Rate My Professor Clement Tham

Professor Clement Chee Yung Tham serves as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he holds the S.H. Ho Professorship of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He also directs the CUHK Eye Centre and the Lam Kin Chung . Jet King-Shing Ho Glaucoma Treatment and Research Centre, and acts as Deputy Director of the Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He maintains honorary consultant roles at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital and other regional hospitals. Professor Tham earned his BM BCh from the University of Oxford in 1993, following undergraduate medical sciences studies at the University of Cambridge, and holds fellowships including FHKAM (Ophthalmology), FCOphthHK, FRCOphth, FRCS (Glasg), and FCSHK.

His clinical and research interests center on glaucoma, particularly primary angle-closure glaucoma, along with lens diseases and their treatments, encompassing laser and surgical interventions, disease progression patterns, genetics, mechanisms of angle closure, and intraocular pressure fluctuations. Professor Tham has led major international organizations, including serving as Secretary General and CEO of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and President of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society. He previously held the role of Treasurer for the International Council of Ophthalmology and chaired scientific program committees for World Ophthalmology Congresses. Among his honors are the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong in 2005, the Special Recognition Award from the World Glaucoma Association, and recognition in the top 1% of scholars on glaucoma by Expertscape. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on glaucoma management, including key studies comparing phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy approaches published in Ophthalmology between 2008 and 2013, as well as contributions to genome-wide association analyses on primary angle-closure glaucoma and corneal thickness in Nature Genetics. Professor Tham has also contributed to editorial roles and fellowship examination processes in ophthalmology.