Dr Milton Chew

Dr Milton Chew is a Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. His clinical expertise lies in cataract surgery, with a focus on presbyopia-correcting cataract surgery using multifocal intraocular lenses (MFIOLs), extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) lenses, and femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS). He also subspecialises in the management of ocular inflammation and uveitis, including the use of systemic immunosuppressive and biologic therapies for non-infectious uveitis.

He earned his Medical Degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2011 and completed his Ophthalmology Residency at SNEC. He obtained his Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) in 2019, received Specialist Accreditation, and was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2021. Dr Chew subsequently completed a subspecialty fellowship in Ocular Inflammation and Immunology at SNEC in 2023.

In addition to clinical practice, Clinical Assistant Professor Milton Chew is actively engaged in academic research and medical education. He has published multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented his work at regional and international conferences, and was previously awarded the Singapore Young Investigator Award in 2011. As a Clinical Assistant Professor, he plays an integral role in teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees through the SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme.

• FAMS (2021)
• M Med(Ophth) (2019)
• MBBS (2011)
  

• Assistant Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme (2023 – present)
• Physician Faculty Member, Ophthalmology Residency Programme (2023 – present) 
  
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore (2021 – present)
• Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme (2021 – 2023)
  
• Associate in Education, SingHealth College of Clinical Medicine (2020 – present)
  

• Singapore Young Investigator Award (Quality & Health Services Research), Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress (2011)
• Abbot Research Prize Open Category Oral Presentation, International Ophthalmology Congress (2010)
  

1. Pichi F, Smith SD, Goldstein DA, Baddar D, Gerges TKA, Janetos TM, Ruiz-Cruz M, Elena Concha-Del-Río L,
   

   Maruyama K, Carina Ten Berge J, Rombach SM, Cimino L, Bolletta E, Miserocchi E, Scandale P, Serafino M, Camicione P, Androudi S, Gonzalez-Lopez JJ, Lim LL, Singh N, Gupta V, Gupta N, Amer R, Dodds EM, Inchauspe S, Munk MR, Donicova E, Carreño E, Takeuchi M, Chee SP, Chew MC, Agarwal A, Schlaen A, Gómez RA, Couto CA, Khairallah M, Neri P. The Humira in Ocular Inflammations Taper (HOT) Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Sep 19;258:87-98.
   

2. Chew MC, Wiryasaputra S, Wu M, Khor WB, Chan ASY. Incidence of COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Uveitis and Effects of Booster Dose in a Tertiary Uveitis Referral Center. Front Med. 2022 June 9:925683.DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.925683

3. Arundhati A, Chew MC, Li L, Mehta JS, Lang SS, Htoon HM, Tan DTH. Comparative Study of Long-term Graft Survival between Penetrating Keratoplasty and Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov 27;224:207-216. doi: 10.1016

4. Chew MC, Tan DH, Chee SP, Lim Li. Optimising Graft Survival in Endothelial Keratoplasty for Endothelial Failure Secondary to Cytomegalovirus Endotheliitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2019 Aug 2;9(1):15.

5. Rukmini AV, Chew MC, Finkelstein MT, Atalay E, Baskaran M, Nongpiur ME, Gooley JJ, Aung T, Milea D, Najjar RP. Effects of Low and Moderate Refractive Errors on Chromatic Pupillometry. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 20;9(1):4945

6. Chew MC, Lim LW, Tan E, Tan CS. Comparability of retinal thickness measurements using different scanning protocols on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Int Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec;36(6):791-797.

7. Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim LW, Sadda SR. Advances in retinal imaging for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema.Indian J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan;64(1):76-83.

8. Tan CS, Chew MC, Van Hemert J, Singer MA, Bell D, Sadda SR. Measuring the precise area of peripheral non-perfusion using ultra-widefield imaging and its correlation with the ischemic index. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb;100(2):235-9.
   

9. Chew MC, Tan CS. Conventional manual small-incision cataract surgery cataract surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2015 Mar;63(3):293-4.

10. Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim TH. Comparison of foveal-sparing with foveal-involving photodynamic therapy for myopic choroidal neovascularization. Eye (Lond). Eye (Lond). 2014 Jan;28(1):17-22.

11. Tan CS, Chew MC, Lim KH, Lim TH. Factors affecting visual outcome of myopic choroidal neovascularization treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy. Int J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jun 18;6(3):327-30.