Dr John Pearce Optometrist PhD

24/04/2026

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes
Part 6.
For some reason, Dr John forgot to celebrate 40 years in optometric practice in 2023. This year, we also celebrate 20 years of practice in Parkes. Dr John has been providing optometry services to Parkes for longer than any other practicing optometrist and is currently the longest serving optometrist who lives and works in Parkes, and the only therapeutically endorsed optometrist who lives and works in Parkes. So if you want to see an optometrist who is part of your local community, and has been for over 20 years, Dr John Pearce (PhD) Optometrist is the place to go.

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

20/03/2026

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes
Part 5
Another first! Of course, doing his PhD led to him becoming the first optometrist from Parkes to be the lead author of published research papers in peer-reviewed journals published on PubMed. To be indexed in PubMed, a journal needs to meet specific criteria related to its content, quality, and adherence to publishing standards, and so not all journals are found here. (He learned this the hard way when one paper was published in a journal not found on PubMed!).
His exposure to teaching and students at the University of Canberra (UC) helped him publish further papers as a post-doctoral researcher attached to the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU. These papers have provided evidence-based practice treatment protocols now being taught at UC as well as being used by clinicians in clinical practice all over the world.
As a reviewer of one of his papers said: “ I enjoyed reading this clear, interesting description of an issue that has major bearing on the daily clinical care of millions of glaucoma patients and of tens (or hundreds) of millions of people undergoing routine eye examinations around the world.” Not bad for a little old optometrist in Parkes! If you want to see an optometrist who writes the papers rather than just reads them (!), come in and see Dr John Pearce Optometrist.

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

20/02/2026

We have had a fresh restock of frames!!

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

16/01/2026

Optometry in Parkes
Part 4
Another first! Optometrists in Australia can now prescribe a wide range of medications to treat serious eye diseases such as glaucoma, bacterial keratitis and anterior uveitis as well as removing metallic foreign bodies. In 2010, Dr John was the first optometrist in Parkes to achieve this qualification and the ability to prescribe treatments for a wide range of eye conditions locally. Not only that, he has been lecturing and conducting tutorials at the University of Canberra on the treatment and prescribing for a wide range of ocular pathologies and has been using examples of patients from his clinical practice to show the students how things look in real life! And also, while teaching, he has been learning a whole lot more as well! So if you want the highest level of eyecare in Parkes, Dr John has is the only therapeutically-endorsed optometrist who lives and works in Parkes.

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✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

14/01/2026

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

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24/12/2025

11/12/2025

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes

Part 3

Another first! Optical Coherence Tomography represents the greatest leap forward in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma and macula disease in recent history. Dr John was the first optometrist in Parkes to introduce this revolutionary technology to Parkes,  in 2011, and also used the equipment in his practice for his PhD studies. (and a big thank you here to all those patients who took part in those studies). So not only does he have the equipment, he knows how to drive it! Not only that, he now has the most up to date version of this technology, so if you want an optometrist with the most up to date training and technology, Dr John Pearce (PhD) Optometrist is the place to go and the person to see.

Cheers

Dr John

05/12/2025

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30/10/2025

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✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232