The ‘Travel’ Category

Sipping on a Bud beer and enjoying a true New York slice of pizza are a couple of things Hamilton optometrist Jagrut Lallu is looking forward to while on his scholarship to the United States. But more importantly he’s eager to learn more about contact lenses and ocular pathology.

The conference room at RANZCO was packed to hear retired ophthalmologist Dr John McKinnon deliver an enthralling and inspiring presentation entitled ‘Remembering Ed’ – a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand’s great iconic hero who died last year.

Ireland. Land of black beer, white legs and orange fake tan. But is the Emerald Isle really the greener pasture we’re all looking for in terms of work?

Luke, one of our faithful members is on a mission to “traverse the breadth of the globe” and while doing so, has volunteered his services to help where he can on eye projects.

Manoj, who graduated from the University’s School of Medicine in 2005 and was chief executive of the student-initiated entrepreneurial challenge Spark, beat tens of thousands of applicants from around the world for one of the scholarships on offer this year…and is believed to be just the 25th Kiwi to be accepted for the MBA programme at Harvard.