Senior Consultant, Refractive Surgery Service Senior Consultant, Cataract & Comprehensive Ophthalmology Service
Professional Qualifications
MBBS (1985)
MMed (Ophthalmology) (1991)
FRCSEd (1991)
FRCSOphth (1991)
Professional Appointments & Memberships
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Chairman, Infection Control Committee, SNEC
International Council Member, International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (ISRS-AAO)
Infectious Disease Task Force Member, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
Institutional Review Board Member, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)
Advisory Board Member, International External Eye Disease Advisory Board
Auditor, Singapore Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
International Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology
International Member, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Awards & Accolades
First Prize, Scientific Poster Competition, 22nd Congress of the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons), Paris , France , September 18 - 22, 2004
First Prize, Scientific Poster Competition, 21st Congress of the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons), Munich , Germany , September 6 - 10, 2003
The Eye Institute - Pharmacia Research Prize for Outstanding Original Paper , Singapore , 2002
Star Excellence Award, Spring Singapore , Singapore , 2005
Service To Education Award, Ministry of Education, 2003
National Community Service Awards, Singapore , 1998 & 2001
China Medical Board Fellowship, National University of Singapore , 1994
Selected Publications, Research Interest & Trials
Publications:
Khoury JM, Hamam RN, Chan T K, et al . Intrastromal corneal alloplastic inclusions and femtosecond laser lamellar surgery. “Refractive Surgery, Second Edition”. Editor: Dimitri T Azar. Publisher: Elsevier Inc., USA , 2006-7, 363-372.
Wong J S, Chan T K, Lee H M, Chee S P. Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis: an East Asian experience and a reappraisal of a severe ocular affliction. Ophthalmology 2000; 107(8): 1483-91. (Major Review).
Song K P, Chan T K, Ji Z L, Wong S W. Rapid identification of Pseudomonasaeruginosa from ocular isolates by PCR using exotoxin A-specific primers. Molecular Cellular Probes 2000, 14:199-204.
Chan T K , Chee S P, Cheng C L, Saw S M, Padmanabhan V, Tan D. Anterior chamber bacterial contamination following cataract surgery and eyelid commensals in a tertiary eye center. Invest Ophthalmol Visual Sci 2000, 41:5591.
Saw S M, Tseng P, Chan W K, Chan T K, Ong S G, Tan D. Visual function and outcome following cataract surgery in a Singapore population. J Cataract Refrac Surgery 2002, 28:445-53.
Cheng C L, Song K P, Chee S P, Chan T K. PCR-aided diagnosis of fungal chorioretinitis following ingestion of traditional Chinese medication (TCM). Retina 2002, 22; 6:803-806.
Chan T K , Song K P, Pan J. Infective Endophthalmitis. Asia Pacific Biotech News 2002, 6(2): 56-57.
Su D H, Chan T K, Lim L. Infectious keratitis associated with daily disposable contact lenses. Eye & Contact Lens 2003, 29(3): 185-186.
Chan T K , Sun X Y, Chee S P, Chee C, Song K P. PCR-based detection of bacteria and fungi implicated in severe ocular infections. Ophthalmic Research 2003, 35(1): 70.
Katz J, Schein O D, Levy B, Cruiscullo T, Saw S M, Rajan U, Chan T K, Khoo C Y, Chew S J. A randomized trial of rigid gas permeable contact lenses to reduce progression of children’s myopia. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 136:82-90.
Aung T, Chan T K. Nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae conjunctivitis resulting in infectious keratitis and bilateral corneal perforation. Cornea 1998; 17(5): 558-61.
Chan T K , Ashraf MF, Azar DT. Photorefractive keratectomy outcomes and complications. In Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy. Management of Scars, Dystrophies and PRK Complications. Editor: Azar DT. Publisher: Williams & Wilkins, 1997; 157-173.
Lim M C C, Chan T K.Central Serous Chorioretinopathy following LASIK for hyperopia. J Cataract Refrac Surgery 2008. In press.
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