo MT. Pterygium: A Red Flag of Sun Damage - Medicine Today

PRESENTATIONS

RANZCO NSW Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle NSW - 2020 (postponed)
New Technology in Preschool Vision Screening

Child Protection Unit Forensics Course, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW - 2020
Retinal Haemorrhages

Centre for Eye Health 10 Year Anniversary, Randwick NSW - 2019
Update in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology Updates! – National Conference, Sydney NSW - 2019
IOL Opacification
Scientific Committee Member

Grand Rounds: Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW - 2019
Paediatric Ophthalmology in the Emergency Department

Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Society of Midlands, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom - 2019
Main Debate: Unilateral Vs Bilateral Surgery for Exotropia
Case Presentation: Infiltrative lacrimal problems

Oxford Ocular Motility Conference: John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford United Kingdom - 2018
Case Presentation: Ocular Myasthenia

Grand Rounds: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, United Kingdom - 2018
Paediatric Eye Conditions

COSSOM Annual Ophthalmology Scientific Meetings: Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital
Case Presentation: Paediatric Orbital Myositis - 2014
Case Presentation: Pituitary Macroadenoma - 2015
Case Presentation: Paediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension - 2016
Case Presentation: Adult Onset Still’s Disease - 2017

Grand Rounds: Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney NSW - 2016
Plateau Iris Syndrome

Australian Medical Association (NSW) Doctors-In-Training Leadership Conference, Sydney NSW - 2013
Invited to present on my experience relating to previous successes in JMO advocacy and patient safety

Grand Rounds: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown NSW - 2010
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

TEACHING

Director of Training, Prince of Wales Hospital Network
Staff Specialist, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW
Surgical and clinical training of Ophthalmology Registrars
Conjoint Associate Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Quarterly lectures to the School of Optometry
Optometry Webinar Lecture Program, Centre for Eye Health, Randwick NSW
Paediatric Ophthalmology representative
Lecturer, Master of Medicine (Ophthalmic Science), University of Sydney -
Contributor to the anatomy program
Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellow, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
Weekly formal tutorial presenting to ophthalmology trainees
Ophthalmology Lecturer to Emergency Department Trainees, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW
Quarterly lectures on common eye conditions presenting to emergency departments

Continuing Medical Education

RANZCO Vocational Training Program – Selection Panel Member

Conference Attendee:

RANZCO Annual Scientific Conference, Sydney - 2019
American Academy of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Joint Meeting, Sydney - 2019
Paediatric Ophthalmology Special Interest Group, Queensland - 2019
Paediatric Cataract Conference: Royal College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom - 2018
Oxford Ocular Motility Conference: John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom - 2018
Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society of the Midlands Annual Conference, United Kingdom - 2018
Dunedin Ophthalmology Revision Course: University of Otago, New Zealand - 2016
Westmead RACE Course: Sydney - 2016
Ocular Motility Conference: Sydney - 2016
Ophthalmology Updates Conference: Sydney - 2016
COSSOM Annual Ophthalmology Scientific Meetings: Prince of Wales and Sydney Children’s Hospital - 2014-2017