Dianne Sharp graduated from Otago Medical School and became a Fellow of the Australian College of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Surgeons after training in ophthalmology in Auckland. She undertook a two- year retinal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London with Prof A C Bird (Ophthalmology) and Prof G B Arden (Electrophysiology).
On returning to Auckland she has worked as a Medical Retina specialist, including photodynamic therapy for AMD and established an Ophthalmic Electrodiagnostic service. She is a member of Oceania Retina Association and the NZ representative on an Australasian Medical Advisory Board. She is a reviewer for the Australasian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
To assist the rehabilitation of patients she was involved in the establishment of a multidisciplinary visual rehabilitation clinic at Auckland Hospital and the patient support group, Retina NZ.

Dr Sharp's areas of special expertise include:

• Age related macular degeneration assessment and treatment.
• Diabetic eye disease screening and management
• Inherited retinal diseases assessment and counselling.
• Digital retinal photography and angiography.
• Cross-sectional retinal imaging with Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT).
• Electrodiagnostic testing.