CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. BARBARA SAU-MAN TAM
BSc (Hons) MBChB (UK) FRCS (Edin) FCOphthHK FCSHK FHKAM (Ophthalmology)
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CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. BARBARA SAU-MAN TAM MBChB(Bristol, UK) FRCS(Edin) FCOphthHK FCSHK FHKAM (Ophth)
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Barbara Sau-Man Tam
EDUCATION
1974-1981 St. Mary‟s Canossian College, HK 1981-1982 Chaters Towers School, Sussex, UK 1982-1984 Ursuline Convent School, Kent, UK 1984-1986 Sevenoaks School, Kent, UK 1986-1992 University of Bristol, UK
Professional Qualifications
June 1989 BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK June 1992 MBChB University of Bristol, UK. Feb 1997 FRCS (Edin) The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Mar 1997 FCOphthHK The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong une 1997 FCSHK The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong July 2000 FHKAM(Ophth)The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
Prizes
July 1987 Biology Prize for „A” Level student, Sevenoaks School June 1992 Anthony Hooper Ophthalmology Prize for the best Undergraduate student of the year. Awarded by the University of Bristol.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Current position Consultant Ophthalmologist in private practice since May 2004. Cataract and LASIK surgeries as well as special Interest in Vitreoretinal diseases and surgeries including retinal detachment and Macular diseases.
Honorary Associate Professor of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the Hong Kong University
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Society Office bearer: The Hong Kong Association of Private Eye Surgeons: Current Honorary Secretary,
Editor of HKAPES Newsletter
Organizing committee member for the joint project with Hospital Authority: Addition Cataract Surgeries program 2008-2010
Immediate Past Position Oct 1999 to May 2004 Senior Medical and Health Officer in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital & Alice Ho Mui Ling Nethersole Hospital, NTEC. New Territories
Previous Post August 1995 to Oct1999 Medical and Health Officer in Ophthalmology, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon.
August 1994 to July 1995 Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
August 1993 to July 1994 Demonstrator/Prosector in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Bristol, and part-time
Resident Medical Officer at St. Mary‟s Private
Hospital, Bristol, UK.
May 1993 to July 1993 House Surgeon in Urology,
Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Feb 1993 to April 1993 House Surgeon in General Surgery,
Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Nov 1992 to Jan 1993 House Physician in Cardiology,
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
August 1992 to Oct 1992 House Physician in General Medicine,
Department of Medicine, University of Bristol,
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
MEETINGS & COURSES
Meetings with Oral or Poster presentations
European Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery meeting 2009 Barcelona Tianjin University Medical Centre, Ophthalmology meeting Oct 2008, Tianjin, China Tianjin University Medical Centre, Ophthalmology meeting Oct 2007, Tianjin,
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China Asia Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Sept 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam American Academy of Ophthalmologists meeting Nov 2003. Las Vegas, USA International Retinal Meeting, Sept 2006, Cannes, France International Retina Foundation Meeting, Mar 2006, Tianjin, China European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Sept 2004, Paris, Fr. American Academy of Ophthalmologists meeting in Nov 2003. Anaheim, LA, USA. th 4 International Symposium in Ophthalmology, June 2002. Shantou, China th 29 International Congress in Ophthalmology, April 2002. Sydney, Australia First Singapore Eye Research Institute, Sept 2001. Singapore Annual Meeting for Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, April 2001, Fort Lauderdale, USA American Academy of Ophthalmologists meeting Nov 1998, New Orleans, USA. The Second International Symposium in Ophthalmology 1998 & 2001, Hong Kong. The First Global Chinese Ophthalmic Conference 1998, Beijing, China The Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society Symposiums, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 The Royal College of Medicine Registrar‟s meeting, June 1995, London, UK.
Courses
Wavefront and Presbyopic Correction Feb 2010, San Francisco, USA Certification Course in Dermatology, University of Hong Kong 2007 ICL Certification Sept 2007,Hanoi, Vietnam Certification Course on Apodised IOL August 2007 Certification Course on Phakic IOL (Artisan Lens) May 2005 Certification Course on Intralase (Feb 2005) Elementary Japanese Course (March 2004) Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy Course, Sept 2002 Basic & Advanced LASIK Course, B&L, Singapore 2002 Overseas training: Visiting Vitreoretinal Fellow to Dr. Steve Charles (Memphis, Tennessee, USA) and Prof Stanley Chang (New York, USA) April 2001 Fellow in Vitreoretinal surgery at DOVS, Prince of Wales Hospital (July1999) Putong-Hua 24-hour course held by Hospital Authority, August - November 1997. Passed with Distinction. Patient Centered Communication Course, held by Hospital Authority at the Nethersole Hospital, Chai Wan, July 1997. Core Module on Epidemiology and Critical Appraisal Awarded by the University of Hong Kong, and sponsored by Hospital Authority. 20-hour module from Nov 1996 to Mar 1997. Pre-fellowship Exam Course June 1996 Organizer: Moorefield Eye Hospital and The Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK Day Release Course on Ocular Trauma, Feb 1995 Organizer: Prof. D. Easty, Bristol Eye Hospital, UK
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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
1. Ng PC, Tam BS, Lee CH, Wong SP, Lam HS, Kwok AK, Fok TF Transient increase in intraocular pressure during a dose-tapering regime of systemic dexamethasone in preterm infants. Ophthalmology 2008 May;115(5)e7-14.
2. Ng PC, Tam BS, Lee CH, Wong SP, Lam HS, Kwok AK, Fok TF A longitudinal study to establish the normative value and to evaluate perinatal factors affecting intraocular pressure in preterm infants. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2008 Jan;49(1):87-92. . 3. Li RH, Tam WH, Ng PC, Mok TS, Tam B, Lau TK Microphthalmos associated with Dartmouth combination chemotherapy in pregnancy: a case report. J Reprod Med. 2007 Jun;52(6):575-6.
4. Li KK, Tam BS, Lam SW, Chan WM, Lam DS 25-gauge vitrectomy. Ophthalmology. 2006 May;113(5):888-9
5. Chan WM, Liu DT, Chan PT, Chong KK, Yuen KS, Chiu TY, Tam BS, Ng JS, Lam DS. Precautions in ophthalmic practice in a hospital with major acute SARS outbreak: an experience from Hong Kong. Eye 2005 Apr 29
6. Lam DS, Fan DS, Chan WM, Tam BS, Kwok AK, Leung AT, Parsons H. Prevalence and Characteristics of peripheral retinal degeneration in Chinese adults with high myopia: a cross-sectional prevalence study. Optom Vis Sci.2005 Apr;82(4):235-8
7. Li KK, Chan WM, Tam BS, Ng JS, Lam DS. Needle tap in the diagnosis of inflammation. Ophthalomolgy 2004 Mar;111(3):609
8. Chan WM, Lam DS, Lai TY, Tam BS, Liu DT, Chan CK. Choroidal vascular remodelling in central serous chorioretinopathy after indocyanine green guided photodynamic therapy with verteporfin: a novel treatment at the primary disease level. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec;87(12):1453-8.
9. Lam DS, Yuen CY, Tam BS, Cheung BT, Chan WM. Sutureless vitrectomy surgery. Ophthalmology. 2003 Dec;110(12):2428-9
10 Chan WM, Lam DS, Wong TH, Lai TY, Kwok AK, Tam BS, Li KK. Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for subfoveal idiopathic choroidal neovascularization: one-year results from a prospective case series. Ophthalmology. 2003 Dec;110(12):2395-402.
11 Kwok AK, Lai TY, Yuen KS, Tam BS, Wong VW. Macular hole surgery with or without indocyanine green stained internal limiting membrane peeling. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec;31(6):470-5.
12 Ng PC, Kwok AK, Lee CH, Tam BS, Lam CW, Ma KC, Chan IH, Wong E, Lam DS, Fok TF. Early pituitary-adrenal responses and retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants. 5 / 8
Pediatr Res. 2004 Jan;55(1):114-9. Epub 2003 Nov 06.
13 Lam DS, Wong AK, Leung AT, Lam WW, Tam BS, Bhende P. Para-lenticular metallic foreign body missed by high-resolution computed tomography. Eye. 2000 Aug;14 ( Pt 4):684-5.
14 Tam BS, Kwok AK, Bhende P, Lam DS Spontaneous reattachment of retinal detachment in a highly myopic eye with a macular hole. Eye. 2000 Aug;14 ( Pt 4):661-2.
15 Chan WM, Loo AV, Tam BS. Topical anesthesia in posterior vitrectomy. Retina. 2000;20(5):563-5..
16 Lam DS, Tam BS, Chan WM, Bhende P. Combined cataract extraction and submacular blood clot evacuation for globe perforation caused by retrobulbar injection. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2000 Jul;26(7):1089-91.
17 Lam DS, Chan WM, Tam BS. Silicone oil tamponade for macular holes. Ophthalmology. 2000 Jan;107(1):1.
18 Lam DS, Chan WM, Tam BS. Macular hole surgery using thrombin-activated fibrinogen and selective removal of the internal limiting membrane. Retina. 1999;19(5):478-9
19 Lam DS, Tam BS, Chan W, Leung AT. Ophthalmology. 1999 May;106(5):859-60.
20 Tam B, Ellingham R, Harrad R. Pathogenesis of visual symptoms during occlusive therapy for amblyopia. The European Strabismological Association Symposium, Sept. 1995, Cambridge, UK. (Abstract publication)
21 Bashir Z, Tam B, Collingridge G. Activation of the Glycine site in the NMDA receptor is necessary for induction of LTP. Neuroscience Letters 1990; 108:261-266
22 Collingridge G, Bashir Z, Tam B. The effect of 7-chlorokynurenic acid on the activation of NMDA receptors in rat hippocampal slices. Abstract in the Symposium of NMDA receptors 1989
23 Tam B, Chan WM, Yip NK, Leung SF, Lam DSC. Scanning Laser Polarimetry in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma treated with radiotherapy. (Submitted)
24 Co-author and major contributor to the Food Guide “ZEST 96” and “ZEST 97” good food guide to Hong Kong restaurants, published by Impression LTD
27 Author of the Foodies’ Column, a regular feature of The Hong Kong Eye Hospital Newsletter (1998).
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COMMUNITY AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
Spent 5 days as a participant on the Lifeline Express at Wuhan, China, March 1998.
Enrolled as An Honorable Ambassador Ophthalmologist 1998 & 1999, SightFirst China Action sponsored by the Lion‟s Club International.
Guest speaker for small group discussion on eye diseases held by Patients‟ Resource Centre, Hong Kong Eye Hospital. (Jan. 1999)
Master of Ceremonies for several meetings; The Hong Kong Ophthalmological nd Society, The 2 International Symposia on Ophthalmology, Annual Unit functions, Lions Club screening program for Sight First Action China, Action for Vision Charity Ball, Nov 2000.
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1999 to date)
Instructor on Vitreoretinal section, Induction course for MOs in Ophthalmology at Prince of Wales Hospital. (1999)
Assistant tutor for transfer of surgical skills in Phacoemulsification to visiting doctors from Lifeline Express. (1999 -2001)
Lectures on Ophthalmology for the training of nursing staff at Hong Kong Eye Hospital(1996-1998)
Lecturer to NICU Nursing certificate Course (1999-2004)
Commissioned Training Course Organizer: Dr. Yasuo Tano (Japan), Feb 2003 Dr. Richard Collins (London, UK) Jan 1997 Dr. Alan Bird (London, UK) Jan 1999
Honorary Guest Speaker for “Conquering Macular Disaese”, Organised by the Hong Kong College of Ophthalmologists, and The Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society, Sept, 2003 & Feb 2004
Lecturer for Ophthalmic Certification course for Family Physicians (Hong Kong Medical Council) October 2004, 2007, 2009.
Founding member of the International Foundation since 2005
Honorary Consultant for the Society of Retinitis Pigmentosa 2007
Voluntary Surgeon for the Mobile Eye Van for the Society for the Blind August 2007
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Charity cataract project with Lion‟s Bank 2007-2008
Free Eye examination for Tin Shiu Wai Primary School children, 2008
Vitreoretinal Visiting scholar to Sichuan, Mianyang Hospital, China Dec 2009
st Participant of the 1 Caritas Charity Kayak race May 2009
Eye Project honorary adviser for Lion‟s Club (303) Hong Kong Island Division 2009-2010
Consultant adviser and trainer for Lifeline Express microsurgical training course 2010
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS • Golf Regular participant in local as well as Society events • Horse-riding Intermediate level in saddle and bareback riding • Art Interests in Impressionism and modern art • Cuisine International cuisine, part-time food critic • Languages English, Mandarin, French, Japanese (Elementary level)
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