October 2023 Optometrist Ian Gordon Sim has passed away peacefully at home after a long illness.
With a career spanning over 40 decades, Mr Sim was well known and much appreciated for helping people with a variety of eye conditions, as well as providing advice to many colleagues.
He founded and ran City Contact Lens Clinic in Perth and was respected for his services and skills in keratoconus, corneal grafts, orthokeratology, scleral lenses, and more.
Mr Sim also ran a speciality contact lens clinic within the Royal Perth Hospital Ophthalmology Department for more than 30 years.
Mr Sim was President of the Cornea and Contact Lens Society Australia (CCLSA) from 2008 to 2009 and was involved in the Fellowship program.
He was awarded Honorary Life Membership in recognition of his dedication to the CCLCA, contact lenses, and optometry in general.