Chee Soon Phaik MBBS, MMed( Ophth), FRCS(Ed), FRCS(G), FRCOphth(UKF), FAMS

Prof Chee graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984 and received her FRCS(G), FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth and MMed(S’pore) in 1990. She was one of the pioneer ophthalmologists of the Singapore National Eye Centre which she joined in February 1991. She did her fellowship training in the both Oculoplastics and Uveitis in 1993 at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. On her return, she directed her time and efforts to building up the Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Department in SNEC. She has trained 4 local fellows and 6 international fellows and continues to attract fellows from the Asia-Pacific region and even as far as the Middle-East.

Prof Chee’s uveitis research interests are mainly in Vogt-Koyanagi Harada Disease, Cytomegalovirus infection in the immunocompetent, dengue maculopathy and endogenous endophthalmitis; and have made significant contributions to the ophthalmic literature. She became a member of the International Uveitis Study Group in 2002 and continues to play an active role organizing symposia in international meetings. She is a member of the VKH International Committee and hosted the 6th VKH 2nd Sarcoidosis international workshop in Singapore in February 2009.