John Parkes MBBS

John graduated MBBS from Monash University in 1974. He obtained his Fellowship of the then Australian College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (now the Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians) in 1984. He had a 19-year stint in the Royal Australian Navy with positions ashore and afloat in Australia and overseas. He has worked with International Red Cross on the Thai Cambodian border, and with the United Nations as both a Chemical & Biological Weapons Inspector in Iraq and as the Head of Health & Safety for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague.

John has worked in private and corporate practices in Occupational Medicine in Melbourne. He is currently Medical Advisor to several State and National Worker's Compensation Self Insurers. He runs the Occupational Colour Vision Clinic at the University of Melbourne EyeCare Clinic. He has conducted reviews of colour vision standards for a number of State and National bodies, including Defence, fire brigades, maritime, rail and police. He combines occupational risk assessment with thorough colour vision testing. John enjoys collecting obscure colour names and their history.