Dr Choo Chai Teck

Clinical Director and Senior Consultant (Aesthetic
Oculoplastic
Singapore National Eye Centre
Singapore

Doctor Ophthalmology
Biography

Dr Choo Chai Teck is a Clinical Director for Aesthetic Eyeplastic Department and he is also the past president and founding member of Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has organized and conducted numerous regional oculoplastic teaching courses. He has spearheaded the studies on some important microscopic anatomical features of oriental lower lid and upper lid. Dr Choo has been invited by numerous hospitals in the region and has travelled widely to impart his oculoplastic surgical skills. He is an Editorial Board Member, ORBIT Journal and an Invited Editorial Board Reviewer of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal. He received the APAO 2008 Distinguished Service Award for the meritorious services in Ophthalmology in the Asia-Pacific region.

Research Intrest

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,microscopic anatomical features of oriental lower lid and upper lid,

List of Publications
1. Choo CT : Correction of Oriental Epiblepharon by Anterior Lamellar Reposition (EYE 1996; 10:5, 545- 547). 2. Choo CT, Chan ML, Fong KS: Surgical Management of Upper Lid Epiblepharon ( EYE 1998; 12 : 623-626). 3. Choo CT, Fong KS : Correction of Upper and Lower lid Epiblepharon in Chinese Patients (Asia Pacific Journal Of Ophthalmology 1998; 10:3, 22- 25). 4. Lim WK, Rajendran K, Choo CT : The Microscopic Anatomy of the Lower Lid Retractors In Orientals. (OPRS 2004,Vol 20: 207-11). 5. Sunny Chen, Rajendran K, Fong KS, Choo CT : Medial pretarsal far pad in Asian upper lid . (OPRS 2008, Vol 24 : 40-2).