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Tina Tzee Ling Wong BSc(Hons), MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed), PhD is a British medical doctor and clinician-scientist specialising in glaucoma. Trained in the UK she currently lives and works in Singapore[1].

Early life

Tina Wong earned her MBBS at the medical school of St. George’s Hospital, University of London, additionally undertaking a BSc degree in which she earned a First Class Honours, with her research winning her the prize of the Physiological Society (UK). Tina Wong completed her ophthalmology training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. She won the Henry Wellcome Trust Fellowship in 1999 to pursue a PhD at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London. Her research related to cell biology, matrix metalloproteinases and wound healing specifically related to post-operative scarring after glaucoma surgery[2]. For this research she was awarded the Founders Cup in the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress in 2001 and the Moorfields Research Medal in 2006[3]. Dr. Wong is a well-known figure in Singapore social circles[4][5], and was selected as a role model in 2009 by the fashion brand Hermès to be one of their ‘inspiring women’ with their charitable project ‘PS I Silk You’[6].

Medical career

Dr. Tina Wong is a Consultant Ophthalmologist with the Glaucoma Service of the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), Singapore General Hospital[7]. As a clinician-scientist[8] she also collaborates closely with several universities and research institutes (as adjunct or visiting faculty) on a number of projects[9][10][11]. Her current research interests are in ocular drug delivery[12][13], anti-glaucoma medication[14] and development of surgical devices[15]. In 2009 Dr. Tina Wong was invited to be a member of the Associate Advisory Board, The World Glaucoma Association[16][17][18]. In 2011 she was selected as an 'outstanding individual' and awarded a clinician scientist award by the Singapore Ministry of Health[19].

Bibliography

Dr. Tina Wong has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications[20]. She has contributed chapters to the following books:

  • Glaucoma: Volume 2 Surgical Management[21][22]: ISBN 9780702029783
  • Glaucoma Therapy: Current Issues and Controversies[23][24]: ISBN 9781841843353

Dr. Tina Wong is the author of Glaucoma; The Complete Guide, A Patient Handbook[25]: ISBN 9789810881177

Posts

  • Consultant, Glaucoma Service, SNEC[26]
  • Head of the Ocular Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)[27]
  • Assistant Director in Translational Clinical Research, SERI[28]
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, National University Singapore[29]
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Materials and Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University[30]
  • Associate Advisory Board, The World Glaucoma Association[31]

References

  1. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/Pages/doctor-profile.aspx?name=tina%20wong&institution=singapore%20national%20eye%20centre
  2. ^ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo/research/TMP1037032843.htm
  3. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/Pages/doctor-profile.aspx?name=tina%20wong&institution=singapore%20national%20eye%20centre
  4. ^ Prestige Magazine – Singapore August 2009 Cover and pages 128-133
  5. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/27/us-singapore-prison-fashion-idUSTRE60Q13K20100127
  6. ^ Prestige Magazine – Singapore November 2009 page 148
  7. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/Pages/doctor-profile.aspx?name=tina%20wong&institution=singapore%20national%20eye%20centre
  8. ^ http://www.seri.com.sg/aboutus_snecresearch.html
  9. ^ http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/AboutUs/Organisation/Pages/tinawong.aspx
  10. ^ http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/research/programmatic-research/major-research-programs/translational-research-innovations-in-ocular-surgery-programme.html
  11. ^ http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/medoph/people/adjunctstaff.htm
  12. ^ http://www.eyeworld.org/ewweek.php?id=608
  13. ^ http://nuhs.swiiitpublish.url3.net/research/programmatic-research/major-research-grants/translational-research-innovations-in-ocular-surgery-programme.html
  14. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/about/newsroom/news-releases/Pages/press_120309.aspx
  15. ^ http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/news/Pages/Announcements.aspx#Subbu_Tina
  16. ^ http://www.worldglaucoma.org/
  17. ^ http://www.e-igr.com/MR/index.php?issue=122&MRtype=3
  18. ^ http://www.e-igr.com/MR/index.php?issue=114&MRid=284&MRtype=3
  19. ^ http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/pressreleases.aspx?id=25702
  20. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=wong%20tina%20
  21. ^ http://www.expertconsultbook.com/expertconsult/ob/book.do?method=display&type=bookPage&decorator=none&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-7020-2977-6..00121-5&isbn=978-0-7020-2977-6
  22. ^ http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/AboutUs/Organisation/Pages/tinawong.aspx
  23. ^ http://www.libreriasaulamedica.com/ficha.asp?id=33700
  24. ^ http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/AboutUs/Organisation/Pages/tinawong.aspx
  25. ^ Chew, Joan, "Not Too Young For Glaucoma", Straits Times, April 14 2011
  26. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/Pages/doctor-profile.aspx?name=tina%20wong&institution=singapore%20national%20eye%20centre
  27. ^ http://www.seri.com.sg/researchers.html
  28. ^ http://www.seri.com.sg/researchers.html
  29. ^ http://www.snec.com.sg/Pages/doctor-profile.aspx?name=tina%20wong&institution=singapore%20national%20eye%20centre
  30. ^ http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/AboutUs/Organisation/Pages/tinawong.aspx
  31. ^ http://www.worldglaucoma.org/
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