Dr. Tony Ho

Director, Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist

MBBS, FRCS (Glas), FRCOphth (UK), FAMS

Clinical Expertise

Profile

Dr. Tony Ho MBBS, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth (U.K.), FAMS is is a respected figure in the Singapore refractive surgery arena with 25 years of specialty experience. He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Royal College of Ophthalmology U.K., and recipient of the Singapore Public Service Commission Merit Scholarship. He is the founding director of the Eye Care Clinic (est. 1993) and Clearvision Eye Clinic & LASIK Centre (est. 2001).

He is also a two time recipient of the Singapore Higher Manpower Development Plan scholarship under which he spent three years in sub-specialty training at three world-renowned eye clinics namely the Tennant Eye Institute of Glasgow, Scotland, the Moorfields Eye Hospital of London, U.K. and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of Florida, United States where Dr. Ho obtained formal accreditation in medical retinal and vitreo-retinal surgery.

Dr. Ho has authored a number of scientific papers and six books on eye care. His first book, “The Complete Eye Care Book” garnered the Singapore National Book Council Merit Award in 1994. His second book “18 Steps to Myopia Control garnered a 5-star review rating on Amazon.com. Both these books sold out their print runs. His third book addresses the two ophthalmic issues close to the public’s heart – “Managing Childhood Myopia and Lasik eye Surgery”. His other publications include “Epi-Lasik”, “A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Myopia Control” and “Beyond Lasik” which introduces the public to the modern version of PRK refractive surgery – TransPRK.

In 1990, Dr. Ho published a landmark scientific paper; introducing a novel method of performing laser iridotomy for glaucoma prevention and management. Fast forward to today and Dr. Ho’s described sequential argon-Nd:YAG iridotomy is now widely employed and recognised by doctors around the world as the de-facto standard for laser iridotomies in dark brown irises.

In 2001, Dr Ho founded Clearvision Eye Clinic & LASIK Centre in Singapore, dedicated towards quality and safety in LASIK surgery, hence Clearvision’s mission statement – “See Clearly, Safely”. Alway embracing change and improvement, Dr. Ho is respected as pioneer and advocate in the modern no-cut, flapless and bladeless methods of laser vision correction, namely Epi-Lasik and TransPRK laser vision correction. Today, using these methods, the centre continues to help patients to “see clearly, safely” using SMILE pro and TransPRK as the mainstay methods.

Since 2005, Dr. Tony Ho has been certified to implant both the Artisan Veriscyce and the Star Visian ICL – the two FDA approved ICL brands in the market.

In 2019, Dr. Ho made the long-awaited decision to undergo lasik surgery himself.

Being an active sportsperson and having personally performed lasik on tens of thousands of eyes, in 2019 Dr Ho decided to undergo the procedure himself.

And having gone through the entire lasik experience, Dr Ho has innovated significant improvements to the pre-op, intra-op and post-op process for his patients, allowing for an even more comfortable and smoother experience and recovery.

Today, as Director and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Tony Ho top passion is still to help patients see clearly, safely through flapless, bladeless procedures like Safe Sight TransPRK and SMILE pro. He also sees patients with eye diseases such as glaucoma and cataracts, and helps children with controlling their myopia progression, using therapies such as atropine eye drops.

Dr. Ho’s other loves are the outdoors and sports. He was a former national rower, awarded scout and swimming captain. Today, he swims, bikes and runs regularly and is pursuing a dream to circumnavigate the world.

Speciality

Refractive Surgery, Cataract Surgery
Retinal and Vitreo-Retinal Surgery

Degrees

MBBS, FRCS (glas), FRCOphth (UK), FAMS

Training

Singapore
United Kingdom
United States

Professional Positions

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCS, Glasgow)
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of the United Kingdom (FRCOphth, London)
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (FAMS)
Fellow of American Academy of Ophthalmology

Awards

Dr Ho was awarded the prestigious Public Service Commission (PSC) Merit Scholarship to study medicine. He was a double recipient of Ministry of Health (MOH)’s Higher Manpower Development Plan (HDMP) scholarships for sub-specialty training in ophthalmology.

Publications

Scientific Papers:

The Development of Refractive Surgery: A Practical Perspective
Singapore Med J 2007 Aug; 48(8):706-8. Main Author

Retained Perfluorodecalin After Retina Detachment Surgery
International Ophthalmology 1997; 20:293-294 Co-Author

Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation: Major Complications and Visual Outcome
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology 1995 Jul; 7(3):13-6 Co-Author

Laser Iridotomies in Asian Eyes
Annals Academy of Medicine 1994 Jan; 23(1):49-51 Main Author

Maximal Mydriasis Evaluation in Cataract Surgery
J Cataract Refract Surg 1992 Jul; 18:375-9 Main Author

Sequential Argon – YAG Laser Iridotomies in Dark Irides
British Journal of Ophthalmology 1992 Jun; 76(6):329-331 Main Author

Clinical outcomes of trans epithelial photorefractive keratotomy performed with smart pulse technology for the correction of moderate to high myopia.
Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine , 2024 May ISSN 2077-0383

Retinal Toxocity from Intense Pulsed Light Therapy: A case report.
Journal: EC Ophthalmology. Jan 2020. 11.2(2020)01-04

Books

Clear Vision – 2001
ISBN 981-04-3187-2

Childhood Myopia: A Guide for Concerned Parents
Myopia LASIK Surgery: Your Questions Answered

18 Steps to Myopia Control – 1997
ISBN 981-00-9420-5

The Complete Eye Care Book – 1994
ISBN 981-00-4548-4

Highly Commended for the Non-Fiction (English) Category by National Book Development Council of Singapore

Primary Eye Care in Singapore – 2008

Chapter Published in book: The Early Years of Myopia Research in Singapore

Epi-LASIK – A New Vision for the New Generation – 2013

A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Myopia Control – 2013

Poster Presentations

Retrospective Analysis of Myopia Progression in Children who have undergone 1% Atropine therapy on a weekly basis. 31st APACRS Meeting. Chiang Mai 2019

TransPRK-A Surgeon’s Experience with 6,000 eyes. 33rd APACRS Meeting Singapore 2021

Meetings

Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting 2021