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", "He is a physician-scientist with H-Index of 76 and has over 800 SCI publications in cataract, refractive surgeries, glaucoma, vitreo-retina, and visual sciences, etc. He is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (1998-2011). ", "To help reduce cataract blindness in China, he founded \"Project Vision\", and convinced the People's Republic of China Government in his capacity as a National People's Congress (NPC) Deputy, to conduct the \"Million Free Cataract Program\" in 2009. ", "He established the Hong Kong C-MER International Eye Care Group in 2012, listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2018, and C-MER is now running over 20 eye hospitals/centers in Hong Kong and China.   ", "He is NPC Deputy of PRC (since 2008) and a Hong Kong Legislative Council Member (since 2022). Honors bestowed to him include establishment by APVRS the \"Dennis Lam Lecture\" (starting 2023), \"ICO G.O.H. Naumann Award\" for leadership in global eye care (2022), \"ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award\" for the best clinical teacher in the Asia-Pacific (AP) (2011), \"APAO Arthur Lim Award\" for exemplary leadership in ophthalmic education (2020), \"APAO Jose Rizal Medal\", AP highest overall achievement award (2014), \"APAO De Ocampo Lecture Award\" AP highest academic achievement award (2003), \"American Academy of Ophthalmology's Senior Achievement Award\" (2008), \"Hong Kong Humanity Award\" (2007), \"Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong (1994) and the World (1995)\". " ] }, { "rowIndex": 3, "year": "2022", "ranking": 2, "firstName": "Hugh R", "lastName": "Taylor", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2.jpg", "title": [ "Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus Hugh R Taylor AC is a member of Onemda: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Until 2022 he was the Harold Mitchell Professor of Indigenous Eye Health at the University of Melbourne. From 1990 to 2008 he was Ringland Anderson Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne, the Director of Eye Services at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, and the Founding Director of the Center for Eye Research Australia. ", "Prior to that, he was at the Wilmer Institute at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore from 1977 to 1990. When he left, he was a Professor of Ophthalmology with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and International Health. ", "Professor Taylor's research interests have included blindness prevention strategies, infectious and corneal causes of blindness and the development of health policy. His current work focuses on Indigenous eye health and the elimination of trachoma. \r\n \r\nProfessor Taylor has written 30 books and reports, and more than 700 scientific papers. He has received multiple international awards and prizes. In 2001, he was made a Companion in the Order of Australia. He is a past President of the International Council of Ophthalmology, former Vice President of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, and former Chairman for Vision 2020 Australia. He is a member of the Council of the APAO. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 4, "year": "2022", "ranking": 3, "firstName": "Tien Y", "lastName": "Wong", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.jpg", "title": [ "Founding Head and Chair Professor, Tsinghua Medicine, Beijing, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Tien Y Wong is a senior academic ophthalmologist and physician-scientist who completed medical school at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University, US. In 2022, he took up a new position as Chair Professor and Founding Head of Tsinghua Medicine at Tsinghua University, China. Over the past two decades, Professor Wong has served in multiple leadership positions in Singapore and Australia. His last position was Arthur Lim Professor and Medical Director of the Singapore National Eye Center, one of the largest tertiary eye-care hospital in Asia and globally. Professor Wong has also served as Chair of Departments of Ophthalmology at NUS and University of Melbourne, Australia. ", "Professor Wong is a retinal specialist, with a research portfolio on retinal diseases and ocular imaging, including AI. He has published more than 1,500 peer-reviewed papers (H-index 200). He is Highly Cited Researcher (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022), given more than 500 invited plenary and symposium lectures, received more than US$100 million in grant funding. \r\n \r\nProfessor Wong has served as a Board member of numerous professional organizations, including the International Council of Ophthalmology and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. He was past President of the College of Ophthalmologists, Singapore, and current President of the Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society. ", "Professor Wong has been recognized with multiple international awards, including Arnall Patz Medal (Macula Society), the Alcon Research Institute Award, the Jose Rizal Medal (Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology). He has received Singapore's President's Science and Technology Award. He is an elected international (foreign) member of the US National Academy of Medicine. He is an elected Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Sciences, international (foreign) Member of US National Academy of Medicine and international (corresponding) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 5, "year": "2022", "ranking": 4, "firstName": "Ningli", "lastName": "Wang ", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/4.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ningli Wang is an accomplished clinician-scientist, heading the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness and directing one of China's largest eye centers. In addition, he holds leadership roles in several influential ophthalmological societies, and led the preparation of seven national and five international guidelines. He founded the first national society on public health ophthalmology and the first National Engineering Research Center for Ophthalmic Equipment. He was named The Ophthalmologist's \"Top 100 Most Influential Ophthalmologists\" four times. ", "With over 300 SCI papers published, totaling 7,601 citations and an H-index of 60, Professor Wang is also among Elsevier's \"Most Cited Chinese Researchers\" for eight consecutive years. He has demonstrated his expertise in innovation and technology transfer through the development of 12 products and the holding of 77 Chinese patents. ", "Professor Wang is also committed to promoting universal eye care, having led 10 national projects and engaged in eight large-scale international collaborations. He has also served as leader of expert groups in two national cataract projects, which helped nearly two million patients recover their sight. Furthermore, he has trained over 3,000 ophthalmologists from rural areas and played a leading role in eliminating blinding trachoma as the final part of national project. His Sight Action initiative has provided free cataract surgeries for over 40,000 underprivileged patients in China and more than 40 overseas countries. He extensively engaged in international collaborations (such as VLEG, NCD-RisC, GBD), promoting eye health in China and the world. ", "He served as a mentor for over 100 PhD candidates and young ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacific region. In recognition of his contributions, has received numerous awards, including the Asia-Pacific Award in 2018, the Vision Excellence Award in 2020, and the World Glaucoma Association Founder Award in 2023." ] }, { "rowIndex": 6, "year": "2022", "ranking": 5, "firstName": "Clement CY", "lastName": "Tham ", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/5.jpg", "title": [ "Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Clement CY Tham is the Chairman and S.H. Ho Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and Director of the CUHK Eye Center. He is the President and Fellowship Examiner of The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong, which is the statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for setting and upholding standards of ophthalmic training, Fellowship examinations, and clinical practice. \r\n \r\nInternationally, Professor Tham is the Secretary General and CEO of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), which is the largest supranational ophthalmic organization, comprising 36 national ophthalmic member societies and regional subspecialty member societies, in the Asia-Pacific region. He is the Chair of the APAO Congress Committee, organizing every annual APAO Congresses from 2009 to now. He was the Congress President of the 33rd APAO Congress 2018 in Hong Kong. \r\n \r\nProfessor Tham is the immediate past Treasurer of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). He was appointed the Chair of the Scientific Program Committees of the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2016 Guadalajara in Mexico and the WOC 2018 Barcelona in Spain. More than 2000 distinguished ophthalmologists and visual scientists from around the world participated in the scientific programs in each of these two WOCs. \r\n \r\nProfessor Tham is the President-Elect of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society. He was the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Congress (APGC) 2012 in Bali, Indonesia, and the Congress President and Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd APGC 2014 in Hong Kong. ", "Professor Tham was a member of the Board of Governors of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA), and was Chair of the Organizing Committee for the World Glaucoma Congress 2015 in Hong Kong. ", "For his work on prevention of blindness, Professor Tham was awarded the inaugural Nakajima Award by the APAO, and the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong, in 2005. He received the APAO Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award in 2011, the APAO Distinguished Service Award in 2013, and the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2016. In 2013, Professor Tham was presented the Holmes Award, the highest award for prevention of blindness in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2015, he received the De Ocampo Award, the highest APAO award for excellent academic achievements in eye research. In the same year, Professor Tham was invited to present the Honored International Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Diego, US. He received the WGA Special Recognition Award in 2021. He was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia in 2021, and by the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in 2022. Professor Tham was recognized by Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms as the top 1% of scholars writing on Glaucoma in the previous 10 years, in 2022. He was voted to become a member of \"The Ophthalmologist Power List – Top 100 Most Influential Ophthalmologists\" in 2022. Professor Tham has also received numerous other awards in recognition of his contributions to research and teaching in ophthalmology." ] }, { "rowIndex": 7, "year": "2022", "ranking": 6, "firstName": "Charles", "lastName": "McGhee ", "country": "New Zealand", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand" ], "biography": [ "Professor Charles McGhee is currently Maurice Paykel Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Auckland and Director of the New Zealand National Eye Center, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland. ", "Professor McGhee was elected as Vice-President of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis in 2022, President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in 2017–2019, Elected Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in New Zealand in 2018, President of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology, Honorary Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honorary Life President of the British Society for Refractive Surgery, and Editor of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. ", "His research interest focuses on cornea and external eye diseases, cataract, and ocular oncology and pathology. He has published over 400 SCI publications with a total of over 9,400 citations. ", "As Professor and Chair, Professor McGhee leads a 70+ strong clinical and research department of ophthalmology and vision science in the University of Auckland. He also brings together ophthalmologists, optometrists, vision scientists, and bioengineers in a transdisciplinary group of more than 140 individuals in the New Zealand National Eye Research Center. He has supervised vocational trainees (registrars) in ophthalmology for 30 years. ", "Professor McGhee careers a total of more than NZ$30 million in research grants and philanthropic donations to support research and education with a current total of $15.8 million active grants. ", "Professor McGhee was recognized in the Ophthalmologist (UK) publication in their biannual Top 100 Power list of the 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology in 2022, 2018, and 2016. He was also an awardee of the First Khodadoust Memorial Lecture by the Iranian Society of Ophthalmology in 2020, International Gold Award of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society in 2019, Asian Cornea Society Foundation Medal Lecture, Mark Tso Golden Apple Award by the International Council of Ophthalmology in 2014, American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2013, De Ocampo Medal by APAO in 2011, Sir Peter Gluckmann Medal by the Univeristy of Auckland in 2008, Sir Norman Gregg Medal by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) in 2008, Douglas Coster Lecture by the Australasian Corneal Society, Ida Mann Lecture by RANZCO, and Norman Galloway Medal Lecture (UK)." ] }, { "rowIndex": 8, "year": "2022", "ranking": 7, "firstName": "Tetsuro", "lastName": "Oshika", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/7.jpg", "title": [ "Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan" ], "biography": [ "Professor Tetsuro Oshika is currently serving as the President of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, the President-Elect of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), and the Vice-President of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology. He holds the position of Chairman and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.", "Professor Oshika is a globally recognized expert in cataract and anterior segment surgery. He is also a distinguished clinician-scientist whose research interests include ocular optics, ocular imaging, and artificial intelligence in ophthalmology. He has authored or coauthored around 700 peer-reviewed publications and over 100 textbook chapters, and has delivered over 400 invited lectures. His total Impact Factor is 2,310, and H-index is 80.", "Professor Oshika has received numerous awards in recognition of his contribution to research and teaching in ophthalmology, including the Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2006, Achievement Award of APAO in 2015, Silver Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology in 2015, Jose Rizal Medal of APAO in 2016, and Arthur Lim Lecture of Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in 2019.", "Professor Oshika served as the President of the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) held in Tokyo in April 2014. The WOC 2014 Tokyo was a tremendously successful international congress, with a record-breaking 20,000 attendees from over 160 countries." ] }, { "rowIndex": 9, "year": "2022", "ranking": 8, "firstName": "Ke", "lastName": "Yao", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chief, Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Zhejiang University Eye Hospital, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ke Yao is one of the well-known ophthalmologists and cataract surgeons. He is the Professor and Chief of Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and Zhejiang University Eye Hospital, China, the current President of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society, and President of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS). ", "Professor Yao is also the Board Member of International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), and the Regional Secretary and Council Member of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). He was voted as member of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis and Fellow of Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology. ", "Professor Yao is devoted to promoting communications and academic exchanges regionally and globally. He served as the Co-chair of the World Ophthalmology Congress 2022 and the Convener of the Cataract Programs for APAO Congress 2018. Besides, Professor Yao was the awardee of the Chinese National Award of Science and Technology Progress for three times, ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award, Alfred-Vogt Prize of Switzerland, APACRS LIM Lecture and Gold Award, etc. ", "As a national and international leading cataract surgeon who performed over 50,000 cataract surgeries, Professor Yao has trained and supervised over 1,000 cataract surgeons, clinical and research fellows from around the world. ", "Academically, Professor Yao was the pioneer and promoter of the modern cataract surgeries in mainland China who took the lead in performing phacoemulsification cataract surgery as well as the FLACS in China. He has published 512 clinical and scientific papers with 289 published in peer-reviewed international journals. ", "Additionally, Professor Yao is committed to and enthusiastic about public welfare, especially on prevention of blindness. In 1996, he founded the first \"Automobile Eye Hospital\" in China which outreached the rural regions including Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and more than 10 provinces, and provided free cataract surgeries for 13,000 poor patients. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 10, "year": "2022", "ranking": 9, "firstName": "Gemmy", "lastName": "Cheung ", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/9.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore \r\n " ], "biography": [ "Professor Gemmy Cheung is currently the Arthur Lim Professor in Ophthalmology at Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the Head of the Medical Retina Department, Singapore National Eye Center, and Head of the Retina Research Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. Her research interests focus on Asian retinal diseases, specifically age-related macular degeneration, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, and myopic macular degeneration. ", "Professor Cheung has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles mostly in age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. She is an outstanding clinician scientist whose research in age-related macular degeneration has garnered numerous international collaborations as well as an open-fund large collaborative national grant. She has completed a number of clinical trials in anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapies in the capacity of principle investigator. She has been given over 130 invited lectures and served as Instructor on courses at the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) congresses. ", "Professor Cheung has received a number of prestigious awards, including Secretariat Award and Achievement Awards from the AAO, the Macula Society Young Investigator Award, the APAO Achievement Award, Nakajima Award, and Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award. She is also on the Ophthalmologist Power List of 2021 and 2022. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 11, "year": "2022", "ranking": 10, "firstName": "Helen Victoria", "lastName": "Danesh-Meyer ", "country": "New Zealand", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10.jpg", "title": [ "Sir William and Lady Stevenson Professor of Ophthalmology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand " ], "biography": [ "Professor Helen Victoria Danesh-Meyer Newcurrently serves as Sir William and Lady Stevenson Professor of Ophthalmology, at The University of Auckland. She is also the Head of Academic Neuro-ophthalmology and Glaucoma, at the New Zealand National Eye Center, and the Director of the Eye Institute, New Zealand. \r\n \r\nProfessor Danesh-Meyer specializes in glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology. She has published 221 peer- reviewed publications, with an H-Index of 53 and 9,475 citations. She is also the Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, and was the Section Editor of the Clinical Challenges, Survey of Ophthalmology. Professor Danesh-Meyer's research has yielded key insights into the causes and improved management of glaucoma and other leading causes of blindness in New Zealand and internationally. ", "Professor Danesh-Meyer has played a key role in transforming the education of health professionals in New Zealand. An outstanding educator with an international reputation, she has created a legacy of talented trainees, many of whom have already assumed leadership positions themselves. ", "She has received the College Medal, highest recognition from Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (2022) for her enduring role in research, education, and community engagement. ", "Particularly impactful has been her contribution to setting the curricula for neuro-ophthalmology trainees, not only for New Zealand and Australia, but also for the US (she is the only eye surgeon outside of the US to have served on the 12-person national curriculum committee). ", "Professor Danesh-Meyer has been an astute and forceful advocate—both nationally and globally—for the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion in ophthalmology, developing and introducing innovative policies to counter implicit gender bias and bullying and harassment in workplaces that her studies have helped reveal and document. Her work in this area has resulted in substantive and transformative change in the policies of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 12, "year": "2022", "ranking": 11, "firstName": "Marcus", "lastName": "Ang ", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/11.jpg", "title": [ "Head, Senior Consultant, Cornea Service, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Marcus Ang is Head of Cornea and External Eye Disease Service and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Refractive Service, Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He also serves as Advisor at the SNEC Myopia Center. ", "Dr. Ang has currently more than 190 peer-reviewed publications (H-index: 49), majority of which are first or corresponding author with journal impact factor (JIF) > 2.0, focusing on translational research. He has published important peer-reviewed articles in the LANCET (IF: 202.7), LANCET Digital Health (IF: 36.615), PRER (IF: 19.7), Nature Digital Medicine (IF: 15.36), and Ophthalmology (12.08); and numerous book chapters, including several in the seminal textbook CORNEA. He has received more than 20 Academic Awards, over $5 millions of competitive research grant funding, and filed 5 patents. He is a regular invited speaker at international conferences recognized by his international awards such as the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award (2018) and American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award (2019). ", "Dr. Ang serves as Secretary of the APAO Young Ophthalmologists (YO) Standing Committee. He is a graduate of the APAO Leadership Development Program (LDP) as well as the AAO LDP Class XX. He currently serves on the APAO LDP Standing Committee and AAO Committees such as the YO International Committee and AAO Myopia Taskforce. He is also currently on the Council for the Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society and Asia-Pacific Artificial Cornea and Keraprosthesis Society. He was recognized with the AAO Secreteriat Award in 2021 for his contributions to society work. ", "As Founding Director of Global Clinic, he regularly organizes missions and travels to provide free eye-care and cataract surgery in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, India, and Myanmar. He also serves on the Board of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness as well as Chair of ORBIS Singapore. He has been commended with the President's Award for Philanthropy in Singapore (2017), and Outstanding Service in the Prevention of Blindness Award from APAO (2019). ", "He is the current President of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology. His contributions and achievements in ophthalmology have led to him being awarded the Artemis Award from the AAO in 2019 and Vision Excellence Award (IAPB) in 2020. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacific in 2023." ] }, { "rowIndex": 13, "year": "2022", "ranking": 12, "firstName": "Makoto", "lastName": "Araie ", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/12.jpg", "title": [ "Professor Emeritus and Chairman, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan " ], "biography": [ "Professor Makoto Araie currently is the Professor Emeritus and Chairman of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine. He is also the Honorary Director, Kanto Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, and the Visiting Professor of Kanagawa Dental University, Saitama Medical University, and the Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University. ", "Professor Araie specializes in glaucoma and has published 503 SCI publications. He has an H-Index of 64 and a total of 16,185 citations. He was the Section Chief of the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology and the Editor-in-Chief of Folia Japonica Ophthalmologica Clinica. He is now the Editor of Journal of Glaucoma, International Review of Glaucoma, and the Section Editor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. \r\n \r\nProfessor Araie has been involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He has served as the President of World Glaucoma Association, Asia-Oceanic Glaucoma Society, and Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society. He was also the President of the 4th World Glaucoma Congress in Paris (2011), and the 29th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in Tokyo (2014). ", "During the career in the University of Tokyo Hospital, Professor Araie directly supervised clinical training of 136 residents, 36 glaucoma fellows, 70 PhD theses, and scientific training of 36 postdoctoral fellows out of which 15 have been later promoted to professorship of ophthalmology. Under his leadership and supervision as Chairman, his department produced some 800 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals. ", "Professor Araie received numerous awards for his achievements, such as the Japanese Ophthalmological Society Special Service Award (2017) and the American Glaucoma Society International Scholar Award (2017). ", "Apart from the field of ophthalmology, Professor Araie was the Steering Committee Chair of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, and the Expert Committee Member of Social Security Council and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 14, "year": "2022", "ranking": 13, "firstName": "Tin", "lastName": "Aung ", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13.jpg", "title": [ "Chief Executive Officer/Medical Director, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Tin Aung is Academic Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore National Eye Center, where he is a clinician scientist ophthalmologist at the Glaucoma Department. ", "Professor Aung's research has secured more than US$20 million in competitive research grant funding. He is currently the Lead PI of the Large Collaborative Grant, \"Tackling and Reducing Glaucoma Blindness with Emerging Technologies\", a $25 million multidisciplinary and multicenter program grant awarded by the National Medical Research Council, Singapore, in 2022. Professor Aung was awarded the Nakajima Award (2007) and De Campo Award (2013) by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the Alcon Research Institute Award (2013), the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (2014 and 2020), the Robert Ritch Award for Excellence and Innovation in Ophthalmology by the Glaucoma Foundation (2017), as well as numerous other awards/medals. ", "Professor Aung currently has more than 700 publications including 15 major papers in Nature Genetics as well as papers in JAMA and The Lancet. He has delivered more than 100 invited lectures at many international meetings. He is on the Editorial Board of 7 journals (including Ophthalmology, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Ophthalmology Glaucoma, Eye, and Graefe's Archive for Clinical Exp Ophthalmology), and a regular reviewer for more than 20 journals. ", "Professor Aung was President of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) from 2016 to 2017 and serves as Board Member of the WGA and Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society. He was President of the College of Ophthalmologists of Singapore from 2012 to 2014 and President of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology from 2009 to 2011. ", "Professor Aung is actively involved in medical education of undergraduates and postgraduates. He supervises and mentors research fellows, trainees, and students, especially in the areas of glaucoma and translational research. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 15, "year": "2022", "ranking": 14, "firstName": "Rajvardhan", "lastName": "Azad", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/14.jpg", "title": [ "Former Chief, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India " ], "biography": [ "Professor Rajvardhan Azad is well-known among his peers across the world for his scholarly and outstanding contribution as an able administrator, educationist, researcher, and a vitreoretinal surgeon par excellence. ", "He is currently Professor Emeritus of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, and Chairman of University Service Commission, Bihar. He is also the Honorary Chairman and Director of Raj Retina and Eye Care Center, a state of art center for vitreoretinal diseases in Patna, Bihar, India. He is Visiting Professor of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, and Advisor of State Key Laboratory, which is the main research hub for ophthalmology in Guangzhou, China. He is currently President of South-Asian Academy of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Ophthalmic Education committee of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). ", "Professor Azad traveled widely and was invited to deliver lectures as visiting professor, scientist, educator, and key opinion leader all over the world, including the National Eye Institute in the US, University of Toronto in Canada, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in China, and many other countries. ", "Professor Azad published 12 books including the first book published on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in the world. He has more than 400 original research papers and done as principal or co-investigator in more than 25 global multicentric clinical trials. ", "As a world authority in ROP, he has done extensive work with missionary zeal in the field of ROP. Beginning from setting up ROP as a subspeciality in his own institution, he spread it all over India and then to the entire world. Role of renin angiotensin system, stem cells, vascular endothelial growth factor, and differential expression of genes in pathogenesis of ROP are few of his original work. \r\n \r\nHe has received numerous prestigious awards and orations both nationally and internationally. These include the most prestigious Jose Rizal Award for significant contribution to ophthalmology in the Asia-Pacific region, De O'Campo oration, and Senior Achievement Award by APAO, Professor Alim memorial oration by Bangladesh Ophthalmology Society, oration by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Congress and Nepal Ophthalmologic Society, Senior Achievement Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Silver Jubilee Research Award for the Year and Dr. B.C. Roy National Award by MCI, international ophthalmology oration by St. Luke's Hospital Manila, and Dr. P. Siva Reddy Award by All India Ophthalmological Society for outstanding research in ROP besides many others. ", "Professor Azad is the first and only from India to hold the prestigious post of President of the APAO. He has also served on international bodies such as World Health Organization, International Council of Ophthalmology, AAO, and World Ophthalmology Congress. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 16, "year": "2022", "ranking": 15, "firstName": "Nadeem", "lastName": "Butt ", "country": "Pakistan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/15.jpg", "title": [ "Principal, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan " ], "biography": [ "Professor Nadeem Hafeez Butt is currently the Principal (BS-21) and the Director of Medical Education at Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC)/Jinnah Hospital Lahore (JHL). He is also serving as the Professor and Head of Department of Ophthalmology. ", "Professor Butt specializes in cataract, glaucoma, and refractive surgery. He is currently the Managing Editor of Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, and Editor of the newsletter of Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan (OSP), Lahore and Pakistan Glaucoma Association. He also serves as the reviewer of Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology and the International Journal of Glaucoma. ", "Professor Butt involves in many ophthalmic societies, such as serving as President of the Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan and President of the Pakistan Glaucoma Association in 2012–2015. Besides societies, he also has plenty of experiences in congresses. He represented Pakistan in the International Council of Ophthalmology, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), American Academy of Ophthalmology, South Asian Academy of Ophthalmology, Afro Asian Council of Ophthalmology, and presented 24 times at international conferences. ", "Professor Butt also contributes to training and education for ophthalmology. He has been working as a supervisor and examiner for MBBS, MCPS Ophthalmology, FCPS Ophthalmology, MC Ophthalmology, and the overseas examiner in ophthalmology. He has supervised a total of 70 postgraduate students. ", "Similar to many other disciplines of medical profession, ophthalmology has a lot of focus on community work. OSP, Pakistan's society for prevention of blindness and National Program for Prevention and Cure of Blindness are working in close liaison for reducing the incidence and prevalence of blindness in Pakistan. As Professor Butt is regularly attached with all the three organizations, he plays his due role in planning, coordination, and execution of all these programs. ", "As a recognition for his works, Professor Butt has received awards including the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Medal for meritorious services in the field of medical education in ophthalmology (2014), Susruta Lecture Award from the APAO (2011), and many more. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 17, "year": "2022", "ranking": 16, "firstName": "Carmen", "lastName": "Chan", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/16.jpg", "title": [ "Chief, Service and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Dr. Carmen Chan is the Chief of Service and Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital and Clinical Professor (Honorary) at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  ", "She was awarded the Prince Philip Scholarship to study medicine at the University of Cambridge and trained initially in general medicine, followed by ophthalmology training in the UK and Hong Kong. She subsequent completed a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship with Dr. Neil Miller at the Wilmer Eye Institute, US.  ", "Dr. Chan subspecializes in neuro-ophthalmology and uveitis. Overall, she has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals. ", "Dr. Chan is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Hong Kong Journal of Ophthalmology.  She is the Convenor of the Hong Kong Neuro-Ophthalmology Interest Group, a Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and a member of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society International Relations Committee. ", "She is the recipient of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Distinguished Service Award in 2013 and Achievement Award in 2015. She is also the Secretary of the APAO Women in Ophthalmology Standing Committee since its inception in 2011. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 18, "year": "2022", "ranking": 17, "firstName": "Andrew", "lastName": "Chang", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/17.jpg", "title": [ "Head of Ophthalmology, Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Andrew Chang is a vitreoretinal surgeon and ophthalmologist. He holds an academic appointment of Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Sydney. He is a consultant ophthalmologist and the Head of Ophthalmology at the Sydney Eye Hospital. He is the Medical Director of Sydney Retina Clinic. ", "He graduated from University of Sydney Medical School and trained at the Sydney Eye Hospital with retinal fellowships at Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and in the US. He was awarded a PhD for retinal research. ", "In Australia, he is clinician advisor to the Department of Health Australia and to the TGA on new technologies in ophthalmology. He serves as Chair of the Sydney Eye Hospital Foundation Board.  ", "Commitment to international ophthalmology includes the role of Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Vitreoretinal Society (APVRS) and Deputy Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). Dr Chang teaches vitreoretinal and cataract surgery in charitable eye camps in Cambodia.  ", "Professional awards include the 2022 Tano Lecture of the APVRS, Achievement Award, Distinguished Service Award and the Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award of the APAO and the RANZCO Excellence in Teaching Award. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 19, "year": "2022", "ranking": 18, "firstName": "Guy Li-Jia", "lastName": "Chen", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/18.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Guy Li-Jia Chen is Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Head of Graduate Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant of the New Territories East Cluster and Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong. ", "Professor Chen is a devoted ophthalmologist with passion and commitment to patient service. He has been elected as Distinguished Young Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2019. ", "Professor Chen is actively working on ophthalmic researches. His major research field is ophthalmic genetics, in particular the genetics of macular diseases, glaucoma, myopia, and myopia progression. Professor Chen has published 170 papers in SCI international indexed peer-reviewed journals, with an H-index of 47 as of March 2023. He is also active in research grant application, being the Principal Investigator of 7 major local (Hong Kong), national (China), and international competitive research grants, with a total amount of more than HK$7 million. Moreover, Professor Chen has received the Research Award in 2015 by the Global Ophthalmology Awards Program from Bayer, Germany; and the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society Constable Lecture Award in the 13th APVRS Congress in 2019. \r\n \r\nProfessor Chen is active in local, national, and international service. He has delivered more than 50 lectures as invited speaker and chaired more than 10 sections in international conferences. He obtained the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award 2017 in the 32nd APAO Congress. Professor Chen is an active reviewer for a number of major journals, including Nature Communications and Ophthalmology. Professor Chen also actively leads public education and charity programs for the prevention of blindness. ", "Professor Chen will keep striving for excellence in clinical service and continue his leadership in ophthalmic research in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region." ] }, { "rowIndex": 20, "year": "2022", "ranking": 19, "firstName": "Celia", "lastName": "Chen", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/19.jpg", "title": [ "Clinical Professor, University of South Australia, Australia" ], "biography": [ "Professor Celia Chen is a Clinical Professor with University of South Australia and consultant neuro-ophthalmologist/clinician-scientist at Flinders University. She completed a prestigious neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital.    ", "Professor Chen is the current President of the Neuro-Ophthalmic Society of Australia.    ", "She has an excellent research record and is the recipient of both national and international scholarships and awards including the American Australian Education Fellowship, South Australian Science Excellence Award, and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award.   ", "Professor Chen is dedicated to providing mentorship and learning opportunities for young ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacific region. She has been doing field work in Cambodia for over 10 years and providing fellowship opportunity, through APAO Women in Ophthalmology International Fellowship Program, Kim Frumar Scholarship and Eye Surgeon's Foundation Fellowship Program. This has helped young ophthalmologists from a developing country to receive fellowship training in a subspecialty area of ophthalmology, at an international training center of excellence.   " ] }, { "rowIndex": 21, "year": "2022", "ranking": 20, "firstName": "Ching-Yu", "lastName": "Cheng ", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ching-Yu Cheng is a Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Director of the Center for Innovation & Precision Eye Health at NUS. He concurrently holds the appointments of Head of Data Science Unit and Ocular Epidemiology Research Group at Singapore Eye Research Institute. ", "His research work involves a variety of epidemiological and clinical research related to age-related ocular diseases, such as glaucoma, as well as identification of susceptibility genes for ocular diseases. As Director of the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases (SEED) program, his team has built up one of the largest epidemiological databases (n > 10,000) for ocular diseases in the world. The achievements of the SEED program have become visible via both a number of high-impact publications and the surging amount of new knowledge in prevention of blindness. The data generated from SEED have been widely used by leading international agencies. His team also works on AI-based big data analytics for disease prediction and detection based on ocular images. ", "He actively participates in several international research consortiums and leads the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium. Through these works, he has established a rich network of collaborations around the word. At the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), he chairs the Research Standing Committee. ", "Professor Cheng has published over 500 scientific papers, included those in Nature Genetics, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Global Health, and Lancet Digital Health, etc. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, and servers as Editorial Board Member of several journals, such as, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Translational Vision Science & Technology, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, etc. His honors include the prestigious Clinician Scientist Awards from the Ministry of Health, Singapore; the APAO Achievement Award and Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award; the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award; and the Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 22, "year": "2022", "ranking": 21, "firstName": "Ian", "lastName": "Constable", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/21.jpg", "title": [ "Patron, Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Australia" ], "biography": [ "Professor Ian Constable is currently the Patron of Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia (UWA). He is also the Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology in UWA, and the Founder and First Director of the Lions Eye Institute, Perth. ", "Professor Constable specializes in vitreo-retina, and he has published a total of 302 SCI publications, with an H-Index of 67 and a total of 17,447 citations. He has also been involved in the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology and the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Apart from publications, Professor Constable also participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He was the President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS). He participated in various Asian and Australian congresses every year from 1976 to 2019. ", "Professor Constable owns a patent for an AAV gene Therapy method to make VEGF antibodies in human RPE in vivo. He also contributes to training and education by holding numerous workshops on microsurgery and lasers (1976–1990), establishing the Western Australian Training Program, and co-authoring the book Colour Atlas of Ophthalmology with Professor Arthur Lim. ", "Professor Constable contributes to the community by having ophthalmic visits and surgery to North West over forty years, and established the Lions Screening Programs for common eye diseases in Western Australia. He has also served as the Chairman of the Western Australia state Science Council. ", "Professor Constable has been awarded numerous awards and honors as a recognition of his work, such as the Advance Australia Award, Western Australia Citizen of the Year, Jose Rizal Medal from APAO, Norman Gregg Medal from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Constable Lecture from UWA, and Constable Lecture from APVRS. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 23, "year": "2022", "ranking": 22, "firstName": "Taraprasad", "lastName": "Das", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/22.jpg", "title": [ "Vice-Chairman (Emeritus), LV Prasad Eye Institute, India" ], "biography": [ "Dr. Taraprasad Das is a fellowship-trained vitreoretinal specialist with a research interest in endophthalmitis, diabetic retinopathy, and public health. Current leadership includes Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO); Vice-Chairman (Emeritus) of LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India; Professor of Ophthalmology at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; and Chairman of Universal Eye Health Program (Sunetra), Government of Odisha.", "Dr. Das has received 18 competitive research grants and has delivered 24 eponymous lectures in India and the Asia-Pacific region. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India, and the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors in Ophthalmology. He previously held key executive positions in several professional organizations in India (All India Ophthalmological Society; VISION 2020 India; and Vitreo Retinal Society of India) and internationally (Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society; Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; and International Association for the Prevention of Blindness). With 313 peer reviewed publications, his current H-index is 36 and citation index is 5472. Dr. Das has also published 5 books and contributed 57 book chapters.", "Dr. Das recognitions include Honaris Causa (Revenshaw University, 2011) and Padmasri (Government of India, 2013). Dr. Das is ranked top 2% of scientists in the world (2021, Stanford) and 100 most influential ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacific Region (2022, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology)." ] }, { "rowIndex": 24, "year": "2022", "ranking": 23, "firstName": "Xianqun", "lastName": "Fan", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/23.jpg", "title": [ "President and Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Xianqun Fan is an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars, and the Chair Professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University. As the leading ophthalmologist in the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital and the academic leader of Shanghai key laboratory of orbital diseases and ocular oncology, he has been committed to the clinical treatment and basic research of orbital diseases and ocular tumors for more than 35 years. ", "He has led the establishment of the oculoplastic surgery and orbital disease group of Chinese Ophthalmology Society and ocular tumor committee of Chinese Anticancer Association. He has served as the President of Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Ocular Oncology and Pathology. He is the fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in the UK and fellow ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. ", "He is in charge of 15 national projects, including 863 National Program and major project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. As the first or corresponding author, he has published 273 international peer-reviewed papers in the top journals with H-Index of 51, such as Cell Stem Cell, Mol Cell, Advanced Materials and Ophthalmology. Among them, 50 papers were published with impact factors greater than 10. Owing to his clinical and scientific achievements, he has won second prizes of the Chinese National Science and Technology Progress Award (2015, 2018), first prizes of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (2012, 2014, 2017), first prize of the Higher Education Science and Technology Progress Award (2014), Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award (2019), and the first Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology Innovator Award (2021). ", "Professor Fan has made outstanding academic achievements and has played an exemplary leading role in promoting the development of ophthalmic education in China, the Asia-Pacific region and even the world." ] }, { "rowIndex": 25, "year": "2022", "ranking": 24, "firstName": "Kenneth", "lastName": "Fong", "country": "Malaysia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/24.jpg", "title": [ "Managing Director, OasisEye Specialists, Malaysia " ], "biography": [ "Dr. Kenneth Fong is currently the Managing Director of the OasisEye Specialists. He was also the Founder and Head of the University of Malaya Eye Research Center (2009–2012). ", "Dr. Fong specializes in cataract and vitreo-retina. He has published 45 SCI publications with an H-Index of 8 and a total of 800 citations. He serves as a reviewer of RETINA, British Journal of Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, and Eye, and an Editorial Board Member of the Malaysian Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "For ophthalmic societies and congresses, Dr. Fong has served as the Past President of Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology (MSO) (2017–2021), and he is the Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS), Co-founder of the Subthreshold Ophthalmic Laser Society, and the Co-founder and Council Member of the ASEAN Ophthalmic Society (AOS). He is also the Congress President of the APVRS Annual Meeting 2017 and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Annual Congress 2023. ", "Dr. Fong is the developer of the subthreshold laser for macula diseases in collaboration with Quantel Medical. He was also the speaker at TEDx event in 2015 to more than 5,000 people on myopia prevention, and the co-author of award-winning age-related macular degeneration awareness book, Food for Your Eyes, which was awarded the best health cookbook in the world in 2012. ", "Dr. Fong also contributes to training and education by being an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in the UK and Malaysian Universities Conjoint Board in Ophthalmology, the Committee Member, National Specialist Register (2012), and the course organizer of Part 2 FRCOphth revision course. ", "Awards such as the APAO Achievement Award, MSO Distinguished Service Award, and the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism Distinguished Service Award were given to Dr. Fong as recognition for his work. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 26, "year": "2022", "ranking": 25, "firstName": "Jian", "lastName": "Ge", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/25.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Jian Ge is the Professor of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), Sun Yat-sen University. Professor Ge graduated from Medical School, Soochow University in 1978 and became a resident in the Ophthalmology Department in the First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University from 1978 to 1982. He received the MD and PhD degree in ophthalmology from ZOC in 1990. He was a Visiting Scholar of Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong (1996), and Lions Eye Institute, University of Louisville (1997–1998). Professor Ge served as a deputy director of ZOC from 1992 to 1998, the Director of ZOC and State Key Laboratory from 1998 to 2012. Since 2012, he is the Honorary Tenure Director and Principal Investigator of ZOC. ", "Professor Ge has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in SCI journals covering glaucoma, stem cells, myopia, clinical trials, and tissue-engineering. He has trained 69 candidates with PhD and 8 postdoctoral fellows, 20 of whom have obtained the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and one of whom has won the Top 100 Outstanding PhD Thesis Award of China. ", "Among his honors include Outstanding Contribution Award and De Ocampo Award from the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Outstanding Achievement Award from the National Ophthalmology Institution, Golden Key Award from the Chinese and American Academy of Ophthalmology, Senior Research Scientist Award and Recognition Award from World Glaucoma Association, and Excellence in Innovation from the Australian government, and evaluation of high academic influence in Chinese ophthalmic field from 2000 to 2015 by the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology. Recently, he was awarded as one of the 1st Asia-Pacific Eye 100 Most Influential Ophthalmologists by the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 27, "year": "2022", "ranking": 26, "firstName": "Ashok", "lastName": "Grover", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/26.jpg", "title": [ "Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Vision Eye Center, New Delhi, India " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ashok Grover is currently Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (since 1992), and Vision Eye Center (since 1992) in India. He is the President of Oculoplastic Society of South Asia and Ocular Trauma Society of India, and past President of Asia Pacific Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), and Oculoplastic Society of India. He was Founder Honorary Secretary of Oculoplastic Society of India, Chairman of Subspecialty Committee of International Council of Ophthalmology, and Chairman of the Academic and Research Committee of the AIOS. Currently, He is a Councilor-at-Large and Member of the Ophthalmic Education Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), and Chairman of Collegium of the AIOS. ", "His research interests include cataract and orbital and oculoplastic surgery. He innovated the surgical technique for simultaneous levator excision and bilateral fascia lata sling surgery in marcus gunn ptosis, the technique for transnasal wiring in blepharophimosis syndrome, and the technique of fasanella servat surgery which was published in British Journal of Ophthalmology in 1982. ", "Professor Grover has been engaged in ophthalmic education and academics for over 4 decades. He has been instrumental in creation of new highly acclaimed curricula for residency training and subspecialty programs in India. He carried out the first national survey of postgraduate teaching in medical schools, initiated post graduate teaching programs in all zones of the country, pioneered educational webinars and publication of CME series in the country. He has been responsible for the creation and construction of a much appreciated national headquarters for the AIOS office. ", "He has conducted or chaired scores of courses, performed live surgery and delivered over 1,100 invited lectures or talks all over the globe. He has authored/edited 5 books, contributed over 80 chapters in textbooks, and has over 75 publications. ", "Professor Grover has received numerous awards, including the Padma Award, one of the highest civilization awards in India presented by the President, APAO Arthur Lim Award and Distinguished Service Award, and Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of physician and Surgeons of Glasgow and the International Council of Ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 28, "year": "2022", "ranking": 27, "firstName": "Vishali", "lastName": "Gupta ", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/27.jpg", "title": [ "Chief, Vitreoretina and Uveitis Services, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India " ], "biography": [ "Professor Vishali Gupta is currently the Chief of Vitreoretina and Uveitis Services of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. She is also the Editorial Board Member of the Ocular Immunology and Inflammation and Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Associate Editor of the Journal of Ocular Infection and Inflammation. ", "She specializes in uveitis & scleritis and vitreo-retina, and has published a total of 325 SCI publications, with an H-Index of 58, and a total of 11,189 citations. ", "Professor Gupta has participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses, which she serves as the President of the International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG), and the International Board Member of the Society of Immunology and Infectiology Europe. She was the organizer of various meetings, such as the IUSG monthly Education series on uveitis (total planned 30; ongoing 24th) that is attended by nearly 500 comprehensive ophthalmologists from 72 countries, and the International Uveitis Symposium at Utretch, Netherlands, 2023. ", "Professor Gupta holds a patent for the Quadruplex PCR for mycobacterium tuberculosis; toxoplasmosis, fungi and CMV. Apart from innovation, she also contributes to training and education. She has been working as teaching faculty in a tertiary care referral institute in North India and have supervised 26 theses during residency in ophthalmology and 5 PhD thesis. She is also the Chairperson of Uvea Committee for Fellowship certification exam FAICO, and the Examiner Saudi Board of Ophthalmology. For the community, she has worked with the slum children and was involved in sponsoring their higher education. ", "Numerous awards and honors have been granted to Professor Gupta for her notable contributions, such as the Top 2% of world scientists by Stanford University, the Dr. Ajit Babu Award and Named Lecture by Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society, and an oration by Bengal Uvea Summit. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 29, "year": "2022", "ranking": 28, "firstName": "Mingguang", "lastName": "He", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/28.jpg", "title": [ "Chair Professor, Experimental Ophthalmology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Mingguang He is currently the Chair Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He also served as the Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center, Center for Eye Research Australia (CERA), University of Melbourne, Australia, and the Associate Director and Professor of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou. ", "Professor He specializes in ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness and big data and AI. He has published a total of 457 publications and has an H-Index of 70, with over 20,000 citations. He is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Editorial Board Member of various journals, such as Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. He was the panel and committees for clinical guidelines and consensus, such as the WHO Expert Consensus on Myopia and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Task Force for Myopia. ", "Apart from publications, Professor He has been involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the Founding Council Member of Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society, and the Founding President of the Asia-Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society. He was also the Director of the Preventive Ophthalmology Panel of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. ", "Professor He is a world-renowned clinician scientist promoting innovative medical treatments for eye diseases. He invented new methods and devices, which received National Medical Products Administration approval in China and Conformité Européenne marking approval in Europe as a medical device to control myopia in children in 2022. ", "Professor He also contributes to training and education. He supervised 29 research fellows and scientists at the CERA. He also gives back to the community by developing the first ever AI-based diabetic retinopathy screening program in Fiji. ", "Many awards and honors, such as the Richard Fan Distinguished Lectureship from the Singapore National Eye Center, Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award Second Prize, are given to Professor He as a recognition for his contributions." ] }, { "rowIndex": 30, "year": "2022", "ranking": 29, "firstName": "Paul", "lastName": "Healey", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Glaucoma Service, Westmead Hospital, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Paul Healey is currently the Clinical Associate Professor of the Western Clinical School and the Central Clinical School of The University of Sydney. He is also the Director of Glaucoma Service, Westmead Hospital, and the Treasurer of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia. ", "Dr. Healey specializes in glaucoma and ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness. He has published 156 SCI publications and has an H-index of 26 with a total of 2,940 citations. He is currently the Editorial Board Member of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, Asian Journal of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, and Translational Visual Science and Technology. ", "Dr. Healey has been involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is currently the Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society, and the Secretary and Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society. He also took part in organizing the World Glaucoma Congress (2008, 2017), Glaucoma Society Congress (2018), and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (Regional Coordinator). He was the previous Chair of Educational Strategies Committee and member of Qualification and Education Committee Committee of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. ", "Dr. Healey holds patents for techniques such as trypan blue staining of antifibrotic agents during glaucoma surgery. He also involves in education by teaching medical students and residents via affiliation with the University of Sydney and establishing Westmead Glaucoma Fellowship for training doctors from Asia. Dr. Healey gives back to the community such as helping to create and grow the World Glaucoma Association–International Council of Ophthalmology Africa Scholarships for glaucoma training. ", "Awards such as Gillies Medal from the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society and the International Clinician Scientist Award from the World Glaucoma Association were presented to Dr. Healey to recognize his contributions. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 31, "year": "2022", "ranking": 30, "firstName": "Santosh", "lastName": "Honavar ", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/30.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ocular Oncology, Center for Sight and CFS Education, India " ], "biography": [ "Dr. Santosh Honavar is currently the Director of the Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ocular Oncology, Center for Sight and CFS Education. He is also the Director of National Retinoblastoma Foundation, Associate Director of the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), and Adjunct Professor of the University of Rochester and Case Western University. ", "Dr. Honavar is specialized in ocular oncology and pathology and orbital and oculoplastic surgery. He has published 268 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 59, with a total of 12,857 citations. He is the Editor of the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO) and IJO Case Reports, and a reviewer for Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, etc. ", "Besides publications, Dr. Honavar participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the Program Secretary of the International Society of Ocular Oncology and has served as the Program Committee (Oculoplasty) for American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Dr. Honavar has also organized several highly successful international conferences in Hyderabad—International Congress of Ocular Oncology 2004, Asia-ARVO Meeting 2010, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness meeting 2012, etc. ", "Dr. Honavar has introduced evidence-based management protocols for retinoblastoma, multimodal treatment of orbital retinoblastoma, advanced orbital tumors and adenoid cystic carcinoma, and brachytherapy for advanced conjunctival neoplasia. These have been accepted and adapted internationally. ", "For training and education, Dr. Honavar runs a fellowship program in ophthalmic plastic surgery and ocular oncology and trained over 70 fellows. He also runs the International Council of Ophthalmology International Retinoblastoma Fellowship. He established and headed an ophthalmology residency program at LVPEI. To give back to the community, he collaborated with CanKids for equity in eye cancer care, transcending social and economic barriers. ", "As a recognition for his contributions, awards such as Lifetime Achievement Award by AAO and Hall of Fame Award by Karnataka Ophthalmological Society were given. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 32, "year": "2022", "ranking": 31, "firstName": "Ava", "lastName": "Hossain", "country": "Bangladesh", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/31.jpg", "title": [ "Director cum Chief Consultant, Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh Eye Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh" ], "biography": [ "Professor Ava Hossain is Director cum Chief Consultant at the Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) Eye Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is the President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and Chairperson of the APAO Women-in-Ophthalmology Standing Committee. She is also an advisor of the Women Ophthalmologists Worldwide. She was also President of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Academy of Ophthalmology and OSB and Founding President of Bangladesh Community Ophthalmological Society. ", "Her significant contributions toward preventing blindness in Bangladesh and Asia-Pacific Region are widely recognized. She has long 43 years' experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Bangladesh. She was recognized as the top 100 influential women ophthalmologists of the world by The Ophthalmologist power list 2021. ", "In 2020 she received Honorary Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) Award, as a mark of an outstanding stalwart of ophthalmology. \r\n \r\nProfessor Hossain is the recipient of many prestigious international and national awards, including APAO Distinguished Service Award, APAO Arthur Lim Award, APAO Achievement Award, Modasser-Daud-Mala SAARC Award, Shusila Biswal Memorial Award by Indian Alumni Group of International Center for Eye Health of London, Mubarak Ali Memorial Gold Medal, Alim Memorial Gold Medal, Life Time Achievement Award of OSB, and Professor Humuyan Kabir Memorial Award of Bangladesh Academy of Ophthalmology. She is also recipient of SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology (SAO) highest award the SAO Founder's Award. ", "She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Ocular Surgery News - APAO Edition and Editorial Board Member of the Austin Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology, and a reviewer for the International Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "She is an author and co-author of 77 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has delivered a large number of invited symposium and oration lectures in ophthalmology, both nationally and internationally. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 33, "year": "2022", "ranking": 32, "firstName": "Fung-Rong", "lastName": "Hu", "country": "Chinese Taipei", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/32.jpg", "title": [ "Chief, Corneal Service, National Taiwan University Hospital, Chinese Taipei" ], "biography": [ "Professor Fung-Rong Hu is the Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the Medical College, National Taiwan University and Chief of Corneal Service, National Taiwan University Hospital. She received her ophthalmology residency training at the National Taiwan University Hospital and corneal fellowship training at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. ", "Professor Hu served as the Chair of Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Vice Superintendent of National Taiwan University Hospital, President of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei, and President of Taiwan Academy of Ophthalmology. She is currently the Medical Director of National Eye Bank of Taiwan (NEBT), President of Corneal Society of Taiwan Academy of Ophthalmology, and Council Member of the Asia Corneal Society. ", "Professor Hu has extensive research experience in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of corneal diseases. She has published more than 200 articles in the international peer-reviewed Journals. Bringing research into practice, Professor Hu's raised fund and led to the establishment of the NEBT in 2013 that served the whole Chinese Taipei. The NEBT has accelerated the promotion of tissue donation and assured the quality of donor tissues to address the transplant needs in Chinese Taipei. ", "Professor Hu's clinical and research achievement has been recognized in Chinese Taipei by the Ten Outstanding Young Women in Chinese Taipei bestowed upon by the President of Chinese Taipei; Profession Medal bestowed upon by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chinese Taipei; the Distinguished Service Award, Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award, and Achievement Award from Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology; Asia Cornea Foundation Medalist Lecture (Asia) Award from Asia Corneal Society; and Douglas Coster Medal Lecture Award from Australia and New Zealand Corneal Society. Her achievements have earned her a membership of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis and a Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 34, "year": "2022", "ranking": 33, "firstName": "Jeong-Min", "lastName": "Hwang ", "country": "Republic of Korea", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/33.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea " ], "biography": [ "Professor Jeong-Min Hwang is currently the Professor of the Seoul National University. She has served as the Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Public Relations, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center. ", "Professor Hwang specializes in neuro-ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, and big data and AI. She has published 359 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 39, with a total of 6,688 citations. ", "Apart from publications, she has also been involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. She is the Councilor of the Asian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and the Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society. She also served as the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee in the 9th Asian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, the Asia-Pacific Coordinator of the 31st Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, and the Host Coordinator of the 27th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress. ", "Professor Hwang holds several patents such as the Head Mounted Display and the Display Method and The Objective Visual Acuity Test System by Computer Device. She also contributes to training and education by providing medical service and education in Angkor Hospital for children in Cambodia and Bangladesh Koramtola Hospital. ", "Professor Hwang also published books and book chapters, such as Chapter 16 Strabismus syndromes in the book Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. ", "To give back to the community, she has been the consultant of the Heart-to-Heart Foundation's Vision Recovery Support Project and has served as the Advisory Committee of the Korea Blindness Prevention Foundation. ", "As a recognition for her works, awards such as the Excellence Academic Pioneer Award of Korean Ophthalmological Society and the Excellence Editor Award of the Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society were given to Professor Hwang. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 35, "year": "2022", "ranking": 34, "firstName": "Reynaldo M", "lastName": "Javate ", "country": "Philippines", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/34.jpg", "title": [ "Chief, Lacrimal, Orbital and Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Section, University of Santo Tomas Hospital Eye Institute, Philippines" ], "biography": [ "Dr. Reynaldo M Javate is the Founding President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2000. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Former President of the Philippine Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye.", "Dr. Javate is Professor III of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery with 35 years in service of teaching ophthalmology and Chief of Lacrimal, Orbital and Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Section of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) Eye Institute, and served as Chairman of the USTH Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology for 13 years.", "The University of Santo Tomas (UST) awarded him the 1st and 3rd Dangal ng UST Awardee Best Invention Award in 1995 and 2001, 2nd Dangal ng UST Awardee Best Published Research Work in 1999 and in 2003, and the Hall of Fame Award. He received six Gold and one Silver Series Awards for his research productivity and garnered three International Publications Award for publishing his research in journals indexed in the Web of Science/Scopus. He received The Outstanding Thomasian Alumni (TOTAL) Award in Health Medicine in 2005.", "He was awarded by the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology, the Outstanding Ophthalmic Educator Award for his significant contributions to the improvement of education and training in the country and the Geminiano de Ocampo Outstanding Researcher in Ophthalmology Award, the highest research award for his outstanding work in medical research in 2010.", "He was given the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award in 2015 and the APAO Distinguished Service Award in 2016.", "Dr. Javate's accomplishments include publications of articles and books and over 352 lectures, instructional courses, cadaveric and live demonstrations worldwide. He is also a scientific reviewer of various internationally peer-reviewed journals. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 36, "year": "2022", "ranking": 35, "firstName": "Se Woong", "lastName": "Kang ", "country": "Republic of Korea", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/35.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea" ], "biography": [ "Professor Se Woong Kang is currently the Professor of the Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is the former Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology in the Samsung Medical Center. ", "Professor Kang specializes in vitreo-retina. He has published 96 SCI publications with a total of 3,345 citations. He is the Academic Editor of journal PLOS ONE. Besides publications, he also participated in ophthalmic societies, such as Chairman of the Committee for Korean Epidemiologic Study of Major Ocular Disorders and member of American Society of Retina Specialists, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, etc. He was the Secretary General in Korean Retina Society and Director of Strategic Planning in Korean Ophthalmological Society. ", "Professor Kang holds the patent for Subretinal Aspiration and Injection Device and Metamorphopsia testing and related methods. He also contributes to education by co-authoring the books Retinal Detachment (Korean Textbook) and Retina (Korean Textbook). ", "As a recognition for his works and contributions, awards such as the Award for Academic Frontier in The Korean Ophthalmologic Society, Taejoon ophthalmic Award, the 15th Topcon Ophthalmic Award, and the Academic Award of Lee's Eye Center were presented to Professor Kang. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 37, "year": "2022", "ranking": 36, "firstName": "Mee Kum", "lastName": "Kim", "country": "Republic of Korea", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/36.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea" ], "biography": [ "Professor Mee Kum Kim is a Professor in Department of Ophthalmology of Seoul National University College of Medicine of South Korea. She earned her MD in Seoul National University College of Medicine and received her doctorate (PhD) in ophthalmology from Seoul National University College of Medicine. ", "She served as President of Korea Cornea Society (2020–2021). Her current work focuses on immunological aspects in corneal transplantation and the relation of gut microbiota to the autoimmune dry eye disease. ", "She has published 247 SCI articles in answering important scientific questions about corneal disease and ocular immune reactions in variable ophthalmic disease. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 38, "year": "2022", "ranking": 37, "firstName": "Hyo-Myung", "lastName": "Kim", "country": "Republic of Korea", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/37.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Korea University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea" ], "biography": [ "Professor Hyo-Myung Kim is currently the Professor of the Korea University College of Medicine. He served as the President of Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (KSCRS), Korea University Medicine, and Korean Dry Eye Society (KDES). He was the Dean of Korea University College of Medicine, and is a regular member of the National Academy of Medicine of Korea. ", "Professor Kim specializes in cataract and cornea and external eye diseases. He has published 95 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 22. He is the Editorial Board Member of the Korean Journal of Ophthalmology and the Journal of Korean Ophthalmological society (KOS). ", "Besides publications, Professor Kim also involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the Founder and Vice President of the Asia Dry Eye Society, which he started congress activities with Southeast Asian countries included Japan and China on behalf of Korea, and was the President of KDES, KSCRS, and the Korean Corneal Disease Study Group (KCDSG). He also served as the Chairman of the KOS. ", "Professor Kim holds the patent for iris barrier, meibomian gland extruder, and the composition for treating dry eye syndrome containing blueberry extract as an active ingredient. He has also contributed to the development of corneal refractive surgery with excimer laser in Korea by introduced and performed the first surgery in Korea with LASIK surgery. ", "He also actively contributed to education by supervising more than 120 ophthalmologists and more than 10 MD/PhD members. He also established the diagnosis of Korean dry eye guideline through the KCDSG and introduced a new diagnosis and treatment of dry eye diseases to domestic ophthalmologists. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 39, "year": "2022", "ranking": 38, "firstName": "Shigeru", "lastName": "Kinoshita", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/38.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chair, Department of Frontier Medical Science and Technology for Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan\r\n " ], "biography": [ "Professor Shigeru Kinoshita is currently the Professor and Chair, Department of Frontier Medical Science and Technology for Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. He is also the Honory Distinguished Professor of the Cardiff University and the Adjunct Clinical Senior Scientist of the Schepens Eye Research Institute. ", "Professor Kinoshita specializes in cornea and external eye diseases. He has published 810 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 72 with a total of 21,652 citations. He is also the Editorial Board Member of Cornea and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology and has served as the Associate Editor of the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. ", "Apart from publications, Professor Kinoshita also involves in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is currently the President of the Asia Cornea Society and Japan Tissue Transplantation Society. He was the Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Secretary in General of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society. He served as the Co-director of the World Congress on the Cornea IV and the ARVO Program Planning Committee, Cornea Section. ", "Professor Kinoshita has over 30 patents worldwide. He has been working in cornea and cataract and refractive surgeries and performed many surgeries such as corneal endothelial transplantations. He is the President of Asia Prevention Blindness for rescuing blind people in South Asian countries and is also actively involved in education by mentoring many research and clinical fellows across the world. ", "As a recognition of his contributions, awards such as the Coster Lecture by the Australian and New Zealand Cornea Society and the Charles D. Kelman Innovator Award by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery were awarded to Professor Kinoshita. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 40, "year": "2022", "ranking": 39, "firstName": "Timothy YY", "lastName": "Lai", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/39.jpg", "title": [ "Clinical Professor (Honorary), Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Timothy YY Lai is currently Clinical Professor (Honorary) of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Director of the 2010 Retina and Macula Center, Hong Kong.", "His clinical and research interests lie in the medical and surgical management of retinal diseases, particularly polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, choroidal neovascularization, central serous chorioretinopathy, diabetic retinopathy, and myopic maculopathy. He has served as a Principal Investigator in over 25 multicentered clinical trials for the treatment of retinal diseases and uveitis.", "Professor Lai has published over 270 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has an H-index of 58. Based on the publications over the past 10 years, Professor Lai has been listed as the world's number 1 expert in choroidal neovascularization by Expertscape in 2022 and 2023.", "His academic achievements are well-recognized internationally and has received many international awards including Nakajima Award of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2008), Senior Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2017), Constable Lecture Award of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society (APVRS) (2017), and Senior Achievement Award of the APAO (2018).", "Professor Lai serves on the editorial boards of over 10 international ophthalmic journals including RETINA, Eye, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmologica, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. His other major leadership roles include Vice President of the APVRS, Section Head of the International Ocular Inflammation Society, and Chair of the AAO Global ONE Advisory Board." ] }, { "rowIndex": 41, "year": "2022", "ranking": 40, "firstName": "Chi-Chun", "lastName": "Lai", "country": "Chinese Taipei", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/40.jpg", "title": [ "Superintendent, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung Branch, Chinese Taipei" ], "biography": [ "Professor Chi-Chun Lai is the Superintendent of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung branch in Chinese Taipei. He serves as an Ophthalmology Professor at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University. He began his medical education at Kaohsiung Medical University in 1983 and complete his residency of ophthalmology in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo. His retinal fellowship training is at Columbia University in New York City. ", "He is an active and well recognized participant in the international society. He is the current President of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS), which is the largest retinal society in Asia. He is one of the founding members of this organization and has been a Council Member of APVRS since its establishment. He was elected as the President of the Taiwan Macular Society from 2017 to 2019 and currently the Standing Director of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei from 2018 to 2021. He is a member of the prestigious Club Jules Gonin and The Macular Society. He has been directly involved in the organizing of many international meetings and participates in various activities in international societies for public health. ", "Professor Lai has directed, organized, as well as lectured in countless international events. His main interest and research are in macular disorders. He is the first researcher who used blood to assist internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in macular hole repair. In addition, he also does basic research to explore the pathophysiology and new treatment options for macular diseases. He is one of the pioneers in gene therapy for experimental choroidal neovascularization. His novel techniques to use auto-blood and ILM reposition in treatment of macular hole retinal detachment had increased the successful rate from 50% to nearly 100%. ", "Professor Lai has published over 275 review articles. He has been an invited speaker at international meetings and is the Editor of multiple scientific journals. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 42, "year": "2022", "ranking": 41, "firstName": "Jimmy", "lastName": "Lai", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41.jpg", "title": [ "Adjunct Professor, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Jimmy Lai has worked in the public health care service including the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority, and The University of Hong Kong until his retirement. ", "He was appointed the Chief of Services of the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Grantham Hospital, The University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital, and Gleneagles Hospital, and Acting Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong. He has served the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong as Vice President (Professional Affairs) and as President. He has also served the Asian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness as Medical Director. ", "Professor Lai is now in private practice at the Gleneagles Hospital, Hong Kong. ", "Professor Lai was one of the pioneers in applying argon laser peripheral iridoplasty, selective laser trabeculoplasty, goniosynechialysis, EX-PRESS glaucoma shunt, XEN glaucoma implant in the treatment of various types of closed angle and open angle glaucoma in Hong Kong. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 43, "year": "2022", "ranking": 42, "firstName": "Jongsoo", "lastName": "Lee", "country": "Republic of Korea", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/42.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Pusan National University College of Medicine and Hospital, Republic of Korea" ], "biography": [ "Professor Jongsoo Lee serves as the Professor of the Pusan National University College of Medicine and Hospital. He is currently President of the Korean Ophthalmological Society and is the former President of Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon, Korean Dry Eye Society, Korean Cornea and External Ocular Disease Society, Korean Contact Lens Society, and the Korean Optometry Society. ", "Professor Lee specializes in cataract, cornea and external eye diseases, ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, orbital and oculoplastic surgery, and refractive surgery. He has published 115 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 25 with a total of 2,872 citations. He is the Editorial board Member of the Journal of Korean Medical Science and the Korean Journal of Ophthalmology. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Korean Ophthalmological Society and the Founder and Editor of the Journal of Annals of Optometry and Contact Lens. ", "Apart from publications, Professor Lee also involves in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the President of the Korean Ophthalmological International network and Korean-Chinese-Japanese Ophthalmologists Joint Meeting Program Committee. ", "Professor Lee holds several patents, such as the method of simulation for choroidal blood flow, etc. He has also contributed to training and education by serving as the Research Review Board of the Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital. ", "Professor Lee also contributes to the society by providing ophthalmological medical service and counseling for domestic residents and foreign workers in the domestic medical vulnerable region. ", "As a recognition for his work, numerous awards were given to Professor Lee, such as the Distinguish Service Award from the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and the Ministerial Award from the Ministry of Health and Welfare." ] }, { "rowIndex": 44, "year": "2022", "ranking": 43, "firstName": "Shu Yen", "lastName": "Lee", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/43.jpg", "title": [ "Head, Surgical Retina, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore" ], "biography": [ "Professor Shu Yen Lee is currently Head of Surgical Retina, Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) and Associate Professor of SingHealth Duke National University of Singapore. She is the President of Singapore Society of Ophthalmogocial Society (2012–2023), Vice President of College of Ophthalmologists, Academy of Medicine (2017–2019), Council Member and Regional Secretary (Singapore) of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) (2012–2023), and Council Member of ASEAN Ophthalmology Society. ", "Professor Lee research interest focuses on vitreo-retina. She has contributed to training and education as a Core Faculty Member of SNEC Residency Program, Member of Clinical Competency Committee, and Member of Program Evaluation Committee. ", "She has also taken part in the organization of Singapore-Malaysia Joint Meeting in Ophthalmology (2012–2020), International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting 2012, APAO Singapore Congress 2017 as Congress Vice President, and Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society Meeting 2020. ", "Professor Lee was awarded the Distinguished Service Award and Achievement Award from the APAo for her contributions and works." ] }, { "rowIndex": 45, "year": "2022", "ranking": 44, "firstName": "Christopher KS", "lastName": "Leung", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/44.jpg", "title": [ "Clinical Professor and Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Christopher KS Leung is currently the Clinical Professor and Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also the Director of the HKU Eye Center, the Chief of Service (Ophthalmology) of Queen Mary Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. ", "Professor Leung specializes in glaucoma. He published 160 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 50 with a total of 7,770 citations. He is the Editorial Board Member of ophthalmic journals, such as British Journal of Ophthalmology (Section Editor) and the American Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Besides publications, Professor Leung has participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the Co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines Working Group and the Associate Advisory Board Member of the World Glaucoma Association. He was also the Section Head of the Asia-Australia Controversies in Ophthalmology Congress and the Scientific Program Coordinator of the World Ophthalmology Congress. ", "Professor Leung holds several patents, including the method and system for determining risk of primary angle closure and related glaucoma from 360-degree imaging of anterior chamber angles and the Optical Texture Analysis of the Inner Retina, etc. He also founded two startup companies for innovations in ophthalmology. ", "Professor Leung has supervised 27 MPhil/PhD students and served as Head of Graduate Division. He has been Course Instructor for the American Academy of Ophthalmology for more than 11 years. He also initiated a charity cataract program to provide free cataract surgery at HKU Eye Center to the socially disadvantaged and financially derived cataract patients. ", "Awards such as Hong Kong Most Outstanding Leaders Award and the World Information Technology and Services Alliance Global Information and Communications Excellence Award were given as a recognition for Professor Leung's contributions. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 46, "year": "2022", "ranking": 45, "firstName": "Xiaoxin", "lastName": "Li", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/45.jpg", "title": [ "General President, Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Xiaoxin Li is General President of Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University and former Dean of Peking Eye Center of Peking University. She is Honorary President of the Chinese Women Eye Doctor Association, Honorary President of the Chinese Ophthalmology Society, Honoray President of the Chinese Ocular Fundus Diseases Society (Chinese Vitreo-Retina Society), Academician of Academic Ophthalmologica Internationalis, and member of the American Macula Society. She is President of the Chinese Board Examination for Residency in Ophthalmology and promoted the tech/surgical skill training in residency by establishing the largest dry/wet lab in China organized by the Chinese Woman Eye Doctor Association. ", "She is well-known in China as a clinician and scientist in vitreous and retina field. She drafted out the Chinese guidelines for diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and intraocular injections. She contributed to separating the oscillatory potentials from B-wave of electroretinogram using Fourier Transform in 1990; and reducing the incidence of ROP in Beijing by rebuilding a localized screening network. As a national principal investigator, she organized nine multicenter randomized clinical trials for drugs. Since 2010 she published 137 and 117 papers in international and Chinese peer-reviewed journals respectively, and wrote textbooks and chapters on diseases of vitreous and retina. ", "She received the Son Qingling Award from Son Qingling Children's Medical Foundation, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chinese Ophthalmologic Society, Holmes Lecture Award and Tano Lecture Award from the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Golden Apple and Golden Key Awards from the American Chinese Ophthalmology Society. In 2023 she was awarded the 1st Asia-Pacific Eye Top 100 Ophthalmologists. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 47, "year": "2022", "ranking": 46, "firstName": "Xiaorong", "lastName": "Li", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/46.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Xiaorong Li is the Director of Tianjin Medical University (TMU) Eye Hospital as well as Tianjin Medical University Eye Institute and School of Optometry, TMU. He currently holds the position of Expert Member of the Ophthalmic branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the Committee Member of the Retinal Group of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society, the Committee Member of the Chinese Ophthalmologist Association, and the Vice Chairman of the Ophthalmic branch of the Chinese Geriatric Medical Society. He serves as an Adjunct Senior Principal Clinician Scientist of Singapore Eye Research Institute. ", "Professor Li is committed to clinical and basic research of ophthalmology, especially in vitreoretinal surgery, diagnosis and treatment of fundus disease, prevention and research of diabetic eye disease. His related research results have been selected as one of national top ten advances in ocular fundus diseases in 2015 and one of national top ten advances in ophthalmology in 2021. ", "Under Professor Li's excellent leadership, the hospital has been active in the public welfare medical activities in remote areas. In 2021, TMU Eye Hospital has won the title of National Advanced Group in Poverty Alleviation in recognition of the TMU Eye Hospital's great contributions toward the social benefit activities which is the highest honor for fighting against poverty in China. ", "Professor Li received the Holmes Lecture Award (2008), Susruta Lecture Award (2010), and Distinguished Service Award (2023) from the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in recognition of his vital contributions and meritorious service toward the work of ophthalmology, control of mass blindness and medical science. ", "Professor Li has undertaken six state funds and several projects from other levels. He has published over 300 publications in the top journals nationally and internationally including more than 80 peer-reviewed papers as corresponding author. He has served as an Editor-in-Chief of the national 13th Five-Year Plan undergraduate textbook entitled Ophthalmology. ", " " ] }, { "rowIndex": 48, "year": "2022", "ranking": 47, "firstName": "Yuen Mei Emmy", "lastName": "Li", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/47.jpg", "title": [ "Consultant Ophthalmologist, CMER Eye Center, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Dr. Yuen Mei Emmy Li is currently the Consultant Ophthalmologist of the C-MER Eye Center. She is also the Honorary Assistant Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and the Honorary Associate Consultant of the Hong Kong Eye Hospital. ", "Dr. Li specializes in cataract, ocular oncology and pathology, ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, and orbital and oculoplastic surgery. She has published 46 SCI Publications and has an H-Index of 16. She is also the Editorial board Member of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Expert Board Member of the International Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Apart from publications, Dr. Li also involves in ophthalmic societies and congresses by being a Standing Committee Member of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and the Vice President of the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society. She was also the Congress President of the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Symposium 2021, and the Scientific Program Committee (Eye Care Delivery Program) of the World Ophthalmology Congress 2018. ", "Dr. Li was first to introduce \"Weekly intravenous pulse steroid treatment for Thyroid-associated orbitopathy\" at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital. To contribute to education, she served as the Course Instructor for the Basic Eyelid Surgery Course of the CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Program. She is also the Volunteer Faculty of ORBIS International. ", "To give back to society, Dr. Li involves in many charitable organizations, such as being the Executive Committee of the Project Vision Charitable Foundation, and the Ambassador Doctor of the CUHK Jockey Club Hong Kong Children Eye Care Program. ", "Numerous awards, such as the Outstanding Service Award in Prevention of Blindness (APAO) and the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, were given to Dr. Li as a recognition of her achievements. ", " " ] }, { "rowIndex": 49, "year": "2022", "ranking": 48, "firstName": "Yizhi", "lastName": "Liu", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/48.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Yizhi Liu is currently the Director, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University. He is also the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University. ", "Professor Liu is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Vision, the Associate Editor of Current Molecular Medicine, and the Editorial Board Member of journals such as the Chinese Journal of Optometry Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Chinese Medical Journal. He was the Editorial Board Member for the Guide for Modern Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery, People's Medical Publishing House, and the Chief translator of Cataract Surgery, People's Military Medical Press. ", "He specializes in cataract, ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, and regenerative medicine, stem cell and gene therapy. He has published 159 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 41 with a total of 7,000 citations. ", "Besides publications, Professor Liu also participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), Chairman of Ophthalmology Association of Guangdong province, and the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society and the Ocular Cataract Association of China. He also participated in international meetings, such as serving as the International Advisory Board Member of the APAO Congress and the Co-chairman of the \"ZOC-Stanford\" Joint Symposium of Ophthalmology. ", "Professor Liu holds several patents and has long been committed to the prevention and treatment of blindness. At present, more than 200,000 cataract patients' vision has been saved. ", "Awards such as the 1st Prize of Guangdong Province Education and Teaching Achievements, Chinese National Award for Outstanding Teacher supported by Baosteal, Science and Technology Progress Award, and APACRS Gold Medal, were given to Professor Liu as a recognition for his achievements. ", " " ] }, { "rowIndex": 50, "year": "2022", "ranking": 49, "firstName": "Zuguo", "lastName": "Liu", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/49.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Eye Institute of Xiamen University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Zuguo Liu is currently the Director of Eye Institute of Xiamen University and President of the First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China. He graduated from Hunan Hengyang Medical College with a medical degree in 1985 and Sun Yat-sen Medical University with a PhD degree in 1996. He was Deputy Director of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (2003–2006) and Dean of School of Medicine, Xiamen University (2006–2017). He is Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor (2002), recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund (2002), Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology, former President of Asia Dry Eye Society, Member of Asia Cornea Society, Member of the Standing Committee of Ophthalmology Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Head of Ocular Surface and Dry Eye Group, Member of Standing Committee of Ophthalmology Branch of Chinese Medical Association and Deputy Chief of Corneal Disease Group, Chair of Eye Care and Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques Committee of China Association of Chinese Medicine. ", "He has published more than 40 textbooks/monographs and more than 500 scientific articles, among which include more than 200 papers in SCI journals. He has won the second prize of National Science and Technology Award three times and the first prize of Ministry and Provincial Science and Technology Award nine times, and has been granted and disclosed nearly 60 patents. ", "His research has received support from more than 50 grants. He won the 8th Chinese Youth Science and Technology Award, WuXi AppTec Medicinal Chemistry Award, Chinese Ophthalmology Outstanding Achievement Award, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, Wu Jieping Pharmaceutical Innovation Award, and Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen Medical Pharmacy Award. ", "As a devoted educator, he has trained more than 140 postdoctoral, doctoral, and master students. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 51, "year": "2022", "ranking": 50, "firstName": "Catherine", "lastName": "Liu", "country": "Chinese Taipei", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/50.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Chinese Taipei " ], "biography": [ "Professor Catherine Liu is Professor of National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University and serves as honored attending staff at the Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital where she has been the Immediate Past Chairperson for 7 years. She is also Immediate Past President of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei. She is a distinguished alumnus of National Yang-Ming University where she graduated with a cum laude distinction. She is the President of the Asia-Pacific Joint Glaucoma Congress in 2010 which preludes the unification of three independent glaucoma societies in the Asia-Pacific region at the time. She contributed to the establishment of Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society where she remains to be one of the Board Members. ", "Professor Liu completed fellowship training in Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School and then returned to Chinese Taipei. She has been devoted to education and training for students in medical school, as well as residents, fellows, and junior staff in the Department of Ophthalmology of Taipei Veterans General Hospital for more than 30 years. ", "Professor Liu has published more than 150 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer for several prestigious journal in ophthalmology including JAMA Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Eye. She is one of the commentators in the journal of International Glaucoma Review (the journal of the World Glaucoma Association) and an Associate Editor-in-Chief in Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology. \r\n \r\nProfessor Liu proposed to Taipei City Government a plan to mitigate the increasing severity of early-onset and progression of myopia in young children, which yielded to the launch of Myopia Investigation Study in Taipei in 2013. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 52, "year": "2022", "ranking": 51, "firstName": "David A", "lastName": "Mackey ", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, The University of Western Australia, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Professor David A Mackey is Professor of The University of Western Australia, Australia. He was one of the coordinators of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress in 2021; the Steering Committee for the 2019 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting; the Local Organizing Committee of World Glaucoma Congress in 2019; and an International Advisory Board member of the Scientific Program Committee of APAO in 2018. ", "He was awarded the Order of Australia (2019) for his distinguished service to medicine and to medical education in the field of ophthalmology as an academic/clinician-scientist. He received APAO Achievement Award (2016), American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award (2015), Kevin Bell Churchill Fellowship Trust Award (2015), Harvard Club of Australia Ferris Family Nonprofit Fellowship Award (2014), APAO Distinguished Service Award (2011), Alcon Research Institute Award (2010), and the University Foundation Graduate Award from University of Tasmania (2009). ", "His research focuses on genetics of inherited eye diseases, and he has been extensively involved in peer review of genetics and ophthalmology articles, research grants, fellowships, and academic career promotions. He is on the Editorial Board of Ophthalmic Genetics journal. He currently reviews approximately 50 manuscripts per year for the world's leading clinical and scientific ophthalmic and genetics journals. ", "He is also involved as a teacher in the Western Australian Ophthalmology Training Program. In 2020, He takes part in the case-based learning as a means of preparing ophthalmology trainees for RANZCO's Advanced Clinical Examination (RACE). He has trained 1 MD, 12 PhD, 8 Masters, and 5 honors students and is currently supervising 4 PhD students. He was also the mentor of early career scientists of The University of Western Australia Mentoring Program." ] }, { "rowIndex": 53, "year": "2022", "ranking": 52, "firstName": "Frank", "lastName": "Martin", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Sydney, Australia" ], "biography": [ "Professor Frank Martin is a Visiting Ophthalmologist at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network at Westmead and at Sydney Eye Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor at The University of Sydney in the Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health and in Ophthalmology. He is President of the Board of the Children's Medical Research Institute and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the Asia-Pacific Myopia Society, and the Orthoptic Advisory Committee. He served as President of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologist (RANZCO) from 1997 to 1998 and of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology from 2009 to 2013. He has also been President of the International Strabismological Association (ISA), the International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council and a member of the Board of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). ", "He has received a number of Distinguished Awards including the RANZCO College Medal, the Jose Rizal Medal, the Michelle Beets Memorial Award, the ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award for teaching, a Secretariat Award from the AAO, an Honour Award from the American Association of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the Linksz Medal from the ISA, and the Archie Telfer Prize from Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospitals. ", "He has a special interest in strabismus and amblyopia and in pediatric eye disorders. He has been a strong advocate for preschool vision screening and was in the pivotal group that initiated the successful StEPS preschool vision screening program in New South Wales (NSW). ", "Professor Martin has served the College in many ways throughout his career including being Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Chairman of the Part II Court of Examiners, Qualification and Education Committee, Treasurer and many years on the RANZCO NSW Branch Committee. Throughout his career he has played an active role in the education and teaching of medical students, orthoptists, nurses, and the next generation of ophthalmologists. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 54, "year": "2022", "ranking": 53, "firstName": "Keith R", "lastName": "Martin ", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/53.jpg", "title": [ "Head of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Professor Keith R Martin is the Managing Director of the Center for Eye Research Australia, the Ringland Anderson Professor and Head of Ophthalmology of the University of Melbourne, and the Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the University of Cambridge. ", "Professor Martin specializes in glaucoma and regenerative medicine, stem cell and gene therapy. He has published 214 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 55 with a total of 11,615 citations. He is the Associate Editor of the Translational Vision Science and Technology, and is the Editorial Board Member of journals such as Journal of Glaucoma and the International Glaucoma Review. ", "Besides publications, Professor Martin also involves in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is currently the President and Executive Committee Member of the Glaucoma Society of Australia and New Zealand. He was the Academic Organizer of the Cambridge Ophthalmological Symposium and is also the co-organizer of the Obergurgl Optic Nerve Meeting. ", "Professor Martin has secured multiple patents related to the use of gene therapy to treat blinding eye diseases. He has also made a significant impact on improving the care of glaucoma patients through his leadership in community-based projects, some of which served as the model for several similar shared care schemes in the UK and Australia. ", "Professor Martin has supervised undergraduate and graduate students, residents, fellows, and allied health professionals, many of whom have gone on to build successful careers at leading institutions worldwide. ", "Professor Martin has been awarded with numerous awards, such as the Lowe Medal from the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and The Ophthalmologist Power List 2019 (Ranked #4), as a recognition of his achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 55, "year": "2022", "ranking": 54, "firstName": "Jodhbir S", "lastName": "Mehta", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/54.jpg", "title": [ "Executive Director and Head of the Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Jodhbir S Mehta is Executive Director and Head of the Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI). He is the former Head (2012–2022) and currently a Senior Consultant of the Corneal and Refractive Service in Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He is a Distinguished Professor of Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School at SNEC; a Named Professor of Clinical Innovation at SNEC/SERI; Director of Education, Singhealth Transplant; and Deputy Executive Director of SingHealth Duke-NUS Cell Therapy Center. ", "Professor Mehta has published over 490 peer-reviewed papers and 20 book chapters, with an H-index of 65 and total citations of 16,340. His research work has generated 16 patents, 5 of which have been licensed to companies. ", "Professor Mehta has trained 30 international fellows, 5 masters students, and 8 PhD students. He leads a clinical service and runs a research program comprising of clinical and translational studies. His work focuses on corneal transplantation, femtosecond laser technology, corneal refractive surgery, keratoprosthesis surgery and corneal genetics. On Expertscape.com he is ranked number 1 for expertise in cornea and number 2 for refractive surgery in the world. ", "Professor Mehta has given over 380 invited plenary symposiums and named lectures globally with over 63 national and international awards, most recently the Casebeer Award from International Society of Refractive Surgery/American Academy of Ophthalmology (2020), the Charles Tillett Lecture from the Fuchs Society, US (2020), and the 11th College of Ophthalmologist Lecture, Singapore (2022). " ] }, { "rowIndex": 56, "year": "2022", "ranking": 55, "firstName": "Dan", "lastName": "Milea", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/55.jpg", "title": [ "Head of Department, Visual Neuroscience Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Dan Milea is the Head of the Visual Neuroscience Research Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Senior Clinician in the Neuro-Ophthalmology Department of the Singapore National Eye Center, and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore.  ", "Among his various research interests in neuro-ophthalmology and visual neuroscience (hereditary optic neuropathies, nonvisual responses to light, cortical control of eye movements), he has a special focus on deep learning methods applied to neuro-ophthalmology, neurology and neuro-degenerative diseases. In this context, he has created a very large international study group entitled BONSAI (Brain and Optic Nerve Study with Artificial Intelligence), which has published its first results about papilledema detection in The New England Journal al of Medicine, followed by various other studies in neuro-ophthalmology.  ", "Professor Milea has published over 220 peer-reviewed, indexed publications, and several textbooks and book chapters in ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology. He has been an invited speaker at more than 200 international meetings in Asia, Europe, and worldwide. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 57, "year": "2022", "ranking": 56, "firstName": "Kohji", "lastName": "Nishida", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/56.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan " ], "biography": [ "Professor Kohji Nishida is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University and Director, Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine in World Premier International Research Center Initiative. ", "He received his PhD from Osaka University. From 1998 to 2000 he worked at the Salk Institute in San Diego, CA, studying basic biology using stem cells. In 2006, he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. In 2010, he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. ", "Professor Nishida has been engaged in clinical practice, education, and research in ophthalmology for more than 30 years since his graduation and has trained more than 150 residents. ", "His involvement in translating basic science to clinical applications is remarkable. Of particular note is his discoveries of the development of the world's first procedure for autologous cultivated oral mucosal epithelial cell sheet transplantation for intractable corneal diseases (New Engl J Med 2004) recorded in history and approved with marketed product (Ocural®) in Japan. More noteworthy is the development of human cornea organoid derived from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells (Nature 2016, Nat Protoc 2017), which has completed the world first-in-human clinical trial of iPS-derived corneal tissue. His research is further expanding to investigation on the mechanisms of morphogenesis of the human eye by generation of human conjunctival organoid (Cell Rep 2021) and lacrimal gland organoid (Nature 2022), which are expected to significantly contribute to research in ophthalmology. ", "Professor Nishida has introduced many novel discoveries and treatment methods to the world and is a top runner of ophthalmologist who has been making a long-time contribution to the development of ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 58, "year": "2022", "ranking": 57, "firstName": "Koji", "lastName": "Nishiguchi", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/57.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan" ], "biography": [ "Professor Koji Nishiguchi is currently Professor and Chairman at the Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. After graduating from Nagoya University School of Medicine in 1997, Professor Nishiguchi undertook residency while simultaneously pursuing PhD degree at Nagoya University from 1999 to 2005, under the supervision of Professor Yozo Miyake. During this period, he also received training at Schepens Eye Research Institute, US (Professor Tatsuo Hirose) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, US (Professor Thaddeus P. Dryja) for a total of 3 years as research and medical fellow. ", "Afterwards Professor Nishiguchi established himself as vitreoretinal surgeon while working as an Assistant Professor at Nagoya University Hospital (Professor Hiroko Terasaki) before further expanding his career in the field of molecular genetics at University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2011, Professor Carlo Rivolta) and gene therapy at University College London, UK (2012–2013, Professor Robin Ali), where he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. ", "He continued his career at the Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (Professor Toru Nakazawa) as an Associate Professor and engaged in vitreoretinal surgery and translational research since 2014. His achievements in clinical management of vitreoretinal diseases and gene therapy research allowed him to move on to the current position in October 2020. ", "He has also published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and given lectures at many international conferences. Professor Nishiguchi has substantial experience as a reviewer of grant applications and manuscripts submitted in various international journals. ", "Professor Nishiguchi's outstanding contributions to basic as well as clinical aspects of vitreoretinal diseases have been widely recognized. He has received a number of awards including the Rhoto Award (most prestigious award for eye researchers in Japan) and TakaraBio Award (most prestigious award in Japanese Society of Gene and Cell Therapy). \r\n " ] }, { "rowIndex": 59, "year": "2022", "ranking": 58, "firstName": "Masahito", "lastName": "Ohji", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/58.jpg", "title": [ "Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan" ], "biography": [ "Professor Masahito Ohji is Chairman and Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Japan. He graduated from Osaka University Medical School in 1983 and studied as a Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh in 1990–1993. He had become an Assistant Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School by 1993. ", "Professor Ohji is internationally recognized as a specialist in medical and surgical treatments for retina diseases. He has more than 500 scientific publications and has co-authored many chapters in ophthalmology textbooks. His research interests include retinal and vitreous biology. ", "Professor Ohji has been on the Editorial Board for a range of journals, including, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye Net and Retina Today. ", "Professor Ohji has also served as a Board Member of many societies including Executive Committee Member of the Club Jules Gonin, Vice-President of Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS), and Committee Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Program Committee, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, the Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society, and the Japanese Society for Ocular Circulation. ", "Professor Ohji's outstanding achievements were recognized by numerous awards, including the Tano Award of APVRS, Mori Award of Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society, International Gold Award of Chinese Ophthalmological Society, Senior Achievement Award of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Achievement Award of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, and many more. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 60, "year": "2022", "ranking": 59, "firstName": "Kyoko", "lastName": "Ohno-Matsui", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/59.jpg", "title": [ "Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ohno-Matsui is a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU). She graduated from Yokohama City University Medical School and received her PhD at TMDU. She did postdoctoral fellowship at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University.", "Her research mainly focuses myopia, especially pathologic myopia. She established international photographic classification of myopic maculopathy based on the long-term progression study. She is especially interested in how eye is deformed in pathologic myopia, and then how eye deformity damages retina and optic nerve. As a method to visualize the shape of the entire globe, she established a new technique called '3D MRI of the eye'. Based on 3D MRI and wide-field fundus imaging, she proposed a novel classification of posterior staphyloma. Using various imaging modalities (especially swept-source OCT), she has been detecting structural abnormalities which occur in various tissues in eyes with pathologic myopia. She has also been actively working on ultra-wide field OCT imaging to visualize the entire extent of staphyloma in many patients in vivo.", "She has authored or co-authored 339 manuscripts which were published in peer-reviewed journals.", "She is an active member of The Macular Society, The Retina Society, and Club Jules Gonin. She has been awarded The J. Donald Gass Medal at the Macula Society in 2022. She has delivered Gabriel Coscas lecture in 2021, Stanley Chang lecture in 2022, and Chew Sek Jin lecture in 2023.", "She has been awarded The Jose Rizal Medal at APAO in 2023. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 61, "year": "2022", "ranking": 60, "firstName": "Ki Ho", "lastName": "Park", "country": "Republic of Korea ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/60.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea " ], "biography": [ "Professor Ki Ho Park is currently a Professor of the Seoul National University. He is the Chairman of the Institute of Medical History and Culture, Past Associate Dean for Planning, Seoul National University Hospital, and Past Chairman of the Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and the Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine. ", "Professor Park specializes in glaucoma. He has published 362 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 43 with a total of 7,837 citations. He is the Associate Editor of Journal of Glaucoma, the Section Editor of British Journal of Ophthalmology, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. He is also an Associate Editorial Board Member of International Glaucoma Review and an Editorial Board Member of journals such as the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science and the Korean Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Besides publications, Professor Park also participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He is the President of Glaucoma Research Society and the Vice-President of Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society. He was also the Scientific Program Committee Coordinator and Convener (Glaucoma Invited Program) of World Ophthalmology Congress, Co-chair of World Glaucoma Congress 2017 Scientific Program Committee, and the Convener of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Scientific Program Committee since 2016. ", "Professor Park holds several patents, such as the Development of GCIPL Glaucoma Hemifield Test (Temporal Raphe Sign) and the Introducing explainable artificial intelligence in glaucoma. He also contributes to ophthalmic education by serving as the Director of Resident Education and Training of Korean Ophthalmological Society (2014–2018) and has been involved in training and supervising residents and fellows since 1996. He also provided voluntary medical service for foreigners (Raphael Clinic). ", "Awards such as the Seoul National University Hospital Shim Ho Seop Academy Award and Myungkok Clinical Research Award were given to Professor Park as a recognition for his work. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 62, "year": "2022", "ranking": 61, "firstName": "Kyu Hyung", "lastName": "Park", "country": "Republic of Korea ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/61.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea " ], "biography": [ "Professor Kyu Hyung Park is a Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Seoul National University, Korea. He is one of the leading scientists in medical and surgical retina, ocular genetic epidemiology in Korea. He serves as principal investigator on many clinical trials for age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and retinal vein occlusion. He was a Secretary General of the Korean Ophthalmology Society and Korean Retina Society. ", "He published nearly 300 papers in peer-reviewed SCI journals. His main research interests include pathogenesis, new diagnostic and new therapeutic tools for retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and rare retinal diseases. He has been collecting genetic, proteomic and epidemiologic data on age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy and rare genetic diseases and analyze genetic and proteomic profiles of Koreans to elucidate the genetic marker and potential biomarker of the diseases. Currently, he also takes in charge of the ophthalmological investigation of Korean National Health and Nutritional Survey to establish valuable epidemiologic data of ocular diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. ", "He has received numerous awards including the Scientific achievement Award of the Korean Retina Society, Scientific Achievement Award of the Seoul National University College of Medicine, Service award of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, and Minister Award of Health and Welfare Department of the Korean Government. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 63, "year": "2022", "ranking": 62, "firstName": "Shamira", "lastName": "Perera", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/62.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist in the Glaucoma Service, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore" ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Shamira Perera was qualified from the University of London, with a BSc (Hons) First Class (1994) and MBBS (Hons) in 1997.  Following two fellowships he came to Singapore in 2008. Dr. Perera is a Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist in the Glaucoma Service at Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) with an interest in novel surgeries and imaging. ", "At Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), Dr. Perera is the Head of Cataract Surgery Research and works closely with the Business Development Team to commercialize devices in glaucoma and cataract, for example, Spiralis to Geuder. His most recent role as the Deputy Director of the Medical Technology Office for SingHealth seeks to promote this promising area to other specialties and has disbursed over S$6 million for innovation. Together these roles allow him to pursue his interests in surgical devices, biomechanics, and imaging. Supported by competitive research grants totaling over S$7 million as Principal Investigator, his core work has yielded eight patents. ", "In 2015, whilst Co-head of Bioengineering and Devices at SERI, he formed part of a group that won a national engineering award, the IES-Prestigious Engineering Award, and in 2017 an award for innovation: AHIP-GEM Award. He was conferred the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Awards in 2015 and 2016 respectively and Distinguished Service Award in 2022 in recognition of his research and clinical work. ", "One of his passions is teaching and he is the current Program Director for SNEC residency. In conjunction with Touch Surgery, he co-authored a Golden Apple award-winning, free app module to teach and test cataract surgery. He also has teaching awards for Outstanding Faculty in 2018 and Outstanding Teacher/Mentor in 2010 and Surgical Trainer in 2020. ", "Dr. Perera has been an invited lecturer for over 110 conferences, written 5 book chapters, and has over 160 peer-reviewed publications. On the clinical side, he is the Clinical Director for Complex Anterior Segment Surgery in SNEC. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 64, "year": "2022", "ranking": 63, "firstName": "Jia", "lastName": "Qu", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/63.jpg", "title": [ "Chief Director, Eye Hospitals Group of Wenzhou Medical University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Jia Qu is currently the Chief Director of the Eye Hospitals Group of Wenzhou Medical University. He is the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, the National Engineering Research Center for Ophthalmology and Optometry, and the National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Medical Devices and Drugs in Ophthalmic Diseases. ", "Professor Qu specializes in myopia mechanism and clinical control, ophthalmic optics and medical devices study, and ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness. He has published 343 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 46 with a total of 8,674 citations. He is the Chief Editor of the journals Eye and Vision and Chinese Journal of Optometry, Ophthalmology and Visual Science. ", "Besides publications, Professor Qu also involves in ophthalmic societies. He is the Vice Chairman of Chinese Geriatrics Society and Head of the Ophthalmology Branch and the Ophthalmology Society of Chinese Medical Association. Professor Qu holds several patents, such as the Double slit corneal fundus reflection simultaneous camera and A tool for form deprivation in an animal model of myopia. ", "Professor Qu also actively contributes to ophthalmic education. During Professor Qu's tenure, Wenzhou Medical University established the first school of ophthalmology and optometry in 1988, which paved way for the future Eye Hospital. Up to today, Professor Qu and his team has trained over 5,000 eye doctors. Following his vision and design, 28 universities including top institutions such as Peking University have established the ophthalmology and optometry department. Professor Qu has also been devoted to the public welfare projects on vision care for over 20 years. ", "To recognize Professor Qu's achievements and contributions, awards such as National Teaching Celebrity, National Model Teacher, and National Excellent Hospital Director were presented. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 65, "year": "2022", "ranking": 64, "firstName": "Gullapalli N", "lastName": "Rao", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/64.jpg", "title": [ "Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India" ], "biography": [ "Professor Gullapalli N Rao is currently the Distinguished Chair of Eye Health of the LV Prasad Eye Institute. He is the Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester and the University of New South Wales. He was also the Adjunct Scientist of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. ", "Professor Rao specializes in cataract, cornea and external eye diseases, ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, refractive surgery, and regenerative medicine, stem cell and gene therapy. He published 318 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 78 with a total of 18,643 citations. He is also the Editor of the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology and is the Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Ophthalmology, Cornea, and CLAO Journal. ", "Professor Rao was involved in several ophthalmic societies, such as the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (former Chair of the Board and CEO) and the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (former President). He also helped developed the Three-tier Eye Banking Model that has advanced eye banking in India significantly. ", "As for ophthalmic education, Professor Rao has participated in the development of a major education academy with education programs for all types of eye care personnel at L V Prasad Eye Institute, offering from PhDs and fellows to skill workshops. He has also been invited to give lectures in universities across the world. Professor Rao has also helped the development of the largest, integrated, multilevel pyramidal model eye health network in the world, which includes 245 primary centers, 22 secondary centers, and 3 tertiary centers. ", "Awards such as 2013 Naumann Award by International Council of Ophthalmology and the Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology were presented to recognize Professor Rao's work and contributions." ] }, { "rowIndex": 66, "year": "2022", "ranking": 65, "firstName": "Paisan", "lastName": "Ruamviboonsuk", "country": "Thailand", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/65.jpg", "title": [ "Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Rajavithi Hospital, Thailand" ], "biography": [ "Professor Paisan Ruamviboonsuk is a Clinical Professor at Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand. He currently serves as a Vice-President of Asia-Pacific Teleophthalmology Society, the Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ophthalmology Society, the Scientific Secretary of Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society, a Council Member of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), and a Council Member of Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society.", "He was the President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand in 2013-2016, and the President of the Thai Retina Society in 2011-2014.", "He received several distinguished national and international awards, such as the Chainat-Narenthorn Award, the most prestigious award for an officer in the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, given by H.M. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand in 2019. He received APAO Arthur Lim Award Lecturer, and American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2018.", "In 2022, Professor Ruamviboonsuk received Sasakawa Health Prize, one of the four distinguished awards from the World Health Organization for his initiative on prevention of diabetic blindness in Thailand." ] }, { "rowIndex": 67, "year": "2022", "ranking": 66, "firstName": "Sanduk", "lastName": "Ruit", "country": "Nepal", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/66.jpg", "title": [ "Founder and Executive Director, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Nepal " ], "biography": [ "Dr. Sanduk Ruit is the Founder and the Executive Director of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, a not-for-profit, community-based organization which serves as a center for eye excellence in Nepal. He has been compassionately engaged in the prevention and cure of blindness for more than three decades. His work in extra capsular cataract extraction and then later in small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) has been instrumental in revolutionizing eye care in Nepal. ", "After perfecting the SICS technique to be used in high volume in communities, Dr. Ruit successfully developed and implemented a surgical technique delivery system which today serves as a model, and is replicated throughout Nepal, and in other developing countries—attributed mostly to the high-quality outcome, and the model's ability to address logistical and financial challenges. ", "This model has been scaled up across the developing world to deliver high-quality cataract surgery at affordable prices, and today is a popular model when taking cataract blindness cure to the community. Dr. Ruit has cured over 130,000 people of blindness. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 68, "year": "2022", "ranking": 67, "firstName": "Taiji", "lastName": "Sakamoto", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/67.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University, Japan " ], "biography": [ "Professor Taiji Sakamoto is currently the Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Kagoshima University. He is also the Vice President of Kagoshima University and the Director of the Kagoshima University General Hospital. ", "Professor Sakamoto specializes in vitreo-retina and big data and AI. He has published 440 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 50 with a total of 10,884 citations. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Graefe's Archives of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Professor Sakamoto also participates in ophthalmic societies. He is the President of the Japanese Retina Vitreous Society and the Executive Committee member of the World Retina Congress and the International Congress of Ophthalmology. He was also the President of Fuji Retina congress. ", "Professor Sakamoto contributed to ophthalmic innovations, such as helping the development of triamcinolone and many other drugs for vitreous staining which is commercialized by Wakamoto Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan. He also contributes to ophthalmic education by organizing numerous education courses in Japan. He was also a Visiting Professor at Yale University and the University of Missouri. ", "Awards and honors such as the Gold Medal and Silver Medal of ARVO Fellow, Pfizer Japan Ophthalmic Award, and the Japan Ophthalmic Society Committee Award were presented to recognize Professor Sakamoto's contributions and achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 69, "year": "2022", "ranking": 68, "firstName": "Namrata", "lastName": "Sharma", "country": "India", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/68.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Services, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India " ], "biography": [ "Professor Namrata Sharma is a Professor of Ophthalmology in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Services at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. She did her fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK. She is the Honorary General Secretary of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), President of Cornea Society of India, Vice President of Eye Bank Association of India (EBAA), and Regional Secretary, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). She is also a member of the Advisory Board of EBAA. ", "She has over 582 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, authored 18 books including corneal transplantation (three editions), corneal ulcer, step by step Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, etc. Her H-index is 55 with a total citation of 12,863. ", "Her clinical work includes phacoemulsification surgeries and foldable intraocular lens implantation and excimer laser refractive procedures such as LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy, small incision lenticule extraction, and phakic intraocular lenses. She is principal investigator in many multicentric international randomized control trials which have changed the clinical practice. ", "She has two patents (Natasol-a soluble formulation of Natamycin 5% for Fungal keratitis and Natamatrix for fungal keratitis) to her credit. ", "She has conducted many Instruction courses and has been invited faculty at various national and international conferences such as American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Congress, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Congress, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Congress, EuCornea, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress, and AIOS Congress. She is the Brand Ambassador for Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society in India. She is a Research Standing Committee Member of APAO. ", "She has been honored as one of the 100 most influential female figures in ophthalmology in the Power List 2021 by The Ophthalmologist and One of the 1000 Indian Scientists in the list of top 2% scientists in the world by Stanford University. She has recently been awarded the Top 100 Most Influential Ophthalmologists 2022 by the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. She received the Distinguished Service Award, Leadership Award, and Senior Achievement Award by the APAO; the International Ophthalmologist Education Award, and Best Paper and Best of Show Award 6 times by AAO. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 70, "year": "2022", "ranking": 69, "firstName": "Weiyun", "lastName": "Shi", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/69.jpg", "title": [ "President, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Weiyun Shi is the President of the Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Director of the State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base. He is the Chief Physician and Doctoral Supervisor. He learnt from Professor Lixin Xie and world-renowned corneal expert, Dr. Herbert E Kaufman. He is also an overseas lecturer of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a Standing Committee Member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the leader of the Cornea Group, a Council Member of the Asia Cornea Society, the Chairman of the Ophthalmological Society of China National Health Association. ", "Professor Shi specializes in clinical and basic research on corneal diseases. He is recognized as a leader in the field of corneal disease in China and is one of the few experts who has performed over 10,000 corneal transplant surgeries. Professor Shi has innovated 28 corneal transplant surgeries and successfully developed four ophthalmology-related products, including bioengineered cornea and keratoprosthesis. He has obtained three Class III implantable medical device product certificates and more than 30 national invention patents, of which six have been successfully transformed. ", "He has undertaken more than 30 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Professor Shi has published nearly 400 academic papers and has authored three monographs on corneal disease. ", "He has won many awards, including two National Science and Technology Progress Awards (Second Class), the 2022 Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, the highest prize of the 2017 Shandong Science and Technology Award, four First Prizes of Shandong Science and Technology Progress Award and Invention Award, the 17th Wu Jieping–Paul Janssen Medical and Pharmaceutical Award, the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society, and the Golden Key Award of the Chinese-American Ophthalmological Society. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 71, "year": "2022", "ranking": 70, "firstName": "Chelvin", "lastName": "Sng", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/70.jpg", "title": [ "Adjunct Associate Professor, the National University of Singapore, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Dr. Chelvin Sng is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, the Medical Director of her clinical practice at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and an Adjunct Clinician Scientist at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. She graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK, with triple first class honours and distinctions. ", "Dr. Sng is the earliest surgeon in Asia to implant several novel minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices, including the XEN Gel Implant and the iStent Inject. She has also published the earliest data on the iStent and the XEN Gel Implant in angle closure eyes. ", "As the Convenor of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society MIGS Interest Group, Dr. Sng has organized MIGS wet labs and training courses for surgeons in the Asia-Pacific region. She is the Co-editor of an open-access book on minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, which has more than 50,000 downloads worldwide. Dr. Sng is also the Co-inventor of the Paul Glaucoma Implant. ", "Dr. Sng is the Director of the Ophthalmology Futures Asian Forum and the former Secretary of the Glaucoma Association of Singapore. She volunteers regularly to medical missions to the less developed areas in Asia. She was also a Visiting Consultant to the Chinese Foundation for Lifelines Express, where she provided clinical and surgical training to local Chinese ophthalmologists. ", "Dr. Sng was voted on The Ophthalmologist \"100 Most Influential People in Ophthalmology\" Power List 2022, \"Top 100 Women in Ophthalmology\" Power List 2021 and the \"Top 50 Rising Stars\" Power List 2017. She has received international awards from American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 72, "year": "2022", "ranking": 71, "firstName": "Xinghuai", "lastName": "Sun ", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71.jpg", "title": [ "Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science of Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Xinghuai Sun is currently the Chairman and Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science of Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University. He is the Director of Glaucoma Service of the Department of Ophthalmology, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Hospital, Fudan University, and the Director of the Key Laboratory of Myopia, China Ministry of Health at Fudan University. ", "Professor Sun serves in the Eye and ENT Hospital since 1984. He graduated from Shanghai Medical University and focused on glaucoma clinical and research work. He received his PhD from Shanghai Medical University in 1990. ", "Professor Sun has more than 300 papers published in professional journals including Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Ophthalmology, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, ACS Applied Materials amd Interfaces, Journal of Neuroscience, Current Biology, and Nature Genetics. ", "Besides publications, Professor Sun is also involved in ophthalmic societies. He is currently the President-Elect of the Chinese Ophthalmology Society, the President of Ophthalmology and Vision Science Committee of Chinese Research Hospital Association, and the Governor of the World Glaucoma Association Board. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 73, "year": "2022", "ranking": 72, "firstName": "Gerard", "lastName": "Sutton", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/72.jpg", "title": [ "Professor of Ophthalmology, The University of Sydney, Australia" ], "biography": [ "Professor Gerard Sutton's current appointments include Professor of Ophthalmology at The University of Sydney, Medical Director of the Eye and Tissue Bank in New South Wales (NSW), Honorary Medical Officer Sydney Eye Hospital, Visiting Professor at the University of Medicine Mandalay in Myanmar, Professorial Fellow at the Intelligent Polymer Institute University of Wollongong, and the Council of the Asia Cornea Society, etc. His areas of interest are corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery. ", "Professor Sutton completed his ophthalmic training at Sydney Eye Hospital with fellowships at Royal North Shore Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Friedrich Alexander University in Germany. He completed a Doctorate at The University of Auckland where he was appointed Clinical Associate Professor. He held the Douglas and Lola Douglas Chair at Sydney University for 10 years. ", "Professor Sutton has published over 140 peer-reviewed publications and has delivered over 100 invited lectures, nationally and internationally. Named Lectures include the RANZCO Council Lecture in 2016, the Inaugural John Parr Medal Lecture in 2019, and the Douglas J Coster Medal lecture in 2023. Competitive funding has been in excess of $40 million. Collaboratively he has established iFix Medical Pty Ltd and BIENCO, aimed at finding bio-engineering solutions to corneal blindness. ", "Professor Sutton has always recognized the importance of eye banking and has been active in key initiatives in Australia and Southeast Asia including addressing waiting times in NSW, the establishment of the Australian Ocular Biobank and a corneal surgical and eye bank program in Myanmar. ", "Previous career highlights and awards include the Lions International Centennial Achievement Award, XOVA Award for Excellence in International Ophthalmology, the Sydney Research Inaugural Big Idea Award, and International Silver Medal for The Naked Eye. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 74, "year": "2022", "ranking": 73, "firstName": "Masayo", "lastName": "Takahashi", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/73.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Advisor, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Japan" ], "biography": [ "Professor Masayo Takahashi is a Japanese ophthalmologist and stem cell researcher. She received her MD and PhD from Kyoto University and worked as a retinal surgeon at the Kyoto University Hospital (finally as an Associate Professor). She became a Visiting Researcher in the Salk Institute in the US and started the stem cell research in 1995. She joined the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan in 2006, where she began to focus on developing new therapies for retinal diseases using stem cells. ", "Professor Takahashi is known for leading the world's first clinical study of induced pluripotent stem cell-based therapy in 2013. The trial involved transplanting retinal cells differentiated from autologous induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into the patient's eye with age-related macular degeneration. The initial trial was successful, and a larger clinical study using human leukocyte antigens–matched allogeneic iPSCs was launched in 2017 to test the therapy's safety and efficacy. ", "In addition to her work on stem cell therapies for retinal diseases, Professor Takahashi's team has also been involved and leading the low vision care field through a non-profit organization called NEXT VISION. Her contributions to the field of regenerative medicine using iPSCs and patients care have been significant, and she continues to be a leader in the field of ophthalmology and stem cell research. ", "Professor Takahashi has received numerous awards and honors for her work, including the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Japan Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, one of the country's most prestigious scientific awards. She is also a Board Member of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, and Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 75, "year": "2022", "ranking": 74, "firstName": "Donald", "lastName": "Tan", "country": "Singapore ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/74.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Partner, Eye and Retina Surgeons, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Donald Tan is currently a Senior Partner of the Eye and Retina Surgeons. He is the Arthur Lim Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. He is also the Senior Advisor and the Medical Director of the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC), the Director of the Singapore Eye Research Institute, and the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at National University of Singapore. ", "Professor Tan specializes in Cornea and External Eye Diseases, Refractive Surgery, and Myopia. He has published 575 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 101 with a total of 33,792 citations. He is the Editorial Board Member of journals such as the International Journal of Eye Banking and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Besides publications, Professor Tan is involved in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He served as the Secretary General of the Asia Cornea Society, the President of the Cornea Society, and the Chairman of the Association of Eye Banks of Asia. He was involved in the establishment of the Asia-Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meetings since 2003, and was the Congress President of the 2008 Asia Cornea Society Meeting. ", "Professor Tan holds several patents such as the Novel Thumb Glide Device for Endothelial Keratoplasty. He also contributes to ophthalmic education by establishing the Corneal Fellowship Training Programs at SNEC and at the National University Hospital Ophthalmology Department. He has trained 37 international corneal fellows and 10 postdoctoral PhD students, and has also helped the community by being involved in Project Orbis Global Programs. ", "Numerous awards and honors, such as the King Khaled Memorial Lecture (Saudi Ophthalmological Society) and the EuCornea Medal (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons), were presented to recognize Professor Tan's outstanding achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 76, "year": "2022", "ranking": 75, "firstName": "Gavin Siew Wei", "lastName": "Tan", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/75.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Consultant, Surgical retina, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Dr. Gavin Tan Siew Wei is currently a Senior Consultant (surgical retina), Director of the Digital Transformation Office, and the Head of the Ophthalmic Diagnostic Department at the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He is also the Lead of the Diabetic Complications Department at the SingHealth Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Diabetes Center, and the Vice Chair of the Strategy, Innovation and Organizational Transformation Department, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program. ", "Dr. Tan specializes in vitreo-retina, big data and AI. He has published 170 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 35 with a total of 4,878 citations. He was also the Editorial Board Member of the Current Eye Research journal. Apart from publications, Dr. Tan also participated in ophthalmic societies and congresses. He was the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology, and is a Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Teleophthalmology Society. He served as the Congress President, Scientific Program Co-chair, and the Organizing Committee Member of various congresses, such as the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress and the APACRS–SNEC Joint Meeting 2021. ", "Dr. Tan has been an innovator by introducing AI into Singapore national diabetic retinopathy screening program and developing virtual imaging retina telemedicine clinic and the visual acuity mobile app for telemedicine at SNEC. He also contributes to ophthalmic education by organizing surgical retina courses at international conferences, training and supervising ophthalmology fellows and residents at SNEC. ", "Awards such as the SingHealth Duke-NUS Team Research Award and the APAO Achievement Award were presented to Dr. Tan as a recognition for his achievements." ] }, { "rowIndex": 77, "year": "2022", "ranking": 76, "firstName": "Hungwon", "lastName": "Tchah", "country": "Republic of Korea ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/76.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea" ], "biography": [ "Professor Hungwon Tchah is a Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan. He has served as the Chairman (2002–2008) of the Department of Ophthalmology, the University of Ulsan College of Medicine and is the Director of Cell Aging Research, Biomedical Research Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan. ", "Professor Tchah specializes in cataract, cornea and external eye diseases, and refractive surgery. He has published 119 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 25 with a total of 1,885 citations. Professor Tchah is also a Regional Editor-in-Chief of the Korean edition and a member of the international advisory group of EyeWorld Asia-Pacific, the news magazine of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS). ", "Professor Tchah has been involved in ophthalmic societies and conferences, such as serving as the President of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Korean Ophthalmological Society (KOS). He also served as Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the APACRS Seoul meeting in 2011 and the Chairman of the Fund-Raising committee of the APAO Busan meeting in 2012. ", "For innovations in ophthalmology, Professor Tchah first launched allogenic corneal limbal stem cell transplantation in Korea. He also holds a patent for the Phacoemulsification Phaco Tip. To contribute to ophthalmic training and education, Professor Tchah is a frequent lecturer across the globe on cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery. He also opened a cataract surgery training center to teach residents and fellows with the Eyesi instruments created by VRmagic Inc. Professor Tchah has also been involved in medical volunteer activities since his residency. ", "Numerous awards, such as the Scientific Pioneer Award and the Saebit Achievement Award (KOS) were presented to Professor Tchah in recognition of his achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 78, "year": "2022", "ranking": 77, "firstName": "Hiroko", "lastName": "Terasaki", "country": "Japan", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/77.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Japan" ], "biography": [ "Professor Hiroko Terasaki is a Professor at the Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University. She is also a Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine (since 1999), and the Chairman of Nagoya University School of Medicine (since 2005). She is the first female Chairman of Nagoya University School of Medicine since it was established more than 100 years ago. Professor Terasaki has been actively involved in both research and clinical work. She finished the medical fellowship of Harvard Medical School for the management of retina and vitreous diseases in 1997. She is also the immediate past president of Japanese Ophthalmological Society (JOS), being the first lady President since more than 120 years of JOS history. ", "Professor Terasaki specializes in vitreo-retina. She performs hundreds of surgeries every year, including retinopathy of prematurity. She has also been working on electroretinogram (ERG) and imaging modality such as focal ERG and adaptive optics, and conducting translational research in retinal degeneration for more than 30 years. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and many book chapters in the field of vitreo-retina. ", "Professor Terasaki was awarded the JOS Award, Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society Mori Award and EURETINA Kreissig Award in recognition of her achievements. She is the member of Executive Committee of the Club Jules Gonin, as well as a Vice President of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis and a Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology. She has also been a Council of Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society for almost 20 years. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 79, "year": "2022", "ranking": 78, "firstName": "Daniel", "lastName": "Ting", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/78.jpg", "title": [ "Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Daniel Ting is a vitreoretinal surgeon working in the Singapore National Eye Center, and an Associate Professor of Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School. He is the Director of Singapore Health Service (SingHealth) AI Office and the Head of AI and Digital Innovation in Singapore Eye Research Institute. He is also the innovation mentor for Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. In 2017, Dr. Ting visited Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright Scholar in exchanging his expertise for AI and big data in medicine. ", "Dr. Ting's research focus on AI and digital health related applications for eye and retinal diseases that span across machine learning, deep learning, privacy preserving technology such as blockchain, federated machine learning and generative adversarial network, conversational AI chatbot using natural language processing. ", "Dr. Ting has published over 200 peer reviewed publications in high-impact journals, such as JAMA, NEJM, Lancet, Nature Medicine, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Lancet Digital Health, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Nature Digital Medicine, Ophthalmology, etc. Dr. Ting has received a total of 100 million research grants, in which 20 million as a principal investigator, and 80 million as co-investigators on AI and digital innovation related projects in health. ", "Dr. Ting serves in several AI leadership positions at different AI and eye societies, including the EXCO in American Academy of Ophthalmology, Equator Network for AI guidelines - STARD-AI, QUADAS-AI and DECIDE-AI, and he also chairs the AI and Digital Innovation Standing Committee for the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society. He serves in numerous editorial boards in the top-tiered digital and medical journals, including Associate Editor for Nature Digital Medicine, Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers in Digital Health and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology; Section Editor in British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Editor in Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Retina, and Ophthalmology Science. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 80, "year": "2022", "ranking": 79, "firstName": "Louis", "lastName": "Tong", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/79.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Consultant, Corneal and External Eye Disease Service, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Louis Tong is a Senior Consultant at the Corneal and External Eye Disease Service of Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He holds a tenured position at the eye-academic clinical program in the Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) graduate medical school. He is currently the Head of Ocular Surface Research Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. He is also the Vice President of Asia Dry Eye Society, a Subcommittee Member of Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) international dry eye workshop II and international meibomian gland workshop, and a Co-inventor in a few patents. ", "Professor Tong graduated in 1993 with basic medical degree from the NUS, registered as a medical practitioner in 1994 and achieved accreditation as an ophthalmologist by the Singapore Medical Council in November 2004. He completed training in ophthalmology at various centers in the UK and Singapore. He completed a 2-year overseas cornea research fellowship at the Ocular Surface Center of Cullen Eye Institute in the Baylor College of Medicine and a PhD from the NUS. ", "Professor Tong is an Editorial Board Member of the Ocular Surface journal, Acta Ophthalmologica, etc. He has been awarded three times the Clinician Scientist Award from National Medical Research Council, and has published in the Singapore Dry Eye Disease framework and Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.", "Management of the Ocular Surface for Cataract Surgery. He runs a dedicated dry eye service center at the SNEC, as well as a general eye clinic focusing on cataract surgery. He is actively involved in training and education of nurses, residents, medical students, and fellows. He also spearheaded the inaugural online basic ocular and visual science course and mentored five PhD students who had graduated. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 81, "year": "2022", "ranking": 80, "firstName": "Harvey Siy", "lastName": "Uy", "country": "Philippines", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/80.jpg", "title": [ "Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of the Philippines, Philippines " ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Harvey Siy Uy is a Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology of the University of the Philippines and the Medical Director of Peregrine Eye and Laser Institute in Makati, Philippines. He completed the Ophthalmology Residency at the Philippine General Hospital and Fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. ", "Dr. Uy has published over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He currently serves as the Editorial Board of American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. ", "Dr. Uy has also delivered over 500 national and international scientific presentations. He is the President of the Vitreo-retina Society of the Philippines and a Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society. Dr. Uy is also the past President of the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology. He has been recognized by The Ophthalmologist magazine as a Surgical Pioneer in ophthalmology for being the first to perform femtosecond cataract surgery in Asia, pioneering research work on accommodation restoration by laser lens softening and multicomponent intraocular lens technologies. ", "Dr. Uy is active in research involving advanced cataract surgery, intravitreal therapies, pars plana vitrectomy, macular hole surgery, digital data management systems, and ocular inflammatory disease. He has played active roles in formulating clinical practice guidelines, initiating the first Philippine retinal disease registry and organizing national and international medical education activities. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 82, "year": "2022", "ranking": 81, "firstName": "Yaxing", "lastName": "Wang", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/81.jpg", "title": [ "Professor of Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Specialist, Beijing Tongren Hospital, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Yaxing Wang is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Specialist at Beijing Tongren Hospital. She received her MD degree in Capital Medical University and Heidelberg University. Professor Wang received her clinical training in Beijing Tongren Hospital, and clinical research training in Moorfields Eye Hospital, and University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. Professor Wang also worked as a post-doc fellow in Devers Eye Institute in the US. ", "Professor Wang's research interests include glaucoma, ophthalmic epidemiology, and optic disc biomechanics. She has co-authored more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in several international collaborative studies. She now serves as the Editorial Board Member of Eye and Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. She has been selected as the Fellow of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology since 2021. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 83, "year": "2022", "ranking": 82, "firstName": "An-Guor", "lastName": "Wang", "country": "Chinese Taipei ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/82.jpg", "title": [ "Associate Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Chinese Taipei" ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor An-Guor Wang graduated from Taipei Medical University and completed his ophthalmic residency and fellowship training at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. He graduated from the Institute of Clinical Medicine of National Yang-Ming University and became a PhD in the field of neurobiology. He had been visiting and working as a research scientist at the University of California, Irvine in 1998-1999. ", "Dr. Wang is currently the Senior Consultant of Neuro-ophthalmology and Strabismus section, Department of Ophthalmology in Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and an Associate Professor at School of Medicine of the National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University. He serves as the Council Member of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei. He is also the Secretary General/Council Member of Asian Neuro-ophthalmology Society (ASNOS) and Council Member of Asia-Pacific Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. ", "He serves as the Section Editor of Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, and as an Associate Editor of Neuro-Ophthalmology. He also has authored the book Emergency Neuro-ophthalmology." ] }, { "rowIndex": 84, "year": "2022", "ranking": 83, "firstName": "Stephanie", "lastName": "Watson", "country": "Australia", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/83.jpg", "title": [ "Head of the Corneal Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia " ], "biography": [ "Professor Stephanie Watson is a corneal surgeon known for her ground-breaking research in corneal therapies. She leads the Corneal Research Group at The University of Sydney and is the Head of the Corneal Unit at the Sydney Eye Hospital. She also contributes to the executive leadership team as a Co-Deputy Director for Industry, Innovation and Commercialisation in The University of Sydney Nano Institute. ", "Professor Watson is the Chair of Australian Vision Research, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's (ARVO) Advocacy, and an Outreach Committee and the Secretary to the Asia-Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society. Her practice is in corneal and cataract surgery in adults and children with appointments at the Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney Children's and Prince of Wales Hospitals, where she is a Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists trainer. ", "Professor Watson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to ophthalmology. In 2019, she became the Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology. Professor Watson was the only Australian to make the Power List of the Top 100 Women in Ophthalmology in 2021 and the only Australian woman on the Top 100 Power list for all ophthalmologists in 2022. She has received the ARVO Silver Fellowship, New Zealand's Dorothy Potter Medal, and a New South Wales Premier's Prize for Leadership in Innovation. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 85, "year": "2022", "ranking": 84, "firstName": "Wenbin", "lastName": "Wei", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/84.jpg", "title": [ "Deputy Director, Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Wenbin Wei is currently the Deputy Director of Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University. For the past 30 years, Professor Wei has devoted himself entirely to clinical work, education, training, academic research, blindness prevention, and hospital management. Particularly, he has contributed significantly to ophthalmic education, especially in the fields of fundus diseases, intraocular tumors, and myopia. ", "Professor Wei has published more than 450 academic papers, including 200 SCI papers. He has been supported by a number of grants from the National Natural Science Foundation, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, etc. He serves as the Editor of more than ten medical jounals, including Chinese Medical Journal, and Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology, etc. He has also published 28 books as the Editor-in-Chief. ", "As a responsible Professor and Doctoral Tutor in Capital Medical University, Professor Wei has been responsible for giving lessons including medical courses and humanistic curriculums to thousands of medical students. He has trained hundreds of residents, 75 master's degree students, 30 PhD/MD students, and 2 postdoctoral fellows. ", "A number of prestigious awards have been bestowed to Professor Wei over the years. He won the ICO Mark TSO Golden Apple Award (2021), and Golden Key Award of Chinese American Ophthalmological Association (2020) for his contribution in medical education. He has also won the Most Beautiful Doctor title (2020), National Model of Medical Ethics (2013), Model Worker (2010), and Scientific Paper Award in Congress of Chinese Ophthalmological Society (four times). ", "Professor Wei's contributions in ophthalmology undeniably facilitate ophthalmic knowledge exchanges, and he has shown admirable leadership in the development of ophthalmic education in China. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 86, "year": "2022", "ranking": 85, "firstName": "Tina", "lastName": "Wong", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/85.jpg", "title": [ "Head of the Glaucoma Service and Senior Consultant, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore " ], "biography": [ "Professor Tina Wong is currently the Head of the Glaucoma Service and Senior Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Center, the Director of Clinical Translational Research, the Head of Glaucoma Research and the Co-head of the Ocular Therapeutics and Drug Delivery Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute, and a Professor at DUKE-National University of Singapore Medical School. Professor Wong is the founding President of the Glaucoma Association Singapore. ", "Professor Wong is one of the scientific thought leaders and has widely published in wound healing relating to glaucoma surgery and ocular drug delivery. She leads an interdisciplinary research program on translational and clinical research on ocular wound healing and drug delivery. She has nationally funded research grants amounting to over SG$20 million. She has received national and international awards for her contribution to the field of glaucoma surgical wound healing and ocular drug delivery. ", "Professor Wong's research has improved the understanding of the burden and risk factors that affect the surgical outcomes of glaucoma surgery. She has developed 2 sustained drug delivery therapies, reaching clinical trials for the medical treatment of glaucoma and cataract surgery. She holds several patents and is a co-founder of 2 spin off biotech companies. Professor Wong is a strong advocate for translating innovative research to health care solutions that will directly improve quality and access to care to all glaucoma patients. ", "Professor Wong was awarded the President's Science and Technology Award in Singapore in 2014. This award is the country's highest honor bestowed on exceptional research scientists and engineers in Singapore for their excellent achievements in science and technology. These national awards are given annually to recognize and celebrate outstanding and invaluable contributions by individuals or teams to the research and development landscape in Singapore. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 87, "year": "2022", "ranking": 86, "firstName": "Pei-Chang", "lastName": "Wu", "country": "Chinese Taipei ", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/86.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Myopia Treatment and Prevention Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chinese Taipei " ], "biography": [ "Professor Pei-Chang Wu is the Director of Myopia Treatment and Prevention Center at the Department of Ophthalmology in Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a Professor at the Chang Gung University, the President of Taiwan Macula Society, a supervisor of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei, the Director of Taiwan Retina Society, a consultant for Health Promotion Administration in Ministry of Health and Welfare K-12 Education Administration in Ministry of Education), and the principal investigator of Taiwan Schoolchildren Vision Care Program in Ministry of Education. ", "Professor Wu obtained his Doctor of Medicine at Kaohsiung Medical College and completed his PhD at the Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University. His research interests include myopia prevention, control and complication management, stem cell, and angiogenesis. ", "Professor Wu is the first to report public health policy intervention by time outdoor on myopia control, low concentration atropine in myopia control, identification of scleral stem cells and the role in myopia, Gortex vascular graft for macular buckling in pathologic myopia. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 88, "year": "2022", "ranking": 87, "firstName": "Wei-Chi", "lastName": "Wu", "country": "Chinese Taipei", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/87.jpg", "title": [ "Professor of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chinese Taipei" ], "biography": [ "Professor Wei-Chi Wu is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. He is the President of the Taiwan Macula Society and the Academic Head of the Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei. ", "Professor Wu specializes in vitreo-retina, big data and AI. He has published 330 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 38 with a total of 5,979 citations. He is also the Editor and the reviewer of various international journals, such as the American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Report, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Professor Wu has been involved in ophthalmic societies and conferences. He is the International Affair Committee of the Macula Society and the Congress President of the 15th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society and 62nd Ophthalmological Society of Chinese Taipei Joint Meeting. ", "Professor Wu contributed to the innovation in ophthalmology by developing a head monitoring system for retinal detachment patients needing to adopt prone position. He also contributes to ophthalmic education by training over 50 fellows (local and international) in the past 15 years. He has also participated medical missions in Mongolia and Nepal. ", "Awards such as the World's Top 2% Scientists Award and the Golden Paper Award (International College of Surgeon) were given to Professor Wu as a recognition for his outstanding achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 89, "year": "2022", "ranking": 88, "firstName": "Lixin", "lastName": "Xie", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/88.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Shandong First Medical University, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Lixin Xie graduated from Shandong Medical College in 1965. In 1987, he went to Louisiana State University Eye Center to conduct corneal research. After returning to China in 1991, he founded the Shandong Eye Institute in Qingdao, which now includes two tertiary grade A hospitals: the Qingdao Eye Hospital (with three branches) and the Shandong Eye Hospital (in Jinan). It has become one of the major ophthalmic centers in China. Professor Xie also established the Department of Ophthalmology at Weifang Medical College. Currently, Professor Xie is a lifelong professor at Shandong First Medical University and the Director of the affiliated Qingdao Eye Hospital. In 2001, Professor Xie was elected as the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. ", "Professor Xie mainly focuses on the basic and clinical research of corneal diseases and cataracts. He is the leader of corneal specialty and the pioneer of cataract phacoemulsification surgery in China. He has made numerous groundbreaking achievements in infective corneal diseases, bioengineered cornea, corneal endothelial cells, diabetic keratopathy, and intraocular implantation of sustained-release drugs. These promoted the basic research and clinical treatment of corneal diseases in China to the forefront of the world. ", "Professor Xie has hosted more than 50 research projects and published over 500 papers, authored five monographs and co-authored more than 30 books. He has received multiple national and international awards, including three Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, six First Prize of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the Science and Technology Progress Award of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, the Achievement Award of American Academy of Ophthalmology, the De Ocampo Lecture and Arthur Lim Award of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Professor Xie has supervised more than 130 postgraduate students. Today, he is continuing to work in the front line of clinical treatment, research and education. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 90, "year": "2022", "ranking": 89, "firstName": "Xun", "lastName": "Xu", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/89.jpg", "title": [ "Professor and Chief Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Xun Xu is currently the Professor and Chief Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University. He is the Director of National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, the Vice Chairman of Chinese Society of Ophthalmology, and the Director of Shanghai Visual Health Center. ", "Professor Xu specializes in ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, vitreo-retina, and myopia prevention and control. He has published 231 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 32 with a total of 3,724 citations. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases and the Editorial Board Member of Ophthalmologica, Acta Ophthalmologica, and Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Apart from publications, Professor Xu also involves in ophthalmic societies and conferences. He served as the Councilor-at-Large of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society and is the Head of the Chinese Vitreo-retina Society. ", "Professor Xu holds a number of patents, such as a new kind of small peptides and the applications of the inhibition of angiogenesis, and the polypeptieds inhibiting neovascularization and uses. He has contributed to ophthalmic education by establishing the \"Chinese model\" through early screening and intervention of diabetic retinopathy in community prevention and control cohort, and constructing the first reading center in China and train more doctors with the diagnosis ability of fundus diseases. ", "Professor Xu gives back to the community by guiding Ningxia, Anhui, and other 16 provinces and cities to establish a blindness prevention system, which 130 million people will benefit from the system. ", "Awards such as the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award and the China Science and Technology Progress Award were presented to Professor Xu as a recognition for his achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 91, "year": "2022", "ranking": 90, "firstName": "Cheuk Sing Jason", "lastName": "Yam", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/90.jpg", "title": [ "Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Cheuk Sing Jason Yam is currently the Associate Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is the Head of Ophthalmology Department at the Hong Kong Children's Hospital, also the Head of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital. ", "Dr. Yam specializes in ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness and pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. He has published 122 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 24 with a total of 2,042 citations. He is the Editorial Board Member of journals such as the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, Scientific Reports, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, and the Hong Kong Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Apart from publications, Dr. Yam also participated in ophthalmic societies and conferences. He is the Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS), the Chair of Education and Training Committee and the Myopia Committee of International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council. He was also the Congress President and the coordinator of international conferences, such as the Inaugural APSPOS Congress 2017 and Asia-Pacific Academy Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress. ", "Dr. Yam holds a patent for the Smart Glasses for Monitoring Myopia Risk Factors and Monitoring System (My-O-Analyser). He also contributes to ophthalmic training and education by being in charge of undergraduate medical student teaching and subspecialty fellowship program in pediatric ophthalmology at CUHK. Dr. Yam also set his sight on helping the very poor and needy in other developing regions outside Hong Kong. In 2017, he set up a cataract training center in Sichuan of China to serve a population of 400,000 villagers. ", "Awards such as the Silver Medal (Geneva Inventions Salon International) and the Nakajima Award (APAO) were presented to Dr. Yam in recognition of his works. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 92, "year": "2022", "ranking": 91, "firstName": "Ian Yew San", "lastName": "Yeo", "country": "Singapore", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/91.jpg", "title": [ "Senior Consultant, Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore" ], "biography": [ "Professor Ian Yew San Yeo is a Senior Consultant with the Vitreo-Retina and the Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Services at the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He previously helmed as the Deputy Medical Director (Education), and Academic Vice-Chair (Education) with the EYE Academic Clinical Programme for 9 years from March 2013 to March 2022. ", "Professor Yeo strives to participate and facilitate ophthalmic education and training. In January 2010, Professor Yeo was appointed the Head of the Training and Education Department at SNEC. He oversees and spearheads all aspects of training at SNEC, encompassing undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and including residency training. ", "Professor Yeo has made significant contributions in the various areas of clinical, education, research, and administrative leadership throughout his professional career. In the last 10 years he has focused his time on education initiatives in SNEC. He is much involved in training the next generation of doctors, teaching of undergraduate students, residents, senior residents, as well as both local and international fellows. He is also a basic and intermediate cataract teacher, and a retina surgeon who guides fellows in both medical and surgical retina work. ", "Under Professor Yeo's guidance, the fellowship program has been improved over the last 5 years. It is now a competency-based fellowship training program which provides a rigorous training assessment process. This has improved the fellowship training and the overall satisfaction of local and international fellowships. ", "Numerous awards, such as the Singhealth AMEI Golden Apple Awards 2022 and the Generativity Award for Educators were presented as a recognition for Professor Yeo's significant contributions in ophthalmic education." ] }, { "rowIndex": 93, "year": "2022", "ranking": 92, "firstName": "Alvin L", "lastName": "Young", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/92.jpg", "title": [ "Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Alvin L Young is an Honorary Clinical Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Visiting Professor of Shantou University–CUHK Joint Shantou International Eye Center. He was also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Co-ordinating Committee in Ophthalmology (2013 to 2017). ", "Professor Young is a champion for the corneal subspecialty for over two decades, dedicated to anterior segment advancement, education and training through the Asia Cornea Society Council, the Asia-Pacific KPro Study Group, the Hong Kong Society of Transplantation Council, and Thesis Member of the Cornea Society. In addition, he was involved in the International Council of Ophthalmology Residency Curriculum (Cornea) and OSCAR Reviews. ", "Professor Young takes an avid interest in mentoring aspiring younger generations. Many postgraduate scholars had received his passionate reception, including 14 fellows (international and local) who were under his direct supervision (from China, Asia to South America). ", "Professor Young is recognized as Elite status in 'Medifind and serves as a Section Editor for Eye and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. He was ranked 72th in '2014-2022 Academic Scholastic Influence' for the whole of China. He has published over 230 peer reviewed papers with a respectable Google H-index of 43. ", "Professor Young also serves as Extern Assessor and Examiner for the Macau Health Bureau, various Australia, New Zealand and Singapore Universities and Ophthalmology Fellowship in Scotland (FRCSEd). He diligently delivered well over 350 courses and presentations at international scientific meetings. ", "During his Chairmanship of the Hong Kong College Exams, he set up the first ever independent Entry and Intermediate level exams and revamped examiners eligibility to ensure enhanced succession and sustainability. As the Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Ophthalmic Service, he pioneered and laid the sturdy foundations for a territory-wide electronic ophthalmic image system that will impact and benefit generations to come. ", "Professor Young was awarded the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness and Achievement Award (2015), Distinguished Service Award (2009) and AFV Outstanding Researcher of the Year in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (1st runner up 2003) in recognition of his achievements. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 94, "year": "2022", "ranking": 93, "firstName": "Hunter", "lastName": "Yuen", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/93.jpg", "title": [ "Deputy Hospital Chief Executive, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Hunter Yuen is the Deputy Hospital Chief Executive, the Head of Orbital and Oculoplastic Service, and a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Hong Kong Eye Hospital. He is also the Chairman of Ophthalmology Coordinating Committee of the Hospital Authority, an Honorary Clinical Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an Honorary Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at The University of Hong Kong. ", "Professor Yuen has published more than 100 peer reviewed international publications and numerous book chapters. He is the past President of Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Vice President of International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye, the Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Society of Ocular Oncology and Pathology, a  member of Orbital Society (members include 30 leading experts in orbital diseases), a Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology, and one of the Ten Young Outstanding Person in Hong Kong in 2007. He was also awarded the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Yasuo Tano Travel Grant, APAO Distinguished Service Award, APAO Achievement Award, APAO Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award, APAO Senior Achievement Award, and Hong Kong Volunteer Award (2011), in recognition of his achievements.  ", "Professor Yuen was also invited as Visiting Professor of Zhejiang University, Dalian Medical University, Shantou University Medical College, and King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 95, "year": "2022", "ranking": 94, "firstName": "Nancy Shi-yin", "lastName": "Yuen ", "country": "Hong Kong SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/94.jpg", "title": [ "Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Associate Professor Nancy Shi-yin Yuen is one of the leading figures in the field of ophthalmology in Hong Kong. She is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Immediate Past President of The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong, and was the President of the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society (2009-2013). Dr. Yuen is currently working in the private sector. Before joining the private sector, she was the Consultant Ophthalmologist of Prince of Wales Hospital. ", "Dr. Yuen has subspecialty interest in glaucoma and has contributed to many developments which included surgical innovation in management of cyclodialysis and safe surgeries for glaucoma. ", "She received her undergraduate education in The University of Hong Kong and graduated in 1991. She attained her fellowship in ophthalmology from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996 and was awarded the Muthusamy Gold Medal by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. ", "In view of her contribution to the ophthalmology field, she was also awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2011 and was elected as Fellow of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists of United Kingdom in 2015. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 96, "year": "2022", "ranking": 95, "firstName": "Xiulan", "lastName": "Zhang", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/95.jpg", "title": [ "Glaucoma Specialist, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Xiulan Zhang is currently a glaucoma specialist at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China. She was among the Top 30 and Top 50 Experts in Worldwide Glaucoma Expertscape 2019-2023 and was listed as the Top 100 most influential people in ophthalmology in the Power List in 2014. She is a Board Member of Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society and Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society. She was also awarded the Distinguished Service Award of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2021, and the Prestigious Achievement Award of Ophthalmic Image Analysis in 2019. ", "Professor Zhang has published 172 SCI articles, with H-index of 42. She oversees an extraordinarily productive glaucoma clinical research team that has impacted diagnostics, and the management of myopia and glaucoma surgery. She organized an international team of glaucoma experts to develop a novel classification system of visual field defects in highly myopic eyes (Ophthalmology, 2022). She created iGlaucoma, which is an integrated intelligent glaucoma screening platform based on AI and multimodal imaging. Her team has innovated and developed an app for visual field diagnosis (NPJ Digital Medicine, 2020), a multimodal diagnostic algorithm (Ophthalmology, 2022), a digital gonioscopy system (Ophthalmology, 2022), and a system of glaucoma incidence and progression (Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2022). ", "Professor Zhang also founded a massive annotated public database \"iChallenge\". The database covers major blinding diseases including glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. ", "Professor Zhang has published four self-authored books by People's Medical Publishing House, including \"Illustrated Surgical Techniques and Pearls of MIGS\" (2022), \"Illustrated Anterior Segment Examinations and Diagnosis of Glaucoma\" (2020), \"Illustrated Surgical Techniques and Pearls of Glaucoma\" (2016), \"Illustrated Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma\" (2014) and the Chinese translation of 10 books of the World Glaucoma Association Consensus Series. She has given invited lectures for 698 times domestic and overseas." ] }, { "rowIndex": 97, "year": "2022", "ranking": 96, "firstName": "Kang", "lastName": "Zhang", "country": "Macau SAR", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/96.jpg", "title": [ "Vice Dean and Chair Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR, China" ], "biography": [ "Professor Kang Zhang is currently the Vice Dean and Chair Professor of the Macau University of Science and Technology. He is also the Director of Zhuhai International Eye Center, China. He was served as the Co-Director of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, Founding Director, Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Chief of Ophthalmic Genetics, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, US. ", "Professor Zhang specializes in cataract, cornea and external eye diseases, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular oncology and pathology, ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness, vitreo-retina, regenerative medicine, stem cell and gene therapy, and big data and AI. He has published 369 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 90 with a total of 41,000 citations. He is also the Co-Editor in Chief of Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Precision Clinical Medicine, and MedComm Future Medicine. As for ophthalmic societies, he is the Founding President of the American Chinese Association for Research in Visual Science and Ophthalmology (2012). ", "Some patents of Professor Zhang include gene responsible for Stargardt-like dominant macular dystrophy and expandable cell source of neuronal stem cell populations and methods for obtaining and using them. He also actively contributes to training and education and has trained 136 students and postdoctoral fellows in the past 31 years. He has given many lectures, eg, Retina OKAP Academic Lectures \"Macular Dystrophy\", University of California San Diego, and Stein Grand Rounds/Geriatric Multi-Professional Lecture Series. He has also volunteered in medical missions in Africa and Asia. ", "As a recognition for his work, awards and honors such as Macau Science Prize (2022), Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field) (2019-2022), and The Ophthalmologist World 100 Power List (2016, 2018) were awarded. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 98, "year": "2022", "ranking": 97, "firstName": "Mingzhi", "lastName": "Zhang", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/97.jpg", "title": [ "Executive Director, Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China\r\n " ], "biography": [ "Professor Mingzhi Zhang is a leading expert in cataract. She is the Executive Director (CEO) of the Joint Shantou International Eye Center (JSIEC) of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Chairman of the Ophthalmological Society of China Women Doctors Association. ", "Professor Zhang endeavors to provide cataract surgical training for doctors working in rural provinces. Since 2000, Professor Zhang and her team played a key role in the advancement of primary eye care services and 8 major programs for blindness prevention in China, such as Project Vision, Lifeline Express, the Aid for Tibet Brightness Action and so on. She has embarked on the journey of Poverty Alleviation on her own behalf for about 20 years. Her traces of steps cover 140 counties of 31 provinces and 605 young doctors have been trained to perform cataract surgeries independently in China. More than 290,000 cataract surgeries have been performed under her poverty alleviation programs. ", "Professor Zhang has made over 31 trips across Tibet, to train the local Tibetan doctors. With her efforts, the first cataract surgery by phacoemulsification, the first glaucoma trabeculectomy, and the first vitrectomy were performed independently by eight Tibetan doctors trained by JSIEC. In November 2017 and June 2018, she led the team to Gilgit in Pakistan and Burundi in Africa to carry out the mission of Foreign Aid Brightness Action. With the efforts of the team, the local has established the China-Pakistan Cataract Treatment Center, and Professor Zhang was the first Chinese doctor to perform phacoemulsification in Pakistan. ", "Professor Zhang was awarded with the National Innovation Award, the Golden Apple Award of Sino-American Academy of Ophthalmology, Top 100 Chinese Famous Doctors, and so on. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 99, "year": "2022", "ranking": 98, "firstName": "Kanxing", "lastName": "Zhao", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/98.jpg", "title": [ "Honorary President and Professor, Tianjin Eye Hospital, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Kanxing Zhao is currently the Honorary President and the Professor of the Tianjin Eye Hospital. He also served as the President and Professor of the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. ", "Professor Zhao specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. He published 68 SCI publications and has an H-Index of 20 with a total of 1617 citations. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology. ", "Apart from publications, Professor Zhao has been involved in ophthalmic societies, such as serving as the Council Member and Representative of China of the International Council of Ophthalmologists, and the Academician Member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis. ", "Professor Zhao is the first one in China to boost the \"Penalization Therapy in Amblyopia\" in 1970s, and lately he managed to take the advantage of \"age-related visual assessment according to vision development\" as the basis for diagnosis of amblyopia. He has also been successful in dissecting the neural mechanism underlining visual impairment of amblyopia; exploring pulley structure of extraocular muscles, and epidemiological study on juvenile strabismus, amblyopia and ametropia. ", "Apart from patents and innovations, Professor Zhao has made substantial contributions to promoting the development of ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, and education in ophthalmology and optometry in China over the past 5 decades. He has also been traveling around China especially including rural and remote areas to give instructions and consultations, lessening thousands of patients' suffering from eye diseases. ", "To recognize his work and contributions, numerous awards, such as the \"Distinguished Service Award in Ophthalmology\" by Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, \"Award for Outstanding Achievement in Ophthalmology\" by Chinese Ophthalmological Society, and \"Golden Key Award\" by Chinese American Ophthalmological Society were given. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 100, "year": "2022", "ranking": 99, "firstName": "Jialiang", "lastName": "Zhao", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/99.jpg", "title": [ "Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China " ], "biography": [ "Professor Jialiang Zhao is currently the Director of the Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. He is also the Director of Council of the International Council of Ophthalmology, Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), and the President of the Chinese Ophthalmologist Association. ", "Professor Zhao is specialized in cataract, glaucoma, and ophthalmic epidemiology and prevention of blindness. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology and has a total number of 147 SCI publications, with an H-index of 20 and 3,000 citations. ", "Besides publications, Professor Zhao also contributes to ophthalmic education and community services. He invented a monitoring equipment of intraocular pressure which has been patented, and he gave lectures and training to medical students, postgraduates, and ophthalmologists. In addition, he has been involved with the prevention blindness and disabled person rehabilitation in China for more than 30 years and serves as a World Health Organization advisor on the prevention of blindness. ", "Professor Zhao has received numerous awards as recognition for his works, including Achievement Award from Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2021), Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2016), and Rizal Golden Award from APAO. " ] }, { "rowIndex": 101, "year": "2022", "ranking": 100, "firstName": "Huifang", "lastName": "Zhou", "country": "China", "imgUrl": "https://apeye100.apjo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/100.jpg", "title": [ "Professor, Chief Physician and Doctoral Tutor of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China ", " " ], "biography": [ "Huifang Zhou serves as a Professor, Chief Physician and Doctoral Tutor at the Ophthalmology at Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. She is Council Member of Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Committee Member of the Eye Immunology Group of the Chinese Medical Association Ophthalmology Branch and the Oculoplastic Surgery Group of Chinese Medical Doctors Association, and Vice Chairman of the Ophthalmology Branch of Chinese Women Physicians Association. ", "Professor Zhou has authored 72 original papers and reviews, published in Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Eye, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Thyroid, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Biomaterials, etc. She has been in charge of 22 research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation Project and has been selected into eight talent training programs. ", "Professor Zhou has long been engaged in the clinical and research work of complex orbital diseases. She overcame many clinical problems such as reconstruction of complex orbital fractures, precise surgical treatment and pathogenesis of thyroid eye disease (TED), research of orbital bone regeneration and biomaterials development, new technology of eye malignant tumor diagnosis and treatment, and artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and treatment orbital diseases. She developed endo-navigation and Robot technology in orbital surgeries and revealed the new autoimmune mechanism of TED. She has set up a multidisciplinary team for TED treatment and established the largest TED clinical and research center in China. ", "She has won eight national and municipal awards for science and technology, and some other honorary titles including the first prize of the 16th \"Silver Snake Award\" of Shanghai Health System, China's Noblest Women Physicians, Shanghai March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter and Shanghai Women Work Model. 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