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Dr Chew Milton

MBBS, M Med(Ophth), FAMS

Consultant

Singapore National Eye Centre

Specialty: Cataract ＆ Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Ocular Inflammation ＆ Immunology

Clinical Interest: Cataract ＆ Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Ocular Inflammation ＆ Immunology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Cataract Surgery, Ocular Inflammation and Immunology.

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Ocular Inflammation ＆ Immunology Department Singapore National Eye Centre
Consultant Cataract ＆ Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department Singapore National Eye Centre
Consultant SNEC Eye Clinic @ CGH Changi General Hospital

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology ＆ Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme

Profile

Dr Milton Chew is a Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre. His current practice includes the treatment of cataracts, including presbyopia correction in cataract surgery and the management of ocular Inflammation & uveitis, including the use of immunosuppressive therapy.

Dr Chew obtained his Medical Degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2011 and subsequently completed Ophthalmology Residency training at the Singapore National Eye Centre. He obtained his post-graduate Masters of Medicine in Ophthalmology in 2019, attained Specialist Accreditation, and was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2021. He completed his subspecialty fellowship training in the field of Ocular Inflammation & Immunology at SNEC in 2023.

Dr Chew has published multiple articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, and presented his work at various regional and international conferences. He has been awarded the Singapore Young Investigator Award in 2011. In addition, he is actively engaged in the training of undergraduate and postgraduate doctors, and has been appointed Clinical Instructor with SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme.

Education

FAMS (2021)
M Med(Ophth) (2019)
MBBS (2011)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Physician Faculty Member, Ophthalmology Residency Programme (2023 – present)
Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore (2021 – present)
Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme (2021 – present)
Associate in Education, SingHealth College of Clinical Medicine (2020 – present)

Awards

Singapore Young Investigator Award (Quality & Health Services Research), Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress (2011)
Abbot Research Prize Open Category Oral Presentation, International Ophthalmology Congress (2010)

Research Interests

Publications

Pichi F, Smith SD, Goldstein DA, Baddar D, Gerges TKA, Janetos TM, Ruiz-Cruz M, Elena Concha-Del-Río L,
Maruyama K, Carina Ten Berge J, Rombach SM, Cimino L, Bolletta E, Miserocchi E, Scandale P, Serafino M, Camicione P, Androudi S, Gonzalez-Lopez JJ, Lim LL, Singh N, Gupta V, Gupta N, Amer R, Dodds EM, Inchauspe S, Munk MR, Donicova E, Carreño E, Takeuchi M, Chee SP, Chew MC, Agarwal A, Schlaen A, Gómez RA, Couto CA, Khairallah M, Neri P. The Humira in Ocular Inflammations Taper (HOT) Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Sep 19;258:87-98.
Chew MC, Wiryasaputra S, Wu M, Khor WB, Chan ASY. Incidence of COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Uveitis and Effects of Booster Dose in a Tertiary Uveitis Referral Center. Front Med. 2022 June 9:925683.DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.925683
Arundhati A, Chew MC, Li L, Mehta JS, Lang SS, Htoon HM, Tan DTH. Comparative Study of Long-term Graft Survival between Penetrating Keratoplasty and Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov 27;224:207-216. doi: 10.1016
Chew MC, Tan DH, Chee SP, Lim Li. Optimising Graft Survival in Endothelial Keratoplasty for Endothelial Failure Secondary to Cytomegalovirus Endotheliitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2019 Aug 2;9(1):15.
Rukmini AV, Chew MC, Finkelstein MT, Atalay E, Baskaran M, Nongpiur ME, Gooley JJ, Aung T, Milea D, Najjar RP. Effects of Low and Moderate Refractive Errors on Chromatic Pupillometry. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 20;9(1):4945
Chew MC, Lim LW, Tan E, Tan CS. Comparability of retinal thickness measurements using different scanning protocols on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Int Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec;36(6):791-797.
Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim LW, Sadda SR. Advances in retinal imaging for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema.Indian J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan;64(1):76-83.
Tan CS, Chew MC, Van Hemert J, Singer MA, Bell D, Sadda SR. Measuring the precise area of peripheral non-perfusion using ultra-widefield imaging and its correlation with the ischemic index. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb;100(2):235-9.
Chew MC, Tan CS. Conventional manual small-incision cataract surgery cataract surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2015 Mar;63(3):293-4.
Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim TH. Comparison of foveal-sparing with foveal-involving photodynamic therapy for myopic choroidal neovascularization. Eye (Lond). Eye (Lond). 2014 Jan;28(1):17-22.
Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim KH, Lim TH. Factors affecting visual outcome of myopic choroidal neovascularization treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy. Int J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jun 18;6(3):327-30.

Research Trials

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