Lawrence J. Oh is an Ophthalmologist based in Canberra, ACT, Australia. He works with people of all ages who need help with eye and vision problems, and also with conditions that can affect the tissues around the eye.
In day-to-day care, he looks after concerns like cataracts, where the lens gets cloudy and eyesight can slowly fade. He also helps manage retinal detachment, which needs timely assessment because it can affect vision quickly. For some people, eye strain and crooked eye alignment are the main issue, so he assesses problems such as strabismus.
Some appointments are about eyelids and the area around them. Eyelid drooping, or ptosis, can make it harder to see and may affect daily life. At times, people also come in with swelling or infection around the eye, such as orbital cellulitis, or deeper eye infections like endophthalmitis. These cases can be serious, so quick checks and clear plans matter.
He also treats eye problems that link to wider body health. For example, giant cell arteritis (GCA) and temporal arteritis can affect blood flow and put vision at risk, so symptoms are taken seriously. In some cases, blood pressure issues in infants and other inflammatory conditions can come into the picture too. He works to understand what’s going on as a whole, not just the eye on its own.
Over time, his practice includes people dealing with more complex medical situations, such as eye changes connected to head and neck cancers (including squamous cell cancers in the head and neck or around the mouth and sinuses). He also assesses cases linked to nerve tumours near the eye or head, like acoustic neuroma or schwannoma, and works with the wider care team to support safe eye outcomes. He may also be involved in surgical eye care, including trabeculectomy for glaucoma in suitable patients.