Stephanie Watson

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About Stephanie Watson

Professor Stephanie Watson is an ophthalmic surgeon specialising in cataract, corneal and laser surgery; with expertise in eye disease in adults and children. She is known for her ground-breaking research in stem cell treatment for corneas. As an international leader in research and innovation she is appointed as a Professor at the Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney. She has over 150 publications, holds international patents and is invited to speak internationally. Prof Watson is Chair of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia, Editor for the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group, and Regenerative Medicine theme leader for Stem Cells Australia. Prof Watson has appointments at the Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney Children's Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital. She was nominated for NSW Women of the Year and a Care and Compassion medal in the Pride of Australia awards. Prof Watson led her team to first prize in the Best Health Innovation Product Idea, IDE group and was awarded first prize for the Medical Device Commercialisation Training Program, ATP Innovations and the NSW Office for Health and Medical Research. She received the Gustav Nossal Medical and Dental Post-graduate Research NHMRC scholarship; this is awarded to the highest ranked applicant and was awarded the ‘Les is more’ grand final award, episode winner and people’s choice award on The New Inventors, ABC Television.