About John Hamilton Veale

* Educated at Wellington College and Otago University, New Zealand.

* B Sc 1967 Otago University.

* Dip Optom Auckland University 1970

* Optometry, in private practice since 1971.

* Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry 1981

* Councillor and Member NZAO 1980 to 1986 Current member.

* Registered Optometrist New Zealand, NSW and Queensland, Australia.

* Member NZ Corneal and Contact Lense Society.

* Director of Low Vision Services, Christchurch Hospital 1986-2007

* Trustee of Lighthouse Vision Trust (Low Vision Services since 1994).

* Member of Christchurch Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow

* Regular visiting Optometrist for the Cook Islands since 1986

* Interests include; boating, fishing, climbing, travel, running, gardening.

* John Hamilton Veale is Married with three children.

History of the Hamilton Veale Eye Test

Why John developed the Hamilton Veale Macular Check?

Macular degeneration is the most common cause of loss of vision in the western world. Cases of macular degeneration will increase as our population ages.

John Veale sees more and more cases in his busy optometric practice and in the Low Vision Clinic. He wanted to design a simple card that thoroughly checks eyes for the slightest macular change.

The Hamilton Veale Macular Check took two years to design and the result is a simple single card which is easy to use, easy to record results and should be the gold standard for testing the integrity of the macula.

It should be part of every eye exam whether the exam is being performed by eye specialists, general practitioners, nurses or other health professionals.