Singapore Eye Surgey, Eye Care Clinic - Eye Retina Surgeons

Affiliates of Eye and Retina Surgeons (ERS)

Name: Assoc Prof Chee Soon Phaik

Undergraduate Qualification

• 1979 to 1984, National University of Singapore
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Singapore) 1984

Awards

• Singapore Medical Association Bronze medal for First Professional Examination in medicine, 1980
• Beecham Book Prize for top student in Physiology in First Professional Examination, 1980
• First Meikie Book Prize for top results in Surgery in Four Professional Examination, 1984
• Ciba-Geigy Prize for overall top in medical school, 1984
• Best Teacher Award, SNEC 2000
• The Eye Institute-Pharmacia Research Prize for Outstanding Original Paper, 2001

Post Graduate Training and Qualifications

• Basic traineeship, MOH from May 1987 to October 1989
• Attachment to Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasglow from May 1989 to June 1989
• Master of Medicine course in November 1989
• MOH Scholarship for M.Med Ophthalmology in 1989
• June 1989 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
• December 1989 Fellow of the College of Ophthalmologists (U.K.)
• December 1989 Master of Medicine Ophthalmology (National University of Singapore)
• December 1989 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Advanced traineeship from October 1989 to October 1992

Subspeciality Training

Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery:
Local fellowship in SNEC under Dr Goh Swee Heng February 1991 to December 1992, followed by SNEC HMDP FY 92 Scholarship from January 1993 to July 1993: Fellow to Richard J.O. Collin, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

Intraocular Inflammation (Uveitis):
August 1993 to January 1994: Clinical Fellow to Professor Susan L Lightman, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. (Under MOH HMDP FY 93 Scholarship)

Appointment as Consultant : Jan 1995 – Oct 1999 (Singapore National Eye Centre)

Appointment as Consultant in charge, Uveitis Service : Jan 1995 – Jan 2000 (Singapore National Eye Centre)

Appointment as Dept C Deputy Head : Apr 1997 – Jan 2000 (Singapore National Eye Centre)

Appointment as Senior Consultant : Nov 1999 till present (Singapore National Eye Centre)

Appointment as Head, Uveitis Service : Feb 2000 till present (Singapore National Eye Centre )

Appointment as Head, Ocular Inflammation Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute : Apr 2000 till present (To serve on the following SERI committees: Executive Committee, Scientific Projects Committee, IPR Committee and Heads of Research Groups Committee.)

Appointment as Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine : Oct 1989 – Jul 2000 (National University of Singapore)

Appointment as Associate Professor, Ophthalmology Department : June 2003 till present (National University of Singapore)

Learned Societies Membership

• Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow (Fellow), 1989
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Fellow), 1989
• Royal College of Ophthalmologist, U.K. (Fellow), 1989

Teaching

Undergraduate

1. Clinical teacher, National University of Singapore, 1992 till July 2000; Clinical Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore, August 2000 till present (May 2003). Associate Professor, National University of Singapore June 2003 till present.

Postgraduate

1. Postgraduate ophthalmology training programme and the NUS advanced course lecturer 1992 till present.
2. Trainer of Phacoemulsification in SNEC to basic, advanced ophthalmic trainees and consultants cataract surgery since 1998 to present.
3. Teaching of fellows, advanced trainees, basic trainees, medical officers and medical students subspecialty sessions 1994 – present.
4. Train fellows in ocular inflammation and immunology and oculoplastics (9), lacrimal and orbital surgery, local (6) and foreign (9), since 1998.

Teaching awards

• Best Teacher Award. SNEC. 2000
• APACRS Certified Educator (A.C.E). 18th APACRS Annual Meeting, Beijing China June 2005

Other awards

• American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement award 2007
• Best reviewer award, International Ophthalmology 2007 (100 Euros)

Professional Activities

1. Member of Singapore Society of Ophthalmology
2. Member, Management Committee, SNEC April 1997 till present.
3. Member of Infection Control Committee, SNEC 1998 till present.
4. External Evaluator - Evaluator Panel For Centre For Pharmaceutical Administration (CPA) And Centre For Drug Evaluation (CDE). 1999 to present.
5. Head, Ocular Inflammation Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute: April 2000 till present. To serve on the following SERI committees: Executive Committee, Scientific Projects Committee, IPR Committee and Heads of Research Groups Committee.
6. Member of the Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, June 2000.
7. Member of the Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome International Study Group 2001.
8. Member of International Ocular Inflammation Society, June 2000.
9. Member of SERI-EXCO 2000-present
10. Member of the Training Subcommittee of the Standing Committee for Research, Singapore Health Services 2000.
11. Member, International Uveitis Study Group, 22 May 2002-present.
12. Reviewer for SingHealth Cluster Research Fund, July 2002.
13. Key Opinion Leader of Advanced Medical Optics Tecnis Advisory Board, 2005
14. Invited Member of Clinical Consensus Group: Standardisation of Uveitis Nomenclature. (Baltimore, Oct 2005)
15. Secretary General, Asia Pacific Intraocular Study Group. June 2006 and organiser of inaugural meeting in Singapore June 2006 to present.
16. Key Opinion Leader of Alcon Asia Pacific Advancements in Cataract Technology Group since Aug 2006 to present.
17. Invited Member of Clinical Consensus Group: Criteria for diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. Tokyo, October 2006.
18. Member Haze Advisory Panel, Ministry of Health (1 April 2007 – 31 March 2009)
19. International organizing committee, VKH meeting, Tokyo Mar 24-25, 2007.
20. Member of SNEC Research Committee Mar 2007.
21. Member of the International Scientific Committee for the coming 7th International IUSG Meeting, Constance, Germany, 2008.

Publications

The publications in 2007 include:

1. Modified technique for management of LIDRS. Bacsal K, Chee SP. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Jan;33(1):4-5.
2. Ocular Toxoplasmosis. Bacsal K, Chee SP. Ophthalmology. 2007 Mar; 114(3):616.
3. Corneal Endotheliitis Associated with Evidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Chee SP, Bacsal K, Jap A, Se-Thoe, Cheng CL, Tan BH. Ophthalmology 2007; 114: 798-803.
4. Clear corneal incision leakage after phacoemulsification—detection using povidone iodine 5%. Chee SP. International Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug-Oct; 26(4-5):175-9 Jan 26; (Epub).
5. Dengue-associated maculopathy. Bacsal KE, Chee SP, Cheng CL, Flores JV. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr; 125(4):501-10
6. Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis. Loh BK, Chee SP. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jun; 143(6):1071; author reply 1071.
7. Prevalence of Dengue Maculopathy in patients hospitalized for Dengue Fever. Su DH, Bacsal K, Chee SP, Flores JV, Lim WK, Cheng BC, Jap AH; Dengue Maculopathy Study Group. Ophthalmology. 2007 Sep; 114(9): 1743-7.
8. Posterior Scleritis and its Association with HLA B27 Haplotype. Anshu A, Chee SP. Ophthalmologica. 2007; 221(4): 275-8.
9. Trisection technique: a 2-snip approach to Intraocular Lens Explanation. Por YM, Chee SP. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Jul; 33(7): 1151-4
10. Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis. Anshu A, Chee SP. Int Ophthalmol. 2007 Jul 19; (Epub ahead of print)
11. Management of the Hard Posterior Polar Cataract. Chee SP. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Sep; 33(9): 1509-14
12. Subconjunctival Injection of Triamcinolone in the Treatment of Lid Retraction of Patients with Thyroid Eye Disease: A Case Series. Chee E, Chee SP. Eye, 2007 Oct 5. (Epub ahead of print)
13. Concomitant Choroidal Inflammation during Anterior Segment Recurrence in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease. Bacsal K, Wen DS, Chee SP. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Jan 10. (Epub ahead of print)
14. Risk factors for Endogenous Klebsiella Endophthalmitis in patients with Klebsiella Bacteraemia - A case-control study. Sng CC, Jap A, Chan YH, Chee SP. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Feb 1. (Epub ahead of print)
15. Clinical Features of Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis in Immunocompetent Patients. Chee SP, Bacsal K, Jap A, Se-Thoe SY, Cheng CL, Tan BH. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Feb 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Other Publications (book)

1. A review of Uveitis cases seen at the Singapore National Eye Centre. Uveitis Today, Excerpta Medica International Congress Series 1158, publisher Elsevier 1998. Pg 263-264.
2. Peripapillary Atrophy in Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome. Uveitis Today, Excerpta Medica International Congress Series 1158, publisher Elsevier 1998. Pg 181-184.
3. Chapter entitled “Retinal Vasculitis Associated with Other Systemic Disease (Behcet’s Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Sarcoidosis and Others)” published in Ophthalmology Clinics of North America on Retinal Vascular Disorders, 1998; 11(4): 655-672. Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company.
4. Behcet’s Disease presenting with primary ocular involvement - a case series. WK Lim, Chee SP. Uveitis in the Third Millenium, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Uveitis held in Buenos Aires on 26-29 March 2000, publisher Elsevier 2000. Pg 261-264.
5. SNEC Clinical Ophthalmology- An Asian Perspective 2005 Elsevier. One of the editors.
   section 8 – Uveitis:
   • Clinical Characteristics of Uveitis in Asian Eyes (Clinical Approach to Uveitis and Management. Epidemiology of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease). A Jap, Chee SP
   • Anterior Uveitis (HLA B27 related Uveitis Posner Schlossman Syndrome). Lim WK, Chee SP
   • Intermediate Uveitis. Ranjana, Chee SP
   • Infective Uveitis – Ocular Toxoplasmosis, ARN, TB Vasculitis. B Cheng, Chee SP
   • Posterior and Pan-Uveitis (VKH, SO, Ocular Behcet’s disease). Lim WK, Chee SP
   • Masquerade Syndrome. Ranjana, Chee SP
   • Endogenous Endophthalmitis. Por YM, Chee SP
   • Episcleritis and Scleritis. Lim WK, Chee SP
   • Complications of Uveitis. A Jap, Chee SP
   • Local Medical Therapy for Uveitis. D Su, Chee SP
   Section 1 – Cataract and Cataract Surgery
   • Strategies for Prevention and Management of Complications during Phacoemulsification. SP Chee, SE Ti
   • Transition to MicroIncision Cataract Surgery SP Chee
   • Techniques of Phacoemulsification. Por YM, SP Chee
   • Intraocular Lens Implants. Z Alsagoff, D Su, SP Chee
   • Management of Complicated Cataracts. SP Chee, K Bacsal
   • Delayed Onset Endophthalmitis. A Jap, Chee SP
   • Postoperative Endophthalmitis Wong TY Chee SP
   Section 3 – Corneal and External Diseases
   • Meibomitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Ti SE, Bobby Cheng CL, Chee SP
   • Mooren’s Ulcer JM Abano, SP Chee, D Tan
6. Editor in Chief and contributing author of “Atlas of Ocular Inflammation” 2007. Elsevier. Other editors: Kristine Bacsal, Bobby Cheng, Lim Wee Kiak and Daniel Su.
7. Editor in Chief and contributing author of “Atlas of Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease” Soft launched 18th SNEC International Meeting 2008, to be published June 2008 launched at the World Congress of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong, 2008.
8. Atlas of Imaging in Ocular Inflammation
   • Section on dengue fever and the eye
   • Section on the spectrum of uveitis in Singapore