Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore | Singapore , Singapore

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The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) was founded on March 3, 1989, and it started operating in October of that same year. Within the network of public healthcare facilities, it is the authorised national eye centre. With a staff of around 80 ophthalmologists, SNEC leads and coordinates the delivery of specialised ophthalmological services with an emphasis on excellent teaching and research. SNEC is a member of the Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) academic cluster, which consists of three community hospitals, eight primary care polyclinics, five national specialty centres, and four hospitals. In order to provide a broad range of eye therapy from primary to tertiary levels for the full spectrum of eye problems since its inauguration in 1990, ten subspecialties have been developed. Few centres in the world have the range of 10 key subspecialties as SNEC does. More than 50% of patients in the public sector receive specialised eye treatment from it, and it is recognised as one of the best in its field for clinical quality thanks to the founding Medical Director, the late Professor Arthur Lim. One of the few organisations in the world, SNEC records each and every significant procedure for the purpose of monitoring and teaching surgery to assure high standards and successful outcomes. There has been a significant influence. The success rate for cataract operations at SNEC is approximately 99% (visual outcome of 6/12 or better).

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Dr Loo Jing Liang

Dr Loo Jing Liang

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

Senior Consultant and Division Head of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Singapore National Eye Centre is Dr. Loo Jing Liang. She serves as a visiting consultant for the National University Hospital and Changi General Hospital. At the SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, she serves as a clinical assistant professor. She graduated from Singapore's National University with a medical degree. In 2008, she finished her advanced studies as a specialist in ophthalmology and was admitted as a member of the Singapore Academy of Medicine and the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons. She then started a one-year Neuro-Ophthalmology fellowship at the Singapore National Eye Centre after this. She spent a year at the Wilmer Eye Institute at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, after receiving the Higher Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) award from the Ministry of Health in 2009. There, Professor Neil Miller, a renowned expert in the field of neuro-ophthalmology, served as her preceptor as she received additional training in the subject. View Profile

Assoc Prof Marcus Ang

Assoc Prof Marcus Ang

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

At the Singapore National Eye Centre, Senior Consultant Associate Professor Marcus Ang works (SNEC). At the National University of Singapore (NUS), he received several honours, including Dean's List, Best Houseman Award, Best Registrar Award, and Best Houseman Award. His early academic successes also include the Ministry of Health Scholarship, a Master of Medicine, and a Masters in Clinical Investigation from NUS (Ophthalmology, NUS). His current therapeutic specialties include: Cornea and External Eye Diseases; Cornea Transplantation; Cataract Surgery; Femtosecond Laser with the potential for presbyopic solutions; Femtosecond LASIK; and other Refractive and laser surgical options. View Profile

Clin Assoc Prof Mohamad Rosman

Clin Assoc Prof Mohamad Rosman

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

Senior consultant ophthalmologist Clinical Associate Professor Rosman practises in the Singapore National Eye Centre's Refractive Surgery Department, General Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department. He is also the Head of the Refractive Surgery Department at the Singapore National Eye Centre, which subspecializes in the correction of myopia, astigmatism, hyperopia, and presbyopia through various surgical procedures, including LASIK, LASEK, SMILE, and ICL surgeries. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program. Clinical Associate Professor Rosman earned his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 1997 and graduated as the class valedictorian. Clinical Associate Professor Rosman completed two advanced fellowship programmes in refractive surgery at the Singapore National Eye Centre and the VISSUM Eye Institute in Spain after receiving his fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and the Academy of Medicine in Ophthalmology in 2007. View Profile

Clin Assoc Prof Sunny Shen

Clin Assoc Prof Sunny Shen

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

The Head and Senior Consultant of the Oculoplastic Department of the Singapore National Eye Centre is Clinical Associate Professor Sunny Shen. Additionally, he oversees the SNEC Eye Clinic at CGH. Clinical Associate Professor Shen earned his medical degree in ophthalmology from the National University of Singapore after graduating with honours from the University of Hong Kong. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the College of Ophthalmologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore both admitted him as a Fellow after he successfully finished his ophthalmology studies and received specialised accreditation. Clinical Associate Professor Shen continued to explore oculoplastic surgery speciality development in addition to general ophthalmology. The MOH Health Healthcare Manpower Development Program (HMDP) scholarship was given to him after he finished his fellowship at the Singapore National Eye Centre so that he could pursue additional training in adnexal surgery at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom. Clinical Associate Professor Shen's interests extend beyond general oculoplastic surgery to lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery, thyroid eye disease, orbital trauma, paediatric oculoplastic surgery, congenital anophthalmia, and lid oncology. He operates his service out of the Changi General Hospital, the KK Women's and Children's Hospital, and the Singapore National Eye Centre. View Profile

Prof Aung Tin

Prof Aung Tin

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

In addition to serving as Senior Consultant at the SNEC's Glaucoma Department and Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), Professor Aung Tin is a clinician scientist in ophthalmology. In 2018, he received the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professorship of Ophthalmology from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. He is also a full-time professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Competitive research grant funding of more than S$20 million has been awarded to Professor Aung's research. He was a CSA (Junior) from 2007 to 2010 and a CSA (Senior) from 2008 to 2013 before becoming an NMRC STAR Investigator in 2015. Among many other honours and awards, he received the Robert Ritch Award for Excellence and Innovation in Ophthalmology from the Glaucoma Foundation (2017), the Alcon Research Institute Award (2013), the Singapore Translational Research (STaR) Investigator Award (2014), the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology's Nakajima Award (2007), and the De Campo Award (2013). View Profile

Prof Jodhbir Mehta

Prof Jodhbir Mehta

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

In 1995, Professor Jodhbir Mehta received his medical degree from the University of London's Guys and St. Thomas's Medical School. At Moorfields Eye Hospital in the UK, he completed his basic and advanced specialist training, as well as a fellowship in corneal external disease and refractive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). He belongs to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Asian Corneal Society, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of the United Kingdom, the Singapore-Malaysian Ophthalmology Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and The Corneal Society (US). For his clinical and research work, Professor Mehta has received 45 honours in the UK and abroad. Most recently, he received the Australian Corneal Society's Coster Lecture in 2018, the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Senior Achievement Award in 2017, and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology's Nakajima award in 2013. View Profile

Clin Assoc Prof Lee Shu Yen

Clin Assoc Prof Lee Shu Yen

Singapore, Singapore

Years of Experience

Clinical Associate Professor Lee graduated from NUS in 1996 and earned her post-graduate degrees in ophthalmology (FAMS and FRCSEd (Ophth)) in 2004. She currently serves as the Head of the Surgical Retina Department at the Singapore National Eye Centre. She finished a two-year vitreo-retinal surgery fellowship at the SNEC and worked with Profs. Ian Constable and Ian MacAllister at the Lions Eye Institute in Western Australia. Adjunct Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School since 2008, Clinical Associate Professor Lee has a long history of involvement in education. She is a clinical lecturer and has also been teaching the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine's undergraduate medical students. She presently serves as the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology's president. Research interests of Clinical Associate Professor Lee include gene therapy for retinal illnesses, diabetic retinopathy, myopia-related retinal problems, and retinal detachment. She enjoys playing tennis and is a part of the Ministry of Health's and Singapore Medical Association's tennis teams. View Profile

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