About Leonard Ang Pek Kiang
Dr Leonard Ang is the Medical Director at Lang Eye Centre and Eye Max Centre. He was previously an Assoc. Professor at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and the Dept of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore (NUS), and was the Principal Investigator of the ocular surface stem cell and tissue engineering programmes at SNEC and the Singapore Eye Research Institute. He was formerly the Medical Director at The Eye & Cornea Transplant Centre (TECTC) and the Premium Lasik Surgery Clinic (PLSC).
Dr Ang specialises in advanced cataract surgery using the latest technologies and lenses, cornea disease treatment, cornea transplantation, glaucoma treatment, retinal disease treatment, stem cell transplantation, and refractive surgery (LASIK, Epi-LASIK, Implantable Contact Lens).
He completed advanced training fellowships at prestigious eye centres around the world, including University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in USA, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan, and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in USA.
Dr Ang specialises in treating complex eye diseases. His achievements include pioneering new methods for cornea and stem cell transplantation, and bioengineering of eye tissues for eye disease treatment. He is one of the few surgeons specially trained to perform the Boston keratoprosthesis artificial cornea transplant in adults and children in Singapore and South East Asia. He has also published extensively on glaucoma and its treatment.
He has written more than 90 articles in international journals and scientific publications, 7 book chapters and has given more than 130 conference presentations.
Mon to Fri: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Sat: 9.00am - 12.00pm
*Closed on Sun and PH
Clinic:
Eye Max Centre
38 Irrawaddy Road
#07-42 Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital
Singapore 329563
+65 6653 5285 or +65 9760 3020
Languages
Education
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MBBS (Singapore)
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Doctorate (Medicine)
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FRCS (Edinburgh)
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MRCOphth (London)
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MMed (Ophthalmology)
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FAMS (Ophthalmology)
Honours & Awards
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Dr Ang was awarded the prestigious Singapore National Academy of Science Young Scientist Award in 2005, Singapore's highest honour in Science and Technology
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He has won 30 international and local scientific awards for his outstanding work in ophthalmology, including:NUS Young Scientist Award
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NUS Research Excellence Award
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Singapore Clinician Investigator Award