Dr Loh Boon Kwang

• My Eye Specialist & Retina Surgeon

  Address

  38 Irrawaddy Road #05-31
  Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
  Singapore 329563

  Tel

  6250 8421
  

  Fax

  6250 8422
  
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• Specialty

  • Ophthalmology

• Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS 1998
  • Master of Medicine - M Med (Ophthalmology)2005
  • Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons - FRCS (Edinburgh) (Ophthalmology) 2009

• Languages Spoken

  • English

Background

• Dr Loh Boon Kwang is an eye specialist who is currently practicing in Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore. He is one of the first local vitreo-retinal eye specialists in Singapore to be locally and regionally recognised for his sub-specialisation in the treatment of both adult and paediatric vitreous and retina conditions.
• After graduating from the National University of Singapore Medical School, Dr Loh obtained his Masters of Medicine (Ophthalmology) and pursued his ophthalmology specialist training and sub-specialist training in Vitreo-Retinal conditions and diseases at the SNEC. Under a Singapore Government scholarship, Dr Loh also pursued advanced sub-specialist training in adult and paediatric Vitreous and Retina conditions at the Associated Retina Consultants of the Beaumont Hospital in Michigan and the Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York.
• Prior to working at his private practice, Dr Loh was a consultant ophthalmologist at the Singapore National Eye Centre with the Departments of Vitreo-Retinal Service and General Cataract and Comprehensive Service. He had spearheaded the development of Paediatric Retina Service at SNEC from 2011 to 2014. Dr Loh is well regarded by fellow doctors locally and regionally for his expertise in both adult and paediatric vitreous and retina conditions and commitment to patient care, and has been invited to present at multiple local, regional and international meetings.
• Dr Loh actively pursues research relating to vitreo-retinal conditions and diseases and is a adjunct research fellow at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. He is a reviewer for peer-reviewed medical research journals and examiner for the ophthalmology specialist examination. He has often been interviewed by the media to educate the public on eye conditions and diseases. Dr Loh is a member of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and is the first Singaporean member of the Association of Paediatric Retina Surgeons (USA).
• Dr Loh's clinical interests include general ophthalmology, cataract surgery, adult retinal conditions such as retinal detachment, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and myopia-related conditions and complex, advanced paediatric conditions such as retinopathy of prematurity, familial exudative vitreo-retinopathy and retinal detachment in children.