Board of Trustees

(1 March 2023 to 28 February 2028)

Y.C. LEE

Dr. Y.C. Lee is the founder and chairman of Lee Eye Centre in Ipoh, Malaysia, and a founding member of APACRS. He was medical superintendent of Perak Community Specialist Hospital.

Dr. Lee was involved in skills transfer courses in the Asia-Pacific region via APACRS and MASIS, an interest group in small incision phacoemulsification.

His work has earned him numerous awards, including Distinguished Service Awards from the Asia-Pacific Intraocular Implant Association (APIIA) in 1996 and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in 1997, and the APACRS Gold Medal in 1998.
   
   

ANG Chong Lye

2017 to present
Emeritus Consultant, Surgical Retinal Department, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)

2008 to 2017
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
Deputy Group CEO, Singapore Health Services (SingHealth)

2000 to 2008
Director, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)

1991 to 2000
Head, Vitreo-retinal service, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)
   
   

Charity WAI

2022 to present
Chief Operating Officer, Sengkang General Hospital (SKH)
Deputy Group COO (Environmental Services, Facilities & Transformation), SingHealth

1989 to 2022
Chief Operating Officer, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)
   
   

(1 July 2026 to 30 June 2031)

Abhay VASAVADA

Dr. Abhay Vasavada completed his Masters in Ophthalmology (M.S.) from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1975. He was awarded the coveted degree of a Fellow Of the Royal College Of Surgeons, England (F.R.C.S.) in 1980. He completed higher surgical training, a necessity for the promotion to a consultant position in U.K. He went on to specialize in cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation, a domain that he has subsequently made his own.

He has been invited to perform live surgical demonstrations across the globe including the U.S.A., (Annual meeting of American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, other countries of the Middle East, the entire Asia-Pacific region including China and Australia. He is a distinguished member of different local and international ophthalmic societies all over the world.

To his credit, he has contributed 140 publications in peer reviewed national & international journals.

He is the first Indian and only the second Asian to be awarded the Binkhorst Medal Lecture by the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) in 2011 . This medal is one of the highest honours conferred for an outstanding contribution in the field of Ophthalmology.