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PROF TIEN YIN WONG



Contact Details

Organization: Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital
Position: Head of Department of Ophthalmology
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery National University of Singapore 31-Dec-1992
Master of Medicine National University of Singapore 31-Dec-1999
Master of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy Johns Hopkins University 31-Dec-2002

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSED) 31-Dec-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Retinal microvascular signs and CVD in older persons Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Research Project Grants 30/09/2004
Early Retinal Vessel Changes in Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
NOVEL PREDICTORS OF RETINAL VASCULAR CALIBRE IN DIABETES Principal Supervisor NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2007
NHMRC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Chief Investigator NHMRC Research Fellowship 01/01/2008
RETINAL MICROVASCULAR SIGNS IN ACUTE STROKE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MRI FINDINGS Principal Supervisor NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Determinants of angle closure in older Singaporeans


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 126
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 686-691
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  • Diabetic retinopathy is associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Diabetic Medicine
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 882
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  • Is routine retinal examination useful in patients with acute ischemic stroke?


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1352-1354
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  • Relationship of retinal vessel diameters with optic disc, macular and retinal nerve fiber layer parameters in 6-year-old children


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2403-2408
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  • Retinal signs and stroke: revisiting the link between the eye and brain 


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1371-1379
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  • Retinal vascular caliber and the long-term risk of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose: the blue mountains eye study


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Microcirculation
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 373
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  • Retinal vessels and retinopathy of prematurity


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 126
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 869-870
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  • Acute intraocular inflammation after intravitreous injections of bevacizumab for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmology
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1911-1915
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  • Acute retinal arteriolar emboli after cardiac catheterization
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 3086-3087
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  • Age-related macular degeneration and mortality from cardiovascular disease or stroke
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1564
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  • Alcohol and eye diseases
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Survey of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 512-525
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  • Alcohol consumption and the risk of age-related macular degeneration: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 145
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 707-715
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  • Are retinal examinations useful in assessing cardiovascular risk?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Hypertension
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 847
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  • Assessing new biomarkers and predictive models for use in clinical practice
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Internal Medicine
    Volume: 168
    Issue: 21
    Page numbers: 2304-2310
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  • Association between body mass index and chronic kidney disease in men and women: population-based study of Malay adults in Singapore
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1910-1918
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  • Birth weight is not related to risk of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Current Eye Research
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 193-198
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  • Body mass index and vein occlusion
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmology
    Volume: 155
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 917-918
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  • CKD increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 806-811
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  • Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 126
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1554-1560
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  • DIRECT new treatments for diabetic retinopathy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 372
    Issue: 9647
    Page numbers: 1361-1363
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  • Determinants of the optic cup to disc ratio in an Asian population
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 126
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1101-1108
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  • Diabetes, hyperglycemia, and central corneal thickness
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmology
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 964-968
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