Bio
Clin Assoc Prof Chan graduated from the medical school of the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1985. After completing his residency training in ophthalmology, he was appointed to the academic staff of the Department of Ophthalmology at NUS and to the clinical staff of the Singapore National Eye Centre. In 1994, he was awarded the China Medical Board Fellowship by NUS to undertake an overseas fellowship programme. He completed a clinical and research fellowship in Cornea / External Eye Disease and Refractive Surgery at the renowned Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA. Clin Assoc Prof Chan holds the academic rank of Clinical Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School as well as the academic rank of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS.
Clin Assoc Prof Chan holds numerous appointments and memberships in many international and local professional organizations. These appointments include:
International Council member, International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
Country representative for Singapore, International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
International member, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
International member, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
Honorary member, Hungarian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (SHIOL)
Member, Singapore Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
Clin Assoc Prof Chan’s clinical interests are in the areas of refractive surgery including LASIK, ocular infectious diseases, anti-infective therapy and antibiotic prophylaxis. He has lectured extensively and taught in numerous instruction courses at major scientific meetings in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the United States and Latin America. As a result of his outstanding work on the molecular diagnosis of microbes implicated in severe ocular infections, Clin Assoc Prof Chan was awarded the first prize in the poster competition of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Annual Congress twice in consecutive years, first in Munich, Germany in 2003 and then in Paris, France in 2004.
Education
Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Master of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fellow, Royal Coll of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore
NUS Appointment(s)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
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