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Assistant Professor Janice Lam

Co-Lead, Optometry Education, Centre for Innovation & Precision Eye Health
Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital
Deputy Director & Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

M.B,B.S (Singapore), MMed (Ophthalmology), FAMS (Ophthalmology)

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Research Interests and Achievements

Dr Janice Lam received her formal medical training at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed her Ophthalmology specialist training at the National University Hospital (NUH). She holds a Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) and is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Ophthalmology).


Dr Lam is currently pursuing her fellowship training in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and runs several paediatric eye clinics at NUH. She also practices general ophthalmology and performs cataract surgery at NUH weekly. She is involved in clinical and academic research, and has authored several publications. For her research excellence, she was awarded the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO) Travel grant to Seattle, USA in 2013.


Aside from clinical work and research, Dr Lam is also actively involved in the teaching of medical students, junior doctors and residents. She is the Undergraduate Medical Deputy Education Director of Ophthalmology and a member of the Undergraduate Curriculum committee at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. For her work in undergraduate and post-graduate medical education, Dr Lam has received several awards, including NUHS Young Clinician Mentor Award (2018), the NUS Junior Doctor Teaching Award (2017 to 2018) and the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2019).


She strongly believes in giving back actively to the society and has been on several pro bono cataract trips to remote areas in need of eye care in China, Indonesia, Nepal and Cambodia.


Selected Publications

  • J Lam, C Ngo, Surendran TS, G Sundar. Strabismus & Amblyopia – a conceptual approach. Indian Journal of Practical Paediatrics. 2018; 20(2): 141.
  • Lim CH, Carnt NA, Farook M, Lam J, Tan DT, Mehta JS, Stapleton F. Risk factors for contact lens-related microbial keratitis in Singapore. Eye (Lond). 2016 Mar;30(3):447-55. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2015.250
  • Chan EW, Chiang PP, Liao J, Rees G, Wong TY, Lam JS, Aung T, Lamoureux E. Glaucoma and associated visual acuity and field loss significantly affect glaucoma-specific psychosocial functioning. Ophthalmology. 2015 Mar;122(3):494-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.09.030
  • Li Q, Wojciechowski R, Simpson CL, Hysi PG, Verhoeven VJ, Ikram MK, Höhn R, Vitart V, Hewitt AW, Oexle K, Mäkelä KM, MacGregor S, Pirastu M, Fan Q, Cheng CY, St Pourcain B, McMahon G, Kemp JP, Northstone K, Rahi JS, Cumberland PM, Martin NG, Sanfilippo PG, Lu Y, Wang YX, Hayward C, Polašek O, Campbell H, Bencic G, Wright AF, Wedenoja J, Zeller T, Schillert A, Mirshahi A, Lackner K, Yip SP, Yap MK, Ried JS, Gieger C, Murgia F, Wilson JF, Fleck B, Yazar S, Vingerling JR, Hofman A, Uitterlinden A, Rivadeneira F, Amin N, Karssen L, Oostra BA, Zhou X, Teo YY, Tai ES, Vithana E, Barathi V, Zheng Y, Siantar RG, Neelam K, Shin Y, Lam J, Yonova-Doing E, Venturini C, Hosseini SM, Wong HS, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Timpson NJ, Evans DM, Khor CC, Aung T, Young TL, Mitchell P, Klein B, van Duijn CM, Meitinger T, Jonas JB, Baird PN, Mackey DA, Wong TY, Saw SM, Pärssinen O, Stambolian D, Hammond CJ, Klaver CC, Williams C, Paterson AD, Bailey-Wilson JE, Guggenheim JA; CREAM Consortium. Genome-wide association study for refractive astigmatism reveals genetic co- determination with spherical equivalent refractive error: the CREAM consortium. Hum Genet. 2015 Feb;134(2):131-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-014-1500-y
  • Lam J, Wong TT, Tong L. Ocular surface disease in post-MMC/ Trabeculectomy patients. Clin Ophthalmol. 2015 Jan 29;9:187–91.
  • Lam JS, Tay WT, Aung T, Saw SM, Wong TY. Female reproductive factors and major eye diseases in Asian women -the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;21(2):92-8. https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2014.884602
  • Pan CW, Cheng CY, Sabanayagam C, Chew M, Lam J, Ang M, Wong TY. Ethnic variation in central corneal refractive power and steep cornea in Asians. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;21(2):99-105. https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2014.887735
  • Lam JS, Tan G, Tan DT, Mehta JS. Demographics and behaviour of patients with contact lens-related infectious keratitis in singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2013 Oct;42(10):499-506.
  • J SH Lam, S Sanjay-. Lyme disease: resolution of a serous RD and chorioretinal folds after antibiotic therapy (Corr) Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. Fall 2013. 7(4): 416.
  • Lam JS, Sanjay S. Lyme neuroretinitis in Singapore: a diagnostic dilemma. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2012 Apr;41(4):178-9.
  • VA Shah, F S Wang, J SH Lam. Neonatal Pain Response to Heel-prick versus venepuncture for Blood Sampling. Pediatrics, Child & Adolescent Health. August 2006 Vol. 46 No. 2.