DECEMBER 2013 |
6th Anniversary Party and Opening of new wing |
Eye & Retina Surgeons (ERS) celebrated its 6th birthday on 22 November 2013. In the 6 years that we have been in practice, we have grown from strength to strength in our quest to provide the highest levels of eye care and surgery to our patients. Guests and colleagues joined us in an evening of […] |
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AUGUST 2013 |
New Oculoplastic and Aesthetic Surgeons join ERS |
We are pleased to announce that Dr Elaine Chee and Dr Goh Swee Heng have joined Eye & Retina Surgeons. These two ladies will head our Oculoplastic and Aesthetic services and will take care of eyelid/orbital/plastic procedures around the eyes, besides providing specialist care in cataract and general ophthalmology |
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11-14 JULY 2013 |
26th APACRS Meeting in Singapore 11-14 July 2013 |
Dr Ron Yeoh was the organizing chairman and Dr WK Chan was on the organizing committee for the biggest cataract and refractive surgery meeting held in Singapore to date, the 26th Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS). Representatives of international cataract & refractive societies, united to combat cataract blindness More than 2000 delegates […] |
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APRIL 2013 |
ASCRS Meeting San Francisco |
Dr WK Chan and Dr R Yeoh of ERS attended the 2013 American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons in San Francisco from 19-23 April 2013. This is the largest cataract and refractive surgery meeting in the world. Dr Yeoh sits on the Program Committee and the Challenging & Complicated Cataract Sub-Committee of this meeting. […] |
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MARCH 2013 |
Heidelberg Spectralis HRA (high speed Retinal Angiography) |
Retinal angiography (the capture of retinal images with the injection of fluorescein or indo-cyanine green dye) is one of the most commonly performed retinal investigations to help us decide on the best therapeutic options for many retinal conditions. We have recently acquired this highly sophisticated HRA system. The Heidelberg Spectralis HRA is the latest state-of-the-art […] |
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FEBRUARY 2013 |
The 'ART' lens: Aspheric Restor Toric, a multifocal toric lens implant that offers good unaided vision for all distances. |
The use of standard monofocal aspheric lens implants to replace a cataract and correct myopia or hyperopia is well established. In the past few years, Toric implants to correct pre-existing corneal astigmatism and multifocal lens implants to correct presbyopia (reading difficulty) have become established in an effort to reduce spectacle dependency after cataract surgery. One […] |
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FEBRUARY 2013 |
Femtolaser assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) |
A new and exciting paradigm shift in cataract surgery technique has become increasingly popular in the last year. True laser cataract surgery is here now. Where ‘standard’ cataract surgery involves making incisions with blades and manually opening up the cataract capsule (capsulorhexis) with needles and forceps and breaking up the hard core (nucleus) of the […] |
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1 SEPTEMBER 2010 |
5th Congress of the Asia Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society (APVRS) |
The 5th Congress of the Asia Pacific Vitreo Retina Society (APVRS) will be held from 19-21 November 2010 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre in Singapore. The theme of the meeting is : The Science & Art of Managing Retinal Diseases. Our surgeons are key members of the organising committee: Dr Adrian Koh is […] |
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1-4 JULY 2010 |
APACRS/AUSCRS meeting, Cairns, Australia |
Eye & Retina Surgeons sent a team of doctors to participate in this international meeting for cataract and refractive surgeons in Australia. Dr Chan Wing Kwong spoke on various aspects of LASIK refractive surgery. He organized and coordinated the whole refractive surgery programme. Dr Adrian Koh spoke on updates in age related macular degeneration in […] |
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19 MARCH 2010 |
Frustrated with Your Reading Glasses? |
Restore Your Everyday Reading Vision with KAMRA™ What is presbyopia ? A young person’s eye is able to focus light from both far and near objects to create a clear image at all distances. With increasing age, the eye’s natural lens is too stiff to focus up close. As a result, words and other near […] |
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