Dr Wong Chee Wai
Ophthalmologist with an interest in: Vitreoretinal Conditions, Cataracts, High Myopia Conditions, Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Gender: Male
Insurance Panel: Great Eastern, HSBC Life
Key Achievements
- Started the high myopia clinic at Singapore National Eye Centre.
- Started the vitreoretinal service at Sengkang General Hospital.
Experience
Dr Wong Chee Wai is an ophthalmologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore.
He was a former consultant in the surgical retina department at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC).
Dr Wong obtained his bachelor and master’s degrees from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed his specialist training in ophthalmology at SNEC. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. After obtaining his specialist accreditation, he completed his vitreoretinal subspecialty fellowship training for both medical and surgical retina at SNEC. He also completed a master’s in clinical investigation at NUS and a PhD in ocular drug delivery at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
He started the high myopia clinic at SNEC as well as the vitreoretinal service at Sengkang Hospital.
He has published more than 70 research articles and holds several research grants in myopia and ocular drug delivery.
Dr Wong has been awarded many awards for his research work, including travel grants, prizes at international ophthalmology conferences and the SingHealth Publish Award.
Besides his clinical work, he served as SNEC’s deputy director of undergraduate education and was the programme director of the Duke-NUS Medical School’s ophthalmology programme.
He is also a committee member of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology (SSO), and the chair of SSO Young Ophthalmologist’s Chapter.
Dr Wong has more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and regularly presents at international meetings. He is also a peer reviewer for major eye journals including Ophthalmology and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
He is a recipient of the SingHealth Healthcare Heroes Award, Young Eye Ambassador Award (Eye and Vision) and SingHealth Quality Service Award.
Awards and Honours
- 2021
Started the high myopia clinic at Singapore National Eye Centre. - 2020
Young Eye Ambassador Award (Eye and Vision) - 2019
SingHealth Game Changer Award
SingHealth Quality Service Award
SingHealth Long Service Award (10 years)
Fellowship and Accreditation
- 2007
MBBS (NUS, Singapore)
Opening Hours
Friday:
9am - 12.30pm