Clin Assoc Prof Loo Jing Liang

After obtaining her medical degree from NUS, she completed her specialist training in Ophthalmology and became Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and the Academy of Medicine Singapore in 2008. Following this, she embarked on a one-year Neuro-Ophthalmology fellowship at SNEC. In 2009, she received the Higher Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) award from the Ministry of Health and completed a one-year fellowship in Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA under the preceptorship of Professor Neil Miller, an international leader in the field of Neuro-ophthalmology.

As a Clinician Educator, she wears multiple hats as an educator in Ophthalmology. She is the Director of Undergraduate Education and the Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme and oversees the ophthalmology training of medical students from three medical schools – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS, Duke-NUS and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at NTU. She is a member of the Core Faculty of the Singhealth Residency Programme (Ophthalmology) and is actively involved in the training of ophthalmology residents.

• Adjunct Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
• Deputy Chief Examiner, Joint Committee in Specialist Training (JCST) Exit Exam Committee for Ophthalmology (2021 - Present)
• Core Faculty, Singhealth Residency (Ophthalmology) (2015 – Present)
• Member, Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) (2024 - Present)

• Long Service Medal, National Day Awards (2025)
• Star Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award (2025)
• Outstanding Educator Award, GCEO Excellence Awards (2024)
• Singhealth 20 Years Long Service Award (2021)
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Singhealth RiSE Awards (2019)
• Silver Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (2012, 2017)

1. Loo JL, Singhal S et al. Multi-ethnic involvement in autosomal dominant optic atrophy in Singapore. Eye (London). 2017 Mar;31(3)475-480
        
2. Loo JL, Tian J, Miller NR, Subramanian PS. Use of optical coherence tomography in predicting post-treatment visual outcome in anterior visual pathway meningioma. Br J Ophthamol. 2013Nov;97(11): 1455-8
        
3. Loo JL, Cullen JF, Sethi DF. Mucocoele of the anterior clinoid process: an unusual cause of orbital apex syndrome. Neuro-ophthalmology 2010 Feb;34(1): 52-4
        
4. Loo JL, Looi ALG, Seah LL. Visual outcomes in patients with paranasal mucoceles. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 Mar-Apr;23(2):126-9
        
5. Foong AW, Saw SM, Loo JL, Shen S, Loon SC, Rosman M, Aung T, Tan DT, Tai ES, Wong TY. Rationale and methodology for a population-based study of eye diseases in Malay people: The Singapore Malay eye study (SiMES).Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2007 Jan-Feb;14(1):25-35
        
6. Loo JL, Lee SY, Ang CL. Can long term corticosteroids lead to blindness? A case series of central serous chorioretinopathy induced by corticosteroids. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2006;35:496-9
        
7. Lee SY, Loo JL, Ang CL. Ischemic oculopathy as a complication of surgery for an atrial myxoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2004 Jan ; 122 (1) : 130-1 
        
8. Loo JL, Sharma S, Miller NR. Optic nerve sheath meningiomas : Diagnosis and management. Tumours of the Central Nervous System (Book Chapter). Springer 
        
9. Lo YL, Najjar RP, Teo KY, Tow SL, Loo JL, Milea D. A reappraisal of diagnostic tests for myasthenia gravis in a large Asian cohort. J Neurol Sci. 2017 May 15;376:153-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.016. Epub 2017 Mar 14 
        
10. Teo KY, Tow SL, Haaland B, Gosavi TD, Loo JL, Lo YL, Milea D. Low conversion rate of ocular to generalized myasthenia gravis in Singapore. Muscle Nerve 2018 May;57(5) :756-760. 
         
11. Low JR, Wong CW, Loo JL, Milea D, Perera SA et al. Evaluation of intraocular pressure after water drinking test in patients with hemifacial spasm. Clin Ophthalmol 2020 Jun 18;14-1675-1680 
         
12. Vasseneix C, Najjar RP, Xu X, Tang Z, Loo JL, Singhal S, Tow SL, Milea, L, Ting DSW, Liu Y, Wong TY, Newman N, Biousse V, Milea D. Accuracy of a deep learning system for classification of papilledema severity on ocular fundus photography. Neurology 2021 July ;97(4):e369-e377. 
         
13. Chen ZY, M Saini, Loo JL. Facial nerve involvement accompanying optic neuritis secondary to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disorder. J Neuroophthalmol 2021 Sept ;41(3):e378-e380 
         
14. Foo R, Yau C, Singhal S, Tow SLC, Loo JL, Tan K, Milea D. Optic neuritis in the era of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease and myelin oligodendrocyte antibody associated disebase – A Survey of Practice Patterns in Singapore ( Original Study ). Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology 2022 Mar-Apr;11(2): 184-195. 
         
15. Siantar RG, Ibrahim FN, Htoon HM, Tow SLC, Goh KY, Loo JL….Tan Kevin. Should Aquaporin-4 Antibody test be performed in all patients with isolated optic neuritis ? J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Dec1;42(4):454-461. 
         
16. Chan CSY, Hsu JCL, Tow SLC, Milea D, Loo JL, Singhal S. Are isolated ocular motor nerve palsies in the elderly truly ‘low risk ‘ for abnormal neuro-imaging outcomes ? Eye (Lond) 2023 Oct 11.  doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02775-7. 
         
17. Ge JYW, Teo ZL, Loo JL. Recent advances in the use of optical coherence tomography in neuro-ophthalmology. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2024 March;52(2):220-233. 
         
18. Gungor A, R P Najjar… Loo JL, ….D Milea . Deep Learning to Discriminate Arteritic from Nonarteritic Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy on Colour Images . JAMA Ophthalmology 2024 Nov 1;142(11):1073-1079. 
         
19. Gungor A, Tang Z, Loo JL, SLC Tow……..Dan Milea; BONSAI Group. Deep learning-based Detection of papilloedema on retinal photographs from handheld cameras: A prospective study. J Neuroophthalmol. 2025 Aug doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000002394.