Dr Skippen graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery with Honours. He spent the next few years working at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney before nine months working in Armenia with Medecins Sans Frontieres.
He completed general ophthalmology training at Sydney Eye Hospital. This was followed by a rigorous Clinical Oculoplastic and Orbital Fellowship at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Dr Skippen gained further cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid, facial and orbital subspecialty expertise inItaly, where he undertook Clinical Fellowship training in Genoa and Milan with Dr Francesco Bernardini.
Dr Skippen is an eye specialist and registered medical practitioner for performing cosmetic medical and surgical procedures.
Dr Skippen has trained extensively in reconstructive techniques in eyelid surgery in the United Kingdom and Italy.
As an ophthalmologist, Dr Skippen is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems in both adults and children.
