Bio
A/Prof Monisha Nongpiur, MD PhD, is a Clinician Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Singapore National Eye Centre, and Head of the Clinical Research/Trials Research Platform at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. She balances both clinical and research related work in Glaucoma. She currently holds academic appointment at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore as Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Science; and is also a member of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) Education committee and the WGA Communication and Technology committee. She was a member of the Associate Advisory Board of the World Glaucoma Association for a term of 5 years.
Her main clinical research interest is primary angle closure glaucoma with a focus on a better understanding of the clinical course, risk factors/disease mechanisms, genetics, and also to develop risk assessment models for the condition. Her research integrates clinical, imaging and genetics. A/Prof Nongpiur has achieved international recognition achieved within her discipline, and is noted to be within the top 3 researchers worldwide into Angle Closure Glaucoma on expertscape.com (https://expertscape.com/ex/glaucoma, angle-closure).
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Doctor of Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Christian Medical College, India