• BMedSc (Hons I)(Australia) (1994)
• BMed (Hons)(Australia) (1996)
• MRCSEd (Ophthalmology) (2002)
• MMed (Ophthalmology) (2002)
• FRCSEd (Ophthalmology) (2005)
• FAMS (Ophthalmology) (2005)

• Consultant, Refractive Surgery Service, Singapore National Eye Centre
• Adjunct Research Scientist, Singapore Eye Research Institute
• Clinical Teacher, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  

Memberships:

• 1997 – present
  New South Wales Medical Board, Australia
• 1997 – present
  General Medical Council, United Kingdom
• 1998 – present
  Singapore Medical Council, Singapore
• 1998 – present
  Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, USA
• 2002 – present
  European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• 2006 – present
  American Society of Cataract andRefractive Surgery

Awards & Accolades

• 2003
  Outstanding Award in Clinical Ophthalmology, First SERI-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and    Ophthalmology
• 2001
  ARVO/Gesine Mohn Travel Fellowship Award received from the Association for Research in Vision    and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• 1996
  Ciba-Geigy Prize – awarded for having demonstrated the highest overall ability and capacity in Bachelor of Medicine
• 1996
  Blackwell Science Prize – awarded for having demonstrated the highest overall ability and capacity in Critical Reasoning in    Bachelor of Medicine
• 1996
  Singapore Graduating Class Prize – awarded for achieving the best undergraduate record at The University of Newcastle, Australia
• 1994
  McGraw-Hill Prize in Medicine – awarded for having demonstrated the highest overall ability andcapacity in Bachelor of Medical    Science

Selected Publications, Research Interest & Trials

Publications:

1. Chua WH , Bogduk N. The surgical anatomy of thoracic facet denervation. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 1995;136:140-4.
2. Chua WH . Thoracic spinal pain – a review. Australian Musculoskeletal Medicine 1996;April:13-21.
3. Chua WH . Thoracic spinal pain – zygapophysial joints. Australian Musculoskeletal Medicine 1996.
4. Saw SM, Chua WH, Wu HM, Yap EY, Chia KS, Stone RA. Myopia: gene-environment interaction. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2000;29:290-7.
5. Saw SM, Wu HM, Hong CY, Chua WH, Chia KS, Tan D. Myopia and night lighting in children in Singapore. Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:527-528.
6. Saw SM, Chua WH, Hong CY, Wu HM, Chan WY, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Nearwork in early onset myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:332-339.
7. Saw SM, Chua WH, Hong CY, Wu HM, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Height and its relationship to refraction and biometry parameters in Singapore Chinese children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:1408-1413.
8. Tong L, Saw SM, Tan D, Chia KS, Chan WY, Carkeet A, Chua WH, Hong CY. Sensitivity and specificity of visual acuity screening for refractive errors in school children. Optom Vis Sci 2002;79:650-657.
9. Chua WH , Tan D, Chan WK. Performance of the Hansatome microsuction ring for laser in situ keratomileusis in eyes with narrow palpebral apertures. J Ref Cat Surg 2004;30:2344-2348.
10. Tong L, Saw SM, Chua WH, Luu C, Cheng B, Yeo I, Wong E, Tan D, Koh A. Optic disk and retinal characteristics in myopic children. Am J Ophthalmol 2004;138:160-162.
11. Ang L, Aung T, Chua WH, Yip LW, Chew PTK. Visual field loss from primary angle closure-glaucoma: a comparative study of symptomatic and asymptomatic disease. Ophthalmology 2004;111:1636-1640.
12. Chew PTK, Aung T, Aquino MV, Rojanapongpun P, Chua WH. Intraocular pressure-reducing effects and safety of latanoprost versus timolol in patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2004;111:427-434.
13. Saw SM, Tong L, Chua WH, Chia KS, Koh D, Tan DTH, Katz Joanne. Incidence and progression of myopia in Singapore school children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:51-57.
14. Tan DTH, Lam DS, Chua WH, Fan DSP, Crockett RS. One year multi-centre, double-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel, safety and efficacy study of 2% pirenzepine ophthalmic gel in children with myopia. Ophthalmology 2005:112:84-91.
15. Husain R, Tong L, Fong A, Cheng JF, How A, Chua WH, Lee L, Gazzard G, Tan DT, Koh D, Saw SM. Prevalence of cataract in rural Indonesia. Ophthalmology 2005;122:1255-1262.
16. Saw SM, Gazzard G, Chan ESY, Chua WH. Myopia and associated pathological complications. Ophthal Physiol Opt 2005;25:381-391.
17. Saw SM, Chua WH, Gazzard G, Koh D, Tan DTH, Stone RA. Eye growth changes in myopic children in Singapore. Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:1489-1494.
18. Ho CSD, Ng CBC, Chan E, Ngeow A, Wijaya R, Ashok V, Tang W, Gazzard G, Chua WH, Saw SM. Uncorrected refractive error in Singapore teenagers. Br J Ophthalmol 2006;90:202-207.
19. Chua WH , Balakrishnan V, Chan YH, Tong L, Ling Y, Quah BL, Tan D. Atropine for the treatment of childhood myopia. Ophthalmology 2006;113:2285-2291.

Contact Details
Tel: +65 62277255
Fax: +65 62277290
Email: chua.wei.han@snec.com.sg
Department’s Website: http://www.snec.com.sg/clinical/refractive.asp and http://www.snec.com.sg/clinical/cataract.asp