Marcus ANG, MD
Singapore

Associate Professor, Dr Marcus Ang, MBBS, MMED, MCI, FRCS, PhD is Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist & Head of the Cornea and External Eye Disease Service; & Head of Refractive Service, Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). He also serves as Advisor at the SNEC Myopia Center.

Academic Achievements: He has currently more than 200 peer-reviewed publications (H-index=57), majority of which are first or corresponding author with JIF>2.0, focusing on translational research. He has published important peer-reviewed articles in the LANCET (IF: 202.7), LANCET Digital Health (IF: 36.615), PRER (IF: 19.7), Nature Digital Medicine (IF: 15.36), and Ophthalmology (12.08); and numerous book chapters, including several in the seminal textbook CORNEA. He has more than 20 Academic Awards, >$5M of competitive research grant funding, and filed 5 patents with 1 licensed. He is a regular invited speaker at international conferences recognized by his international awards such as the APAO Achievement Award (2018) and AAO Achievement Award (2019).

International Education: A/Prof Ang is actively involved in clinical training, examining and teaching medical students and Residents every month, and has trained more than 10 local and international Fellows. As a research mentor he has supervised several PhD theses, PhD students and numerous post-graduate students. He has been the Course Director for the International SNEC Advanced Cornea Course for many years, regularly teaching regional candidates corneal, refractive and cataract surgery via workshops and wetlabs. On the international stage, he has delivered >100 lectures and published/edited several tectbooks, including serving on the Editorial Committee for the AAO Basic and Clinical Science Course. He is an instructor on the APAO Leadership Development Program (LDP) and Mentor on several APAO programs to teach and develop the next generation of Ophthalmologists in the region. In view of his efforts in education, he was awarded the International Ophthalmologist Education Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Global Ophthalmology: As Founding Director of Global Clinic (www.global-clinic.org), he regularly organizes missions and travels to provide free eye-care and cataract surgery in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, India and Myanmar.
He also serves on the Board of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and previously on the Board/Chair of Project Orbis, Singapore. He has been commended with the President’s Award for Philanthropy in Singapore (2017), and Outstanding Service in the Prevention of Blindness Award from APAO (2019).

Service & Recognition: A/Prof Ang is the current President of the Singapore Society of Ophthalmology. He serves as Secretary of the APAO YO Committee and many regional committees such as the Council for the Asia Pacific Ocular Imaging Society and Asia Pacific Artificial Cornea and Keraprosthesis Society. As a graduate of the APAO LDP as well as the AAO LDP Class XX, he has contributed to several APAO and AAO committes such as the YO International Committee and AAO Myopia Taskforce. He was
recognised with the AAO Secreteriat Award in 2021 for his contributions to society work. His contributions and achievements in Ophthalmology have led to him being awarded the Artemis Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2019 and Vision Excellence Award (IAPB) in 2020. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Ophthalmologists (Global, The Power List 2023 and 2024) and Top 100 Ophthalmologists in the Asia Pacific by the APAO.