Prof Doric Wong

Biography

Adj Assoc Prof Wong is senior consultant of the Surgical Retina Department at the Singapore National Eye Centre. He is also the chairman of the Outpatient Department Committee, and a member of the Management Committee and Strategic Planning Group of the Centre. Adj Assoc Prof Wong completed his basic medical training and postgraduate training in ophthalmology in Singapore. He went on to a surgical-medical retina fellowship in the Singapore National Eye Centre in 1997-1998. He spent a year as international fellow at the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital in New York in 1998 - 1999. Adj Assoc Prof Wong’s clinical and research focus is on diseases of the retina. His practice commonly includes surgery for retinal detachments, diabetic retinopathy and macular disorders (e.g. macular holes, epiretinal membranes, vitreomacular traction, myopic macular schisis). His special interest in surgery is in complex retinal diseases like advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy, retinal surgery in children and retinal surgery in combination with anterior segment surgery. In the field of medical retina, Adj Assoc Prof Wong manages disorders that typically include age-related macular degeneration, choroidal neovascular disease, diabetic retinopathy and other retinal vascular diseases amongst others. Adj Assoc Prof Wong is also on staff with the Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department and cataract surgery continues to be a significant part of his clinical work. Outside Singapore, Adj Assoc Prof Wong is a visiting ophthalmologist to several hospitals in Vietnam. He is on the advisory panel of several pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturing companies.

Research Interest

Diseases of the retina