Dr Liz Insull
Cataract and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Eyelid, Lacrimal (tear duct) and Orbital (eye socket) Specialist
Dr Liz Insull
Cataract and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Eyelid, lacrimal (tear duct), orbital (eye socket) specialist
– Dr Liz Insull, MbChB, BSC, PGDipOph, FRANZCO, ANZSOPS
Discover more about this New Zealand eye expert below
Dr Elizabeth Insull is a New Zealand and UK trained cataract and oculoplastic surgeon based at Eye Institute in Hawkes Bay and Wellington. Liz is the current New Zealand branch Chair for RANZCO (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology) and is the former clinical director for eye health at Hawkes Bay Hospital. Liz is the co-founder and co-director for Women in Vision Aotearoa which, in 2024, held a unique collaborative meeting in Queenstown for both ophthalmologists and optometrists. In 2022 Liz was awarded the RANZCO Heather G Mack scholarship for women in leadership and was awarded ‘Trainer of Excellence’ by trainees in RANZCO’s New Zealand network in 2021.
Liz is an oculoplastic sub-specialist with specific training in eyelid surgery, lacrimal (tear drainage), orbital (eye socket) surgery as well as aesthetic eyelid surgery. Liz is one of only a few ANZSOPS affiliated oculoplastic surgeons in New Zealand. ANZSOPS is the Australian, New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeons and certified ANZSOPS members have unique training in eye surgery and periocular plastic surgery. Liz graduated with the Diploma of Cosmetic Medicine with NZSCM in 2024.
Liz graduated in 2006 from the University of Otago with a medical and BSC (Neuroscience) degree. She gained specialist Ophthalmic training in Dunedin and Auckland and subspecialty fellowship experience at The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Family is very important to Liz. She grew up being mentored by her father and grandfather, both Obstetrician and Gynaecologists.
Liz, her husband Francis, and their two daughters love exploring the many running and biking trails around Hawke’s Bay.
Liz has completed several ultramarathons and is training for her first half ironman in Taupo.
Liz made the most of her time using the UK as a travel base to experience Europe. Now she is very content exploring her own backyard.Family is very important to Liz. She grew up being mentored by her father and grandfather, both Obstetrician and Gynaecologists.
Liz, her husband Francis, and their two daughters love exploring the many running and biking trails around Hawke’s Bay.
Liz has completed several ultramarathons and is training for her first half ironman in Taupo.
Liz made the most of her time using the UK as a travel base to experience Europe. Now she is very content exploring her own backyard.
