Singapore Eye Surgey, Eye Care Clinic - Eye Retina Surgeons

Affiliates of Eye and Retina Surgeons (ERS)

Name : Clin Assoc Prof Seah Lay Leng

Designation : Senior Consultant

Professional Qualifications

• MBBS
• FRCS
• FRCOphth
• FAMS

Professional Appointments & Memberships

• Visiting Senior Consultant, Oculoplastic Service, KKMCH
• Associate Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine
• Member of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg
• Fellow of College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom
• International member of American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Fellow of Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Awards & Accolades

• Local Merit Scholarship (Medicine)
• HMDP Fellowship (Glaucoma)

Selected Publications, Research Interest & Trials

Publications:

1. Ang LP, Lee MW, Seah LL, Cheong P, Rootman Jac.k Orbital Cellulitis following intralesional corticosteroid injection for periocular capillary hemangioma. Eye 2007 Ju: 21(7) 999-1001.
2. Lai OF, Zaiden N, Goh SS, Mohamed NE, Seah LL, Fong KS, Estienne V, Carayon P, Ho SC, Khoo DH. Detection of thyroid peroxidase mRNA and protein in orbital tissue. Eur J Endocrinol. 2006 Aug; 155(2): 213-8.
3. Chuah CT, Lim MC, Seah LL, Ling Y, Chee SP. Pseudoretinoblastoma in enucleated eyes of Asian patients. Singapore Med J. 2006 Jul; 47(7): 617-20.
4. Chan SY, Looi A, Seah LL, Heran MK, Chee SP, Rootman J. Multifocal venous malformations: two interesting case presentations. Orbit. 2006 Jun; 25(2): 133-6.
5. Sivak-Callcott JA, Lim WK, Seah LL Oestreicher J, Rossman D, Nijhawan N, Rootman J, White V William HJ, Chang WW, Dilbartolomeo A Howarth D. Xanthogranulomatous Disease In the lacrimal gland. Br J Ophthalmol.2005 Oct; 89(10): 1375-7.
6. Looi AL, Luu CD, Wong TY, Seah LL, Rootman J. Factors associated with Decompression & Strabismus Surgery in Thyroid Eye Disease. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2005 Mar; 34(2): 154-7.
7. Wong YC, Goh KY, Choo CT, Seah LL, Rootman J. An Unusual Cause of Acquired Horizontal Diplopia in a Young Adult. Br J Ophthalmol.2005 Mar; 89(3): 390-1.
8. Chuah CT, Chee SP, Fong KS, Por YM, Choo CT, Luu C, Seah LL . Integrated hydroxyapatite implant and non-integrated implants in enucleation Asian patients. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2004 Jul;33(4):477-83.
9. Goh SY, Ho SC, Seah LL, Fong KS, Khoo DH. Thyroid autoantibody profiles in ophthalmic dominant and thyroid dominant Graves’ disease differ and suggest ophthalmopathy is a multiantigenic disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2004 May;60(5):600-7.
10. Wai DC, Ho SC, Seah LL , Fong KS, Khoo DH. Severe Graves' ophthalmopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract extraction in a patient with mild stable thyroid eye disease. Thyroid. 2003 Aug; 13(8): 823-6.
11. Seah LL, CT Choo, KS Fong. Congenital Upper Lid Coloboma, Diagnosis and Management. Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, 2002 May;18(3):190-5.
12. Khoo DH, Eng PH, Ho SC, Tai ES, Morgenthaler NG, Seah LL, Fong KS, Chee SP, Choo CT, Aw SE. Graves' Ophthalmopathy in the absence of elevated free thyroxine and triiodothyronine levels, natural history, and thyotropin receptor antibody levels. Thyroid. 2000 Dec; 10(12): 1093-100.
13. Khoo DH, Ho SC, Seah LL, Fong KS, Tai ES, Chee SP, Eng PH, Aw SE, Fok AC. The combination of absent thyroid peroxidase antibodies and high thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin levels in Graves disease identifies a group at markedly increased risk of ophthalmopathy. Thyroid.1999 Dec; (12):1175-80.
14. Seah LL, Fu ER. Acute orbital cellulites – a review of 17 cases. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 1997 Jul; 26(4):409-14.
15. Goh SH, Seah LL, Chiang C. Results of Dacryocystorrhinostomy in Singapore General Hospital. Annals, Acad. Med 1989, May;18(3):332.
16. Chew SJ, Choo CT. Seah LL, Tan J, Cheng HM. High Resolution MRI of the Eye. APJO. 1997 July,Vol 9(1);2-5.
17. Seah LL, Fong KS. Modified Lamellar Division for Treatment of Cicatricial Upper Lid Entropion, APJO. 1998 July; Vol 10(3);11–16.
18. Liew GC, Chan Fiona, Ku Jack, Tan PH, Cheah Elizabeth, Seah LL. Unusual Presentation of a Mammoth Globe – Differentiation Diagnosis and Management . APJO . 1998 July; Vol 10(3);26-29.

Research Interests:

1. Principal Investigator: Repair of Orbital Floor Fracture using Polycaprolactone (OsteoMesh) Implants, Collaborators: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore.
2. Co Investigator: Post Enucleation Socket Syndrome Study (PESSS) Part 1 - Three Dimensional Volumetric Assessment of Anophthalmic Socket with the New Multi-detector Computed Tomographic Technology. Principal Investigator: Dr Sunny Shen.