Dr. Yap Tiong Peng
PhD (UNSW Sydney) DIC (London) MSc (Imperial) BSc (Hons) Optom (UMIST Manchester) FAAO (USA) FACBO (Australia) FCOVD (USA)
[Awarded the David and Diane Goss Fellowship by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation]
Dr. Yap Tiong Peng is a Senior Consultant with IGARD Vision Therapy Centre in Singapore. Trained in England at the University of Manchester and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, he is well known in global public health and behavioural / neurodevelopmental optometry. He is best known locally for his work with adults and children with special needs population (e.g. autism), brain injuries (e.g. concussion, stroke, hemiplegia, hydrocephalus), neurological conditions (e.g. Parkinson’s disease) and learning challenges (e.g. dyslexia). He is the Chairman of the Education Committee of the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists (FACBO), Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (FNORA), Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), and the first person outside the United States to hold Double Fellowships in Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation (FOVDR & FOVDR-A) in both academic and clinical capacities in vision therapy. Dr. Yap completed a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, Master of Public Health (MPH) from University College London (UCL), and Master of Science (MSc) and DIC from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London.
Recent Scientific Papers and Abstracts
Rachel Kelly
BSc(Hons) Optom Glasgow, MSc London, MCOptom London
Rachel Kelly has been in Singapore for five years and she has actively contributed to the local optometry industry. She has been sharing her wealth of clinical knowledge and experience through a range of continuing education courses (e.g. the OOB-accredited course in Pediatric Optometry that was co-organized by IGARD Group and International Eye Cataract Retina Centre). That course has proved so popular that it has already been run twice in the same year.
As a Senior Consultant Optometrist, she pioneered the use of orthokeratology refractive therapy for myopia control at IGARD Group Singapore. She has volunteered actively in numerous community vision screening projects such as the World Sight Day and social outreach vision screening programmes for the less fortunate children. On many occasions, she has written to The Straits Times to raise awareness of optometry in this country. She and her co-author, Yap Tiong Peng, has even raised red flags over the potential ill-effects of smartphone to the eyes and the excessive use of artificial 3D technology at home.
Originally from Ireland, Rachel completed her Optometry training in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. and further clinical training at City University, London, U.K. She holds a BSc(Hons) degree in Optometry, a Master degree in Clinical Optometry with distinction, a Diploma in Sports Vision and a professional membership (by examination) with the British College of Optometrists. She has many years of clinical experience in ocular diagnostics and therapeutics in London. She has previously worked at Moorfields Eye Hospital and has been the President of the North London Association of Optometrists and was the local optometric committee representative to the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K.
Evelyne Saysana
BOptom UNSW Australia, MOptom UNSW Australia
Evelyne Saysana is a Senior Consultant Optometrist at IGARD Group. She holds a Bachelor and Master degree in Optometry from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
She completed her further training in Behavioural Optometry in Sydney, Australia, and she has substantial experience with children and continues to work part-time with the ophthalmology department at the KK Children and Women Hospital in Singapore.
At IGARD, she sees children and adult for vision therapy and neuro-optometric vision rehabilitation. In 2010-11, she was appointed to sit on the expert committee on vision therapy that was initiated by the Singapore Health Ministry. Evelyne is an Australian and Singapore Permanent Resident.