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MEDICAL

OPHTHALMOLOGY MEDICAL CENTRE OF THE YEAR IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

LANG EYE CENTRE
The Lang Eye Centre at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre in Singapore is a comprehensive onestop eye specialist centre for treating eye disease . It ’ s committed to providing high-quality eye care and treatment and offers the latest and most advanced cutting-edge treatments to help patients get the best outcomes .
The centre is helmed by renowned senior ophthalmologist Dr Leonard Ang who has pioneered many cutting-edge treatments for complex blinding eye conditions , while winning numerous awards for his groundbreaking work in ophthalmology .
Dr Ang was previously an associate professor at the Singapore National Eye Centre and at the department of ophthalmology at the National University of Singapore ’ s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine . He was also the principal investigator and group leader of the ocular surface stem cell and tissue engineering programmes at the National Eye Centre and the Singapore Eye Research Institute .
He is an internationally renowned eye surgeon who specialises in advanced cataract surgery , cornea disease treatment , cornea transplantation , glaucoma treatment , retinal disease treatment , stem cell transplantation , complex eye disease treatment , and refractive surgery using LASIK , Epi-LASIK , LASEK and implantable contact lens .
Having completed his specialist training in Singapore , he went through advanced training fellowships at prestigious eye centres around the world , including at the University of
Dr Leonard Ang
Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the United States , Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan , and Harvard Medical School ’ s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary . He is one of the few doctors in Singapore to be conferred a doctor of medicine degree .
Dr Ang ’ s achievements include breaking ground on new methods for cornea and stem cell transplantation . He pioneered the use of serum-free derived bioengineered conjunctival tissues for treating eye diseases and bioengineered an oral stem cell transplantation technique for severe cornea disease . He performed the first series of artificial cornea transplantations in Singapore and Southeast Asia for complex eye disease and has helped to restore the vision of local and international patients with blinding eye diseases .
Dr Ang was awarded the prestigious Singapore National Academy of Science Young Scientist Award in 2005 , Singapore ’ s highest honour in science and technology . He has won 30 international and local scientific awards for his outstanding work in ophthalmology , including the NUS Young Scientist Award , NUS Research Excellence Award , and the Singapore Clinician Investigator Award . He has written more than 90 articles in international journals and scientific publications , seven book chapters , and given more than 130 conference presentations .
Lang Eye Centre provides a comprehensive range of eye services , including cataract screening and advanced cataract surgery , using the latest techniques such as bladeless surgery and computer assisted cataract surgery . The centre also offers premium lenses to correct all refractive errors such as myopia , astigmatism , and presbyopia .
Other services include retinal disease screening and treatment , age-related macular degeneration and retinal detachment treatment and glaucoma screening and treatment .
Dr Ang ’ s practice also offers the latest techniques in corneal transplantation , including anterior lamellar keratoplasty , posterior lamellar keratoplasty , and endothelial keratoplasty , as well as artificial cornea transplantation using Boston keratoprosthesis .
Also available is refractive surgery including iLASIK ( bladeless customised wavefront-guided LASIK ), implantable contact lens surgery , and correction of presbyopia . Its treatments are customised to help patients achieve the best visual result and spectacle freedom .
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