Speaker: Professor Tien Yin Wong

Founding Head and Chair Professor, Tsinghua Medicine

Vice Provost, Tsinghua University

Senior Advisor, SingHealth & Singapore National Eye Centre  

Moderator: Professor Christopher Leung Kai Shun

Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology

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About the Speaker 關於講者

Professor Tien Yin Wong is a physician-scientist and a retinal specialist with expertise in macular and retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. He leads a broad-based research program comprising epidemiological, clinical and translational studies on eye diseases, ocular imaging and digital technology, including AI. He has published >1500 peer-reviewed papers (H-index of >200), including papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, JAMA, and Nature. He has given >500 invited named, plenary, and symposium lectures globally, and received >US$100 million in continuous competitive grant funding in Singapore, Australia and USA. He is a 2 times recipient of the Singapore Translational Researcher Award (2008, 2014), the highest award for clinician-scientists.  

In 2022, Professor Wong was appointed the Founding Head and Chair Professor of Tsinghua Medicine, a new academic health system integrating Schools of Biomedical Science, Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences with affiliated hospitals, based at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

From 2014 to 2021, Professor Wong was Arthur Lim Professor of Ophthalmology and Medical Director at Singapore National Eye Centre. He was concurrently Deputy Group CEO (Research and Education) and Vice-Dean at SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, where his office leads, plans and coordinates clinical and translational research, education and academic programs across 11 healthcare institutions, including 3 general hospitals and national specialty centers in cancer, heart, neuro-science, eye and oral health. Prior to these roles, Professor Wong has served as the Executive Director of the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Chairman the Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia.