
MBBS (NUS, Singapore) 1989, FRCSEd (Ophth) (RCS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 1995, M Med (Ophth) (NUS, Singapore) 1995
Ophthalmology, NHG Eye Institute
Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Group Chairman Medical Board
NHG Health
Prof Clinical Practice
Lee Kong Chian Medicine, NTU
Clin A/Prof
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Group Chairman Medical Board
NHG Health
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Prof Lim Tock Han is a Senior Consultant at NHG Eye Institute @ Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Group Chairman Medical Board, NHG.
He is the immediate past director of NHG Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. He is also the immediate past Deputy Group CEO (Education and Research) of NHG Health, Singapore.
He was fellowship trained in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mn, USA. Among his clinical and research interests are Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV). He has pioneered the use of Confocal Scanning Laser Indocyanine Angiography (CSLO-ICGA) in the region for the diagnosis and treatment of PCV, culminating in the setting up of the region’s first reading center for PCV imaging (Fundus Imaging Reading Centre, FIRC) and the EVEREST Trial (by Novartis), the first prospective randomized controlled trial of PCV. He was the founding Designated Institutional Official for the NHG-AHPL Residency Programme, one of first institution worldwide accredited by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I).
He is a Clinical Associate Professor in Ophthalmology at the National University of Singapore, Division of Graduate Medical Studies. He is also Professor (Clinical Practice) Lee Kong Chian Medicine, Nanyang Technology University. He was also the founding President of the College of Ophthalmologists Academy of Medicine (Singapore).
Publications
1. Vitrectomy for advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy: 30 years on
2. Comparison of Ranibizumab With or Without Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: The EVEREST II Randomized Clinical Trial.
3. Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography as an Important Diagnostic Tool for Amblyopia.
4. PREDICTORS AND IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETE POLYPOIDAL LESION REGRESSION IN THE EVEREST II STUDY: Predictors Of Polyp Regression In Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy.
5. Diagnosing Persistent Hypertransmission Defects On En Face OCT Imaging Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
6. ACUTE ATYPICAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS FOLLOWING INTRAVITREAL SUSTAINED-RELEASE DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT: A CASE SERIES.

