Aesthetic Oculoplastic Surgery
Dr Joy Chan (Faculty - Head)
MBBS (Singapore)MRCS(Ed) OphthalmologyFAMS OphthalmologyDr Joy Chan is Medical Director & Senior Consultant in International Eye Cataract Retina Centre at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre and Farrer Park Medical Centre.
Dr Chan was previously Consultant in the Ophthalmology Service at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Medical Centre. She was also Consultant in the Department of Ophthalmology at National University Hospital.
Dr Chan graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2004. She was awarded the Gold Medal and Book Prize in Ophthalmology in 2003. She obtained her Membership to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2008 and Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in 2011.
Dr Chan completed her Basic and Advanced Specialty Training at the Singapore National Eye Centre in 2011 and underwent fellowship training in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive (Oculoplastic) Surgery at the National University Hospital from 2012 to 2013. She was awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award in 2013.
Dr Chan was a Clinical Lecturer and a Master of House at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in National University of Singapore. She served as Faculty on several postgraduate level surgery courses, teaching both cataract surgery as well as oculoplastic surgery.
Dr Chan has published extensively on a wide range of research topics, which include novel surgical techniques for treating eyelid laxity, novel ophthalmic imaging techniques and rare eye conditions. She has spoken at both local and international conferences on a variety of topics relating to oculoplastic surgery.
During her tenure at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Dr Chan helmed the Oculoplastic Service of the hospital and was responsible for managing a wide variety of oculoplastic conditions. She is also a skilled cataract surgeon and has vast experience with a broad range of cataract surgery techniques and new technology such as femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and computer-assisted toric intraocular lens implantation.Dr Stephanie Young (Faculty - Research Head)
MBBS (Singapore)MMed (Ophthalmology)
FAMSFRCOphth (UK)Dr Stephanie Ming Young is a Consultant at the Ophthalmology Department in National University Hospital (NUH), and an Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the current Treasurer of the prestigious Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS). She has obtained Fellowships from both The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (London) and Academy of Medicine (Singapore). Dr Young has a special interest in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the eyelids and orbit, and has received several grants and published various papers on the subject in peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters. She also practices general ophthalmology and performs cataract surgery, in addition to eyelid, orbital and lacrimal surgery.
A graduate of the National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Young won the Gold Medal and Book Prize in Ophthalmology, and received a Distinction Award for Ophthalmology-related research for her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. As a house officer, she was awarded the best house officer award for her Medicine posting in 2008. She went on to specialize in Ophthalmology and underwent training at both National University Hospital (NUH) and Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC).
After completion of her Ophthalmology residency, she underwent a surgically intensive fellowship in Orbital, Oculofacial surgery and Ophthalmic oncology in NUH. Thereafter she was awarded the hospital’s Academic Medicine Development Award scholarship to pursue further Oculoplastic training overseas, where she spent a year in Samsung Medical Center, a renowned high-volume tertiary hospital in Seoul, South Korea, training with top Oculoplastic surgeons. During her time in Seoul, she gained significant exposure to functional and aesthetic Asian blepharoplasty, adult and congenital ptosis surgery, endoscopic lacrimal surgery, as well as complex orbital surgery for trauma, thyroid orbitopathy and tumours.
She has won several Ophthalmology-related awards including: American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award (2019), Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Best Scientific Paper (2018, 2019), American Academy of Ophthalmology Best Poster Award (2014, 2015 & 2017), Eye Foundation Award – National Ophthalmology Residents Research Day 2014, Winner of Free Paper – Confluence 2013, Best Paper Award – NUHS Residents Research Day 2011. Her passion in Oculoplastics-related research has led her to win several research grants including: SNEC HREF Study grant, NUHS Clinician Scientist Program Residency Grant, and SERI Pilot Grant. She also received the Galderma Education Grant to gain training on facial filler injections for periocular rejuvenation.
Aside from clinical work and research, Dr Young is a clinical lecturer with the NUS Clinical Faculty Scheme and teaches medical students as well as junior doctors. She received the Wong Hock Boon Society Outstanding Mentor Award 2017 for her efforts in mentoring medical students. She strongly believes in giving back actively to society and sits on the executive committee of the Singapore Women’s Association, and is the chairperson of its Singapore Visioncare Programme which provides free eye screening events for the community. She has also been on several cataract and Oculoplastic trips to remote areas in need of eyecare in China, Myanmar and Cambodia.