Breakfast with Dr Bill Glasson

Renowned ophthalmologist Dr Bill Glasson AO has shaped his career around the ethos of “take the services to the people” and he will be sharing stories from his life and career at a special Buderim Foundation Breakfast on Tuesday 9thJune 2026.

From the early days of his childhood growing up on a sheep and cattle property outside Winton in Far West Queensland, Bill Glasson knew who his people were - the hard working, dedicated producers of the west. However, as he got older and returned home from boarding school during holidays to help on the property, through drought after drought, he knew he wasn’t destined for life on the land.

Instead, he set his sights on becoming an optometrist, thinking “most people need glasses” and then trained in Brisbane and London to become an ophthalmologist, settling in Brisbane with his wife Claire, who he met at medical school at the University of Queensland.

Driven by wanting to provide services for the people who needed them, as soon as Dr Glasson established his Brisbane practice he began outreach services to the Sunshine Coast and Far West Queensland.