Professor Nigel Morlet is a Western Australian Ophthalmologist with over 20 years of practice sub-specialising in corneal and refractive surgery and oculoplastic surgery.

He graduated Medicine from the University of Western Australia in 1981 and trained in Ophthalmology at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College for Ophthalmologists and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1994. Further specialist training in corneal and external diseases was with a Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital London and as a lecturer at the Institute of Ophthalmology, London.

On return to Perth, Prof Morlet was appointed as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital and operates at the Perth Eye Hospital and at St John of God Subiaco Hospital. Widely published in the area of ophthalmic infections and drugs, Prof Morlet was also one of the first Australians to be published on Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery and since 1993 has published a number of papers on Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He has particular research expertise in Data Linkage and Registry population studies.

Prof Morlet was awarded for Refractive Surgical Instrument Design with the Royal College of Surgeons – Worshipful Company of Cutlers Prize published 3 patents on phacoemulsification needle designs and has received more than $5,000,000 in research grants. He is still an active researcher, teacher and is a Clinical Professor with the University of Western Australia school of Population Health and previously was Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University Department of Public Health.

Prof Morlet has sub-specialty interests in: 

• Refractive laser surgery
• Corneal disease
• Oculo-plastic surgery.