Educational talks for local General Practicers (GPs) and Specialists

8 – 10 July 2011
Good eye care is depend on patient education and lifelong learning/ training.Patient compliance and easy access to specialist knowledge and information is fundamental in total patient care.

On a busy weekend of July 2011, Dr Christopher Khng gave a string of Educational talks for local General Practicers ( GPs) and Specialists doctors around the island of Singapore.

The weekend started on 8 July 2011( Fri) when our Medical Director was invited to give a lunch time talk for Continuing Medical Education ( CME) @ West Point Hospital Seminar Room in Jurong. This event was supported by Bausch & Lomb ( B & L) and attended by more than 50 medical professionals in the industry.The first topic covered was entitled "Changes in the Aging Eyes"

Next, Dr Christopher Khng presented the second topic entitled " The Dilemma of the Red Eye" whereby 100 fellow doctors attended the Gleneagles Hospital 13th Annual Seminar 2011 for GPs & Specialists' Forum. The main forum was titled "Do you see what I see?" This was held at the Windsor Ballroom @ Goodwood Park Hotel ( Orchid Road) on 10 July 2011 ( Sun) . This visual based lecture was aimed to help simplify the decision marking process by providing clear and easy to remember guidelines on what can wait and what cannot in eye related emergencies. And to familiarize the medical practitioners on how to diagnose a more common and more serious eye conditions that may cause a red eye and to distinguish between the two.

Significant Milestones

2 June 2011
An Industry talk entitled " Open your eyes" was presented to 90participants from the life sciences, healthcare and pharmacy management courses of Management Development Institute of SIngapore (MDIS). Faculty members of these courses got to learn about the ocular bane of asia ( myopia/ cataract), pros & cons of contact lenses and various surgical and non surgical eye procedures. A token of appreciation was presented by Dr Andrew Lucy, Director of Student Services to our Medical Director at the end of the talk before they adjourned for light refreshments outside the lecture theatre.

26 March 2011
On 26 March ( Sat)  2.00-330pm. our Medical Director conducted an educational healthcare wellness talk on eye care to the (women's only)  WINGS club members/ non members at Bishan, Junction 8 #06-04.
The talk entitled " Focus on Good Vision" centered on graceful aging, eye conditions and surgical and non surgical solutions to aging eyes.
The Q & A was so interesting that the talk ended at 4pm. All the ladies enjoyed the light refreshments and went home with their information kits and goodie bags

22 July 2010
On 22 July, 2010 (Thursday), EyeWise Vision Clinic (EWVC) presented a very interesting eye care talk, on "Cataract" and "Getting rid of reading glasses" to the enthusiastic staff at Singapore Post.
An attractive goodie bag with the abundance of goodies and educational material were distributed to all participants at the HQ auditorium on Paya Lebar Road.
EWVC pays tribute to all the Singapore Postmen & Staff .Thank you, Mr Postman!

21 July 2010
On 21 July 2010 ( Wed), Eyewise Vision Clinic was invited to give an eye care talk to the business & finance staff at the heart of Singapore's Central Business District ( CBD) in Shenton Way.
This lunch time session met with very enthusiastic participants, who managed to do some eye exercises ( mini yoga) & eye testing. During the Q & A time, topics were wide ranging from pediatric topics of lazy eyes to geriatric questions on cataracts.

25 May 2010
On 25 May 2010, our Medical Director, Dr Christopher Khng had the opportunity of introducing the career of an "Eye Surgeon/ Medical Doctor" to Singapore's future generation of women leaders on their Career Day at Saint Joseph's Convent (SJC Secondary school) in Sengkang. During the morning assembly, the doctor talked about the values, hard work, educational path and career path that an eye surgeon had to undertake to reach their dream job.
Dr Khng was very honoured to be the first guest speaker to start the career day program at this school, which has a rich and proud history of 70 years.
Mrs Susan Crossly, Principal of SJC , presented our Director with a a token of appreciation after the girls had the opportunity to watch an "eye opening" video on cataract surgery. His talk preceded the introduction to other careers like Designer, Artist, Lawyers, Radio DJ, Chefs & Journalist, just to name a few.

20 March 2010
Dr Christopher Khng dropped by on Sat, for an appreciation ceremony at the St John Ambulance Headquarters, Beach Road. He was given a token of appreciation for his volunteer teaching of the First aid Instructors course in 2009 by Dr Selan Sayampanathan.

29 November 2009
Our medical director was invited to Johor, Malaysia on 29 Nov (Sunday) to give an Eyecare talk in mandarin to a captivated audience of 400, on the topic "Looking forward to cataract surgery."

24-27 October 2009
Our Medical Director was honoured to be Co-Chairman & panelist for the Cataract Original Papers presented during the 2009 Joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Pan- American Association of Ophthalmology held on October 24-27 at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco.

Our Medical Director,Dr Christopher Khng congratulated his friend and mentor, Dr Robert Osher, MD, Professor University of Cincinnati, for winning the Kelman award in cataract surgery given by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in San Francisco.	Dr Khng sharing fine dinning moments with Dr Chris Rapuano from Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, USA and Dr Khiun Tjia from the Netherlands during the AAO cataract committee get together.

7 August 2009 On 7th August 2009 (Fri), Dr Christopher Khng was invited to the Inaugural Singapore College of Ophthalmologist Dinner at Sentosa Golf Club. He rubbed shoulders with fellow colleagues and friends in the industry. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports was the Guest of Honour for this occasion.
20 July 2009 EyeWise Vision Clinic is not only committed to continuing education for parents, patients, fellow doctors but also front line emergency workers like those from St John Ambulance Brigade. On 20 July 2009, Dr Christopher Khng taught a course on “basic eye trauma” at St John Ambulance National Headquarters, located on Beach Road, for the Occupational First aid Trainers. Mr Chua Wee Kwang, Commissioner- Development; Coordinator -SJAA Lay Lecturers, St John Ambulance Association was there to welcome our Medical Director. There were over 20 first aid instructors, who were taught how to handle eye injury due to foreign bodies, industrial acid accidents, sports injury and juvenile accidents. We wish all participants good luck in their exams at the end of this month and are sure they will all pass with flying colours!
	11 & 12 Apr 2009 On 11 & 12 April 2009, Eyewise Vision Clinic participated in the fund-raising Health Talk by Lions Club of Singapore (Somerset), for the Lions Befriender food drop and hot meal programme,held at the Lion's Nursing Home (Toa Payoh).Dr Bala S. Rajaratnam, President of the Lions Club of Singapore (Somerset) presented a token of appreciation to our Medical Director, Dr Christopher Khng for assisting in the Health Talk. This program saw more than 130 senior citizens, who are cared by the Lions Befriender (Mei Ling) Neighbourhood Link benefit with rations such as eggs, bread, rice, instant noodles, biscuits, 3-in-1 coffee and soap. The funds raised will be utilised to distribute bimonthly rations to these senior citizens who rely on financial assistance from the government or have limited or no family support. Dr Bala said a big thank you to our Medical Director for contributing positively to this event.
	8 Jan 2009 EYEWISE VISION CLINIC had a very important guest/ visitor. Dr. Hunter Cherwek, Medical Director of the Flying Eye Hospital, ORBIS (www.orbis.org) visited EyeWise Vision Clinic on his stopover from USA to the Philippines.
7 Jan 2009 Dr Christopher Khng enthralled fellow doctors at Gleneagles Hospital auditorium speaking at the 1st Lunchtime continuing medical education (CME) seminar for the new year 2009, on the topic "Iris Repair- The State of the Art." As an aside, the purple flowers in the background are also called Iris. To a horticulturist this particular breed of purple flower is the Blood Iris ( Iris sanguinea) or ayame.It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name.In North America, a common name for irises is flags.
	4 Dec 2008 Dr Christopher Khng was invited to address the staff of Creative Technology Pte Ltd, on the topics entitled "Floaters" and "Implantable Contact Lens ( ICL)".
	19 Nov 2008 Dr Khng addressed fellow doctors at Gleneagles Hospital Auditorium & 20 Nov  East Shore Hospital auditorium on the topic " Looking forward to cataract surgery"
	8-11 Nov 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Program Chair at American Academy of Ophthalmology "Around the World in 80 minutes" symposium on Difficult and complex cataract surgery.
	10 Nov 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  EyeWise Medical Director Dr Christopher invited to attend the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital Cocktail reception held during the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
	First Singapore eye doctor in flying hospital mission returns from Syria Adapted from Channel News Asia ( CNA) Website By Azlan Azri, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 19 July 2008 2103 hrs SINGAPORE: The first Singapore eye doctor to participate in an ORBIS flying hospital mission has returned from Syria where he helped 10 visually-impaired Syrians regain their sight. ORBIS is a non-profit organization fighting blindness in developing countries. Dr Chris Khng was one of 10 doctors from around the world who volunteered for the Syria mission late last month. Within five days, Dr Khng helped many to regain their sight, including a 12-year-old boy who became blind in one eye almost two years ago. According to ORBIS, most cases of blindness in Syria can be easily treated if the doctors are trained in advanced eye surgery techniques. It was ORBIS' second mission to Syria since last year but for Dr Khng, it was his first eye operation on board ORBIS. "Because of the gust of wind at the airport, the plane would suddenly jerk a little bit during the surgery and we would have to pause the surgery," said Dr Khng.
	Singapore Doctor “Flies High” with The Flying Hospital to Treat the Less Fortunate A Singaporean Ophthalmologist becomes the First-Ever Singaporean to be selected to join Prestigious Flying Hospital Team on its mission to raise the quality of eye-care in the Middle East. read more

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