Dr Lee Shu Yen

Dr Lee led an illustrious career in SNEC before bringing this wealth of experience with her to private practice. She was appointed Clinical Associate Professor with the Duke NUS Graduate Medical School for her key role in setting up the ophthalmology program for the medical school. Her strong interest in nurturing the next generation of ophthalmologist led her to serve as a core faculty member for the SNEC Residency Program and also was actively involved in the teaching of local as well as international fellows in the Surgical Retina program. She has been frequently invited to participate and speak at local, regional as well as international ophthalmology and Retinal conferences to speak on topics ranging from retinal disease management, imaging and surgical techniques.

Dr Lee is active in retina research with publications in the fields of retinal complications of pathologic myopia, retinal detachments, giant retinal tears, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macula degeneration (AMD) as well as in gene therapy. She also chaired the SNEC Research and Innovation Committee which provided pilot grant funding at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI).

In addition to her clinical and academic responsibilities, Dr Lee also actively supports philanthropy and chaired the SingHealth-Duke NUS Charity Gala from 2017 with successes in fund raising efforts. At SNEC, she chaired the Grants Committee which oversees the disbursement of funds raised through VisionSave, the charity arm of SNEC.

Dr Lee was the first lady ophthalmologist who was elected as President of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmologists in 2013, a position she held for almost 10 years, during which she enabled the set up of the Young Ophthalmologists section and spearheaded the greater involvement of Singapore ophthalmology in the region when she served as a council member with the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and the ASEAN Ophthalmology Society (AOS). Dr Lee was a member of the executive committee of the College of Ophthalmologists, Academy of Medicine Singapore, with roles as Secretary and then as Vice-President of the College. These culminated in Dr Lee organising the (spell out) APAO in Singapore in 2017. Dr Lee was additionally appointed to the MOH committee Diabetes Taskforce which was set up to fight Diabetes nationally.