Our Surgeons

Dr Peter Beckingsale graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1996 and completed his residency and ophthalmology training in Brisbane. He was awarded the ARVO and RANZCO/Allergan scholarships. He then went to England for fellowship training at The West of England Eye Unit and then the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead where he underwent subspecialty training in corneal, anterior segment and refractive surgery.

Dr Beckingsale practices primarily in the areas of corneal and refractive surgery. As well as routine refractive and cataract surgery, he has a special interest in more complex refractive cases such as treatment of corneal scars. He has helped pioneer the technique of corneal endothelial transplantation, of which he has performed more than any other surgeon in Australia. His research interests include new treatments such as using the Intralase femtosecond laser for corneal surgery, topography guided LASIK for complex cases and corneal rings and crosslinking for keratoconus.

Dr Beckingsale is a refractive surgeon with Laser Sight, working in the Brisbane facility. He is a member of the Corneal Society and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland, Assistant Medical Director of the Queensland Eye Bank and a visiting consultant ophthalmologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.