Dr Robaei completed her undergraduate medical degree with Honours at University of New South Wales, and her ophthalmology surgical training at Sydney Eye Hospital. She subsequently completed a fellowship in complex cataract surgery, anterior segment reconstruction and corneal surgery at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital, in London.

Dr Robaei holds a Master of Public Health from UNSW, and a PhD in ophthalmology from the University of Sydney.

She is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and is appointed at Westmead Hospital as a corneal subspecialist.

Outside her busy work schedule, Dr Robaei likes to spend time with her 3 daughters, and enjoys keeping fit through soccer, which she plays competitively.