Dr Chew Chee Yen Annabel

Dr Annabel Chew is an ophthalmologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.

She specialises in cataract surgery and the treatment of general ophthalmology conditions. She subspecialises in glaucoma and has experience in managing patients with complex glaucoma. Her clinical interests include glaucoma lasers, trabeculectomy, tube shunt surgery, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, cataract surgery, and implantation of toric and multifocal lenses for the correction of myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Dr Chew was formerly a senior consultant of the glaucoma department at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and is currently a visiting consultant there.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and did her ophthalmology residency training in Singapore. She was awarded the Ministry of Health Training Award for her specialist training. She obtained her master’s at NUS. She is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. She completed her glaucoma subspecialty fellowship training at SNEC.

Dr Chew was the clinical director of the Primary Eyecare Clinic and Community Eyecare Clinic at SNEC. She was also the lead for community eye investigation units in the regional eye service. She was instrumental in setting up the Glaucoma Observation Clinic (GLOC) in SNEC and oversaw the planning and implementation of GLOC services in the SNEC satellite sites. She has been practising medicine for more than 15 years.

Besides her clinical work, she was a clinical assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and a clinical lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Dr Chew was involved in the education of ophthalmology trainees, medical students and paramedical staff, including optometrists and nurses.

She was also an adjunct clinician investigator at the Singapore Eye Research Institute, and the co-investigator for various research projects. She participated in presentations and was an invited speaker at international and local conferences. She has published many scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Dr Chew was the former vice-president and treasurer of the Association of Women Doctors Singapore. She is also the honorary auditor of the Glaucoma Association of Singapore.

She was awarded several Singapore Health Quality Service awards.