Biography

Prof. Lam is Clinical Professor (Honorary) of Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is Life Member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI) and Council Member of International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), the President and Organizing Committee Chairman of World Ophthalmology Congress 2008 in Hong Kong (over 13,000 delegates from 102 countries), Council Member of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) and of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS). He is the Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of both Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), and the Asia-Pacific Vitreoretina Society (APVRS), Founding President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Eye Genetics, and the President of the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (2003-5).

Prof. Lam is a serious academician. He was once or is currently editorial board member of various academic journals: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (Associate Editor, Asia), British Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Acta Ophthalmologica, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Video Journal of Ophthalmology, Asia Journal of Ophthalmology, Founding editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong Journal of Ophthalmology; and eye magazines including Ocular Surgery News Europe/Asia-Pacific Edition (Associate Medical Editor and Editorial Board Chairman), EyeNet Magazine, and Euro Times.

He has a passion to help eliminate cataract blindness in China. He found the Project Vision Charitable Foundation (www.projectvision.org.hk) in 2006 aiming to establish 100 charity eye centers in China by 2013 to perform 100,000 quality but low-cost cataract surgeries every year.

A number of awards have been bestowed to him: "De Ocampo Lecture Award" (the highest award for academic achievement in the Asia Pacific Region, conferred by APAO), "Senior Achievement Award" of AAO, "APACRS Certified Educator Award", "Hundred Global Leader for Tomorrow", "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong the World", "The Most Courteous Doctor, Prince of Wales Hospital", and "Hong Kong Humanity Award", etc. Last but not least, he was elected a member of the National People’s Congress of China in early 2008.

Research interests

1. Surgical advancements in glaucoma, cataracts, refractive errors, cornea diseases and pediatric eye diseases.

2. Treatment for macular diseases, especially diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, chloroidal neovascularization, and age-related macular degeneration.

3. Ophthalmic epidermiology.

4. Mechanisms and applications of traditional and alternative medicine for eye diseases.

5. Translational research in ophthalmic therapeutics.

6. Genetic mechanisms and pathology of myopia, glaucoma and macular degeneration.

Representative publications

1. Leung DY, Li FC, Kwong YY, Tham CC, Chi SC, Lam DSC. Simvastatin and disease stabilization in normal tension glaucoma: a cohort study.
   Ophthalmology 2010 March; 117:471-6.

2. Lam DS, Rao SK, Fan H, Congdon NG, Liu YP, Lam PT. Endothelial cell loss and surgically induced astigmatism after sutureless large incision manual cataract extraction (SLIMCE).
   Arch Ophthalmol 2009 Oct;127:1284-9.

3. Lam DS, Lai TY, Lee VY, Chan CK, Liu DT, Mohamed S, Li CL. Efficacy of 1.25mg versus 2.5mg Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Diabetic Macular Edema: 6-months Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Retina 2009 March;29:292-9.

4. Lam DS, Chan CK, Mohamed S, Lai TY, Lee VY, Liu DT, Li KK, Li PS, Shanmugam MP. Intravitreal triamcinolone plus sequential grid laser versus triamcinolone or laser alone for treating diabetic macular edema: six-month outcomes.
   Ophthalmology. 2007 Dec;114(12):2162-7.

5. Lam DS, Chan WM, Liu DT, Fan DS, Lai WW, Chong KK. Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation of pathologic myopia in Chinese eyes: a prospective series of 1 and 2 year follow up.
   Br J Ophthalmol. 2004 Oct;88(10):1315-9.

6. Leung AT, Rao SK, Cheng AC, Yu EW, Fan DS, Lam DS. Pathogenesis and management of laser in situ keratomileusis flap buttonhole.
   J Cataract Refract Surg. 2000 Mar;26(3):358-62.

7. Lam DS, Leung AT, Wu JT, Cheng AC, Fan DS, Rao SK, Talamo JH, Barraquer C. Management of severe flap wrinkling or dislodgment after laser in situ keratomileusis.
   J Cataract Refract Surg. 1999 Nov;25(11):1441-7.

8. Lam DS, Leung DY, Tham CC, Li FC, Kwong YY, Chiu TY, Fan DS. Randomized trial of early phacoemulsification versus peripheral iridotomy to prevent intraocular pressure rise after acute primary angle closure.
   Ophthalmology. 2008 Jul;115(7):1134-40.

9. Lam DS, Lai JS, Tham CC, Chua JK, Poon AS. Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty versus conventional systemic medical therapy in treatment of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
   Ophthalmology. 2002 Sep;109(9):1591-6.

10. Lam DS, Leung YF, Chua JK, Baum L, Fan DS, Choy KW, Pang CP. Truncations in the TIGR gene in individuals with and without primary open-angle glaucoma.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000 May;41(6):1386-91