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CLINICAL SERVICES - CORNEAL & EXTERNAL EYE DISEASE

AWARDS

List of Major Awards by the SNEC Corneal Service

Professor Donald Tan

• 1997 - Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Distinguished Service Award
• 2001 - De Ocampo Lecture by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
• 2004, 2005 and 2007 - an award winner at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive
   Surgery (ASCRS) Film Festival for new surgical procedures
• 2005, 2006 and 2007 ASCRS meetings - Best Paper at corneal and keratoplasty symposia.
• 2006 - Achievement Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• 2006 - First Minister for Health Award for Outstanding Performance in Public Health in Singapore
   for leading the Singapore team which first identified the cause of the global outbreak of Fusarium
   Keratitis
• 2008 - National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award
• 2009 - The President's Science Award
• 2009 - The American Academy of Ophthalmology and International Society of Refractive Surgery
   Casebeer Award
• 2010 - The Saudi Arabia Ophthalmological Society Gold Medal
• 2011 - SingHealth Excellence Awards - Distinguished Leader Award Series (Visionary Leader)
• 2011 - Australia and New Zealand Corneal Society Doug Coster Award
• 2011 - Canadian Society of Ophthalmology W. Bruce Jackson Award
• 2011 - National University of Singapore Medical Faculty Research Excellence Award
• 2011 - American Academy of Ophthalmology 2011 “Best Poster” Award: Intraoperative Use of Spectral
   Domain OCT During Descemet-Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty to Assess Donor Attachment and
   Thickness
• 2011 - Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Silver Award

Dr Louis Tong

• 2004 – 2006 - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) National Science
Scholarship: International fellowship
• 2006 - Outstanding Abstract award by Sjogren Syndrome Foundation
• 2006 - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Travel Award (Tear Film and
Ocular surface Society)
• 2007 - SingHealth Learning Award
• Nov 2007 – Nov 2008 NUS-Exxon Mobil Award for clinicians
• 2008 - Singhealth Mentorship Program Grant Award (TDF/MG020/2008)
• Oct 2009 - NMRC clinician-scientist award (investigator) (NMRC/CSA/013/2009)

Adjunct Assoc Prof Jodhbir Mehta

•  2009 - American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award
•  2009 - Asia-ARVO International Travel Fellowship
•  2009 - Khoo Investigator Development Program, Duke-NUS
•  2010 - HKFV Asian Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Travel Grant
•  2011 - Carl Zeiss International User Group Meeting, Best Paper 2011
•  2011 - American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Best Poster, Corneal Section
•  2011 - International Ophthalmologist Education Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Please visit the following relevant links:

Outcome Results on Corneal & External Eye Disease Procedures
Corneal & External Eye Disease Clinical Staff
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Care After Corneal Transplant
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JOINT COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL

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EXCELLENCE FOR SINGAPORE AWARD

The Excellence for Singapore Award was set up by the Singapore Totalisator Board in 1996 to recognise and honour individuals, groups of individuals or organisations that bring credit to Singapore by being among the best in their areas of activity in Asia or in the world. SNEC has been bestowed the award since 2003.

ISO 9001:2008

ISO 9001 is the globally implemented standard for providing assurance about the ability to satisfy quality requirements and to enhance customer satisfaction in supplier-customer relationships. SNEC achieved the certification in 2005 and has also been accredited with ISO 9001:2008 (UKAS) since year 2008.

EXCELLENCE SERVICE AWARD

The Excellent Service Award (EXSA) is a national award managed by SPRING Singapore and nine industry lead associations. This award recognises the best of the best individuals who have delivered outstanding service in their respective industries. SNEC has been conferred the national award in 2004.

WORK-LIFE EXCELLENCE AWARD

The Work-Life Excellence Award is conferred to organizations for their excellence in Work-Life strategies. The award pays tribute to organizations that are committed to helping employees harmonise work and personal needs. SNEC achieved the award since 2006.

Servi-Cert^TM

Servi-Cert^TM is a service certification adapted from France and introduced into Singapore by the SGS International Certification Services Singapore Pte Ltd. To be accredited with ServiCertTM is an endorsement that SNEC has in place a service delivery system of international standard. This means SNEC's patients can look forward to service of the highest and most consistent quality. Patients can be assured that their needs and safety remain top of SNEC's priority as we continuously improve our facilities and premises. SNEC has been certified since April 2007.

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