Noel Alpins MBBS, FRACS, FRC. Ophth, FACS

Dr Noel Alpins AM, of Melbourne, is a widely recognised clinician, investigator, and speaker, and the developer of a comprehensive approach to astigmatism analysis called the Alpins Method. He was an early adopter of small-incision cataract surgery, and incisional as well as laser refractive surgical techniques.
Dr Alpins published the basis of the Alpins Method in a 1993 paper and expanded the approach over the succeeding two decades. Several peer-reviewed journals, as well as the American National Standards Institute, have adopted the method as a standard for reporting astigmatism results. The method is incorporated in a surgical planning and outcomes analysis program called ASSORT.