Mr Fook Chang Lam graduated in medicine among the top of his class with honours and several prizes from the University of Glasgow. He subsequently completed a 2-year Medical Rotation where he obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians prior to begining training in ophthalmology.
He undertook formal Basic Specialist Training and Higher Specialist Training in Ophthalmology in Glasgow, rotating through the teaching hospitals on the West of Scotland Ophthalmology Rotation.
He subseqently embarked on an Anterior Segment Fellowship at Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton specialising in artificial corneas, a Glaucoma Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and a Cornea and a Keratorefractive Surgery Fellowship at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. In 2013, after winning a scholarship from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, he completed a further Fellowship in Advanced Corneal Surgery and Eye Banking at the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery in Rotterdam. Many of the latest techniques used in modern corneal surgery, including Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty and Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty were invented at the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Surgery.
Mr Lam’s extensive superspecialist training and surgical experience allows him to provide you with the full range of treatment options using the latest surgical techniques and technological advances, and treatment options that are personalised to suit your needs. His particular clinical interests are safe cataract surgery with advanced techniques and lenses, eye surface problems, corneal transplantation using the latest modern techniques, and glaucoma treatments.
Through the years, Mr Lam has won a number of prizes and awards for his research work and he continues to be actively involved in research while regularly presenting his work at international conferences.
Awards and Prizes
1. Queen Victoria Hospital Clinical Audit Competition – First Prize
2. Pfizer Ophthalmic Fellowship from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
3. Co-Principal Investigator, University of Malaya High Impact Research Grant
4. Alcon Glaucoma Case Study Competition – Winner
5. Fiona Dolan Fund – Travel scholarship for a 3-week visiting fellowship to CCBRT, Tanzania
6. Cullen Medal and Olav Kerr Prize
– The medal and the prize are awarded annually to the student with the best performance in Clinical Medicine on the recommendation of the Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics.
7. MacFarlane Prize for Third Year Medicine/Surgery
– The Macfarlane Prizes were founded in 1928 by the Faculty of Medicine as patrons of the Macfarlane Fund.
– They are awarded on the recommendation of the Regius Professors of Medicine and Surgery to the most distinguished students in the third year Medicine and Surgery classes.
8. The Cochrane Prize from the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (London)
9. The Medical Student Elective Prize from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London)
10. The Royal College of Pathologists Student Bursary
11. The British Medical and Dental Students’ Trust Travel Scholarship
12. The Denis Burkitt Study Award
13. The Wellcome Trust Elective Prize
14. The Royal College of Pathologists Student Bursary
15. Other Academic Distinctions from the University of Glasgow (Merit Certificates)
– 4 merit certificates in General Medicine
– 3 merit certificates in Surgery
– Clinical Pharmacology
– Dermatology
– General Practice
– Geriatrics
– Obstetrics & Gynaecology
– Orthopaedics
– Paediatric Surgery
Research
Mr Lam has published 2 books chapters in ophthalmology and more than 30 peer review scientific publications including a Cochrane review. He has won a number of prizes and awards for his research work through the years and he continues to be actively involved in research.
Mr Lam regularly presenting his work at international conferences including the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and the World Cornea Congress.
In addition, he continues to teach and train other ophthalmologists in eye surgery through wet-lab courses at various international conferences.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Dapena I, Liarakos VS, Baydoun L, Ciechanowski P, Livny E and Lam FC. 2014. ‘No touch’ DMEK surgical technique. In: Melles G and Dapena I. How to get started with standardized ‘no-touch’ Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Rotterdam: NIIOS, pp 45-82
2. Dapena I, Droutsas K, Lam FC and Bruinsma M. Clinical approach to future therapies in endothelial disease. In: Melles G and Dapena I. How to get started with standardized ‘no-touch’ Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Rotterdam: NIIOS, pp 149-50.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
34. Graft preparation for hemi-Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (hemi-DMEK)
Lie JT, Lam FC, Groeneveld-van Beek EA, van der Wees J, Melles GR.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2015 Oct. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26508780
33. Macular grid laser photocoagulation for branch retinal vein occlusion
Lam FC, Chia SN, Lee RM.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 May 11;5: CD008732. PMID: 25961835
32. One year outcome of Hemi-Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty
Lam FC, Baydoun L, Satué M, Dirisamer M, Ham L, Melles GRJ
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol – In press
31. Patients with Fuchs and cataract undergoing Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implant: Staged versus combined procedure outcomes.
Sykakis E, Lam FC, Georgoudis P, Hamada S, Lake D.
Journal of Ophthalmology – In press.
30. Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: current treatment recommendations and new experimental surgical options.
López EF, Lam FC, Bruinsma M, Baydoun L, Dapena I, Melles GRJ
Expert Review of Ophthalmology – In press
29. Day-before versus same-day Eye Bank provided pre-cut tissue for DSAEK – A prospective audit of outcomes in a UK tertiary referral centre.
Georgoudis P, Sykakis E, Lam FC, Jordan N, Kettley E, Hamada S, Lake D.
Eye – In press
28. Corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus or corneal ectasia without epithelial debridement
Lake D, Hirji N, Sykakis E, Lam FC, Petrarca R, Hamada S
Eye – In press
27. Hemi-DMEK transplantation – a novel method for increasing the pool of endothelial graft tissue.
Lam FC, Baydoun L, Dirisamer M, Lie J, Dapena I, Melles GRJ.
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2014;132(12):1469-73. PMID: 25211529
26. Descemet membrane endothelial transfer
Lam FC, Bruinsma M, Melles GR.
Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 2014;25(4):353-7. PMID: 24807063
25. Sterile keratitis after combined riboflavin-UVA corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus
Lam FC, Georgoudis P, Nanavaty MA, Khan SH, Lake DB.
Eye. 2014;28(11):1297-303. PMID: 25104740
24. Optical functional performance of the osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP).
Lee RM, Ong GL, Lam FC, White J, Crook D, Liu C, Hull C.
Cornea. 2014 Oct;33(10):1038-45. PMID: 25127188
23. Serial 3-Dimensional computed tomography and a novel method of volumetric analysis for the evaluation of the osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis
Sipkova Z, Lam FC, Francis I, Herold J, Liu CS
Cornea 2013 Apr;32(4):401-6. PMID: 22854560
22. Suturing techniques and postoperative management in penetrating keratoplasty in the UK
Lee RM, Lam FC, Georgiou T, Paul B, Then KY, Mavrikakis I, Avadhanam VS, Liu CS
Clinical Ophthalmology 2012; 6: 1335 – 1340
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S35460
21. Blue blocking intraocular implants should be used routinely during phacoemulsification surgery- No
Lee R, Lam FC, Liu CS
Eye 2012; 26(11): 1400-1. PMID 22955038
20. Bilateral same-day cataract surgery should routinely be offered to patients—Yes
Lam FC, Lee R, Liu CS
Eye 2012; 26(8): 1031-2. PMID: 22627478
19. The ‘Black on Clear’ technique – A piggyback technique for a black occlusive
intraocular device in intractable diplopia
Byard S, Lee R, Lam FC, Simpson A, Liu CS
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2012; 38(1): 5-7. PMID: 22088851
18. Short sessions of intensive structured teaching: an effective form of undergraduate ophthalmology teaching?
Lam FC, Lim LT, Dutton GN
Med Teacher 2011;33(11):950. PMID: 22022907
17. Delayed dislocation of an injectable hydrophilic acrylic lens after Nd:YAG capsulotomy in anterior capsular contraction syndrome
Lam FC, Livingstone I, Imrie F, Mantry S.
Contact Lens and Anterior Eye 2011; 34(4):193-5. PMID:21511514
16. The future of keratoprostheses. [Invited Editorial]
Lam FC, Liu CS.
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2011; 95(3):304-5. PMID: 21330556
15. Macular grid laser photocoagulation for branch retinal vein occlusion [Protocol].
Lam FC, Al Moujahed AM.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD008732. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD008732
14. Spontaneous perforation of the cornea in mild keratoconus
Lam FC, Bhatt PR, Ramaesh K.
Cornea 2010; 30(1): 103-4. PMID 20847678
13. Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children: A Longitudinal Case Study Looking at Functional Outcomes beyond Visual Acuities Impairment: a longitudinal case study.
Lam FC, Dutton GN.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 2010; 104(10): 625-36.
12. Conjunctivitis: Phthiris pubis a potential trap for the unwary.
Zvandasara T, Lam FC.
International Journal of STD & AIDS 2010; 21(7): 519-20. PMID 20852205
11. Dengue fever: Vector control is important.
Lam FC.
British Medical Journal 2009; 339: b5332. PMID: 20007231
10. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Lam FC, Law A, Wykes W.
British Medical Journal 2009 Aug 13;339:b2624. PMID: 19679612
9. A broken Lester Jones tube following indirect trauma
Reeks G, Lam FC.
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2008; 43(5): 602-3. PMID: 18982044
8. Binocularity and Severe Uniocular Trauma
Lam FC, Cleary M, Weir.
Strabismus 2008; 16(8): 71-5. PMID: 18484508
7. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis due to a Long Lost Hard Contact Lens
Bhatt PR, Lam FC, Ramaesh K.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2007; 35(6): 550-2. PMID: 17760638
6. Traumatic wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty – a cause for concern
Lam FC, Rahman MQ, Ramaesh K.
Eye 2007; 21(9): 1146-50. PMID: 16691252
5. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Presenting with Nystagmus- An Unusual Case
Lam FC, Weir CR.
Eye. 2007; 21(6): 847-9. PMID: 17401327
4. Another role for Avastin?
Lam FC.
Eye News. Dec 2008: Supplement; 11-15. [Case Report]
3. Acute angle closure glaucoma in an adult patient with cicatricial retinopathy of prematurity
Lam FC.
Eye News. Dec 2007: Supplement; 27-30. [Case Report]
2. Assessing the Potential of a Candidate Dengue Vaccine with Mathematical Modeling
WHO-VMI Dengue Vaccine Modeling Group.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012; 6(3): e1450. PMID: 2247965
1. A Study of Dengue and the Climate: My experiences at modelling.
Lam FC.
Bulletin of Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1999; 7 (3): 8. [Invited Article]