Louis TONG, MD
Singapore

 Prof Tong graduated in 1993 with basic medical degree from the National University of Singapore, registered as a medical practitioner in 1994 and achieved accreditation as an ophthalmologist by the Singapore Medical Council in November 2004. He completed in training in ophthalmology at various centers in the United Kingdom (1996-2000) and in Singapore (2000-2004). He completed a 2 year overseas cornea research fellowship at the Ocular Surface Center, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, as part of A*STAR national science scholarship, and a PhD from NUS.

 Prof Tong holds a tenured position at the eye-academic clinical program in the Duke-NUS graduate medical school. He is currently deputy director of education, head of ocular surface research group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI). He is vice president of Asia Dry Eye Society, involved in advisory board meetings in several pharmaceutical companies, is a subcommittee member of TFOS international dry eye workshop II, international meibomian gland workshop and a co-inventor in a few patents.

 Prof Tong has been awarded three times the Clinician Scientist Award (senior inv) from National Medical Research Council. He runs a dedicated dry eye service at the Singapore National Eye Center, focusing on tear dysfunction and Meibomian gland disease, as well as a general eye clinic focusing on cataract surgery.