Patients with corneal stromal dystrophy will be advised by their eye doctors and counselled accordingly on the next steps. Individuals who may have a family history of the disease and wish to know the likelihood of inheriting the condition can take the test. Those who fall in the above categor...
as well as screening for eye disorders, you can also see an optometrist aside from an ophthalmologist. Optometrists are eye care professionals with a degree in optometry. A clear distinction between the two professions: optometrists are not medical doctors. Therefore, their services are only limited...
Head & Senior Consultant, Corneal & External Eye Disease, Singapore National Eye Centre Head, Tissue Engineering & Stem Cell Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute Deputy Executive Director, Singapore Eye Research Institute Deputy Vice Chair (Research) of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinic...
The discovery, published in the prestigious scientific journal,Nature Genetics, on 26 August 2012, was conducted collaboratively by scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)/Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), National University of Singapore (NU...
A joint research team involving Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, and NUS School of Computing also developed Singapore Eye LEsioN Analyser Plus, or SELENA+. The AI system uses retina images to detect major eye diseases and has been deployed across 20 polyclinics. ...
Mount Elizabeth Hospital provides facilities, such as operating theatres, and equipment for volunteer doctors to perform cataract surgeries on the elderly. SNEC and Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) doctors, nurses and optometrists provide support for the eye screening programmes on-site. ...
It also benefits our patients as their records are kept in the database. Our doctors are able to keep track of their medical development with just a few clicks. WE CARE FOR YOU Program Together with Singapore Cancer Society, our team visited more than 20 families of cancer patients to distr...
What is Endometriosis and what causes it? Every month, a woman’s ovaries produce hormones that tell the lining of the womb to get thicker. The womb (uterus) then sheds these cells (called endometrial cells) along with blood and tissue through the vagina when a woman has her period. Endom...
(it has treated patients from more than 100 nationalities) and includes a team of multi-lingual interpreters to help overseas visitors. There’s also a special Japanese Medical Centre with Japanese-speaking doctors and nurses. Another advantage is that the hospital runs its network of private ...
Situated in the heart of Singapore, the clinic offers a range of health, skincare and small-scale surgeries, as well as modern, non-surgical cosmetic treatments, each performed to the highest of standards experienced doctors. All treatments at Dr D’s involve the use of safe medication and ...