Lindsay McGrath attended graduate medical training in Brisbane, after undergraduate studies in Optometry. She completed her training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, with an acting fellow role in the orbital, lacrimal and plastics team. She then went on to further subspecialty training in ocular oncology, oculoplastics and orbit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in the UK.

She consults publicly and privately in Brisbane, and visits Townsville and Longreach throughout the year.