- CUHK Ophthalmology Shines with 12 Awardees in the Asia-Pacific Eye 100 for 2025
- Prof Jason CS YAM Receives the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- Prof Clement CY THAM Elected President Of The Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS)
- CUHK Eye Professors Named in The Ophthalmologist Power List 2024
Welcome to CUHK DOVS
Chairman’s Message
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was established in 1994, it consists of two main functional units: the CUHK Eye Centre and the CUHK Ophthalmic Research Centre, as the clinical arm and research arm of the department, respectively.


DOVS Lecture
Topic: A Road Less Traveled: My Journey In Ocular Oncology – Prologue
Speaker: Dr Hung Da CHOU (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
Date: 31st August (Friday)
Time: 18:00 – 19:00 (GMT+8)
Venue: Conducted by Zoom
Moderator: Dr Simon SZETO (DOVS, CUHK)
International Expert Lecture
Topic: My Journey in researching the pathogenesis of Thyroid Eye Disease
Speaker: Prof Jin Sook Yoon (Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea)
Date: 23 October 2025 (Thur)
Time: 17:30 – 19:15 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8)
Venue: Onsite Telecommunication Room 428/429 and Online by ZOOM
Moderators: Dr Kelvin Chong (CUHK), Dr Chu Wai Kit (CUHK)
JSIEC CUHK Journal Club
Date: 12 September 2025 (Friday)
Time: 18:00 – 19:30 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8)
Venue: Zoom Live Webinar
Speakers: Dr Zhuangling LIN (JSIEC), Ms Xintian ZHU (CUHK)
Moderator: Dr Simon SZETO (CUHK)
CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Centre
Courses for Ophthalmology Trainees (2025)
Lectures are conducted online and at Rm428-429, 4/F Hong Kong Eye Hospital (HKEH), 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon and the practical session are held at CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Centre, 3/F, HKEH.
Media Interview
Programme: NowTV《Medicine Online》
Topic: Macular Degeneration Screening
Date: 27 June 2025
Speaker: Dr Simon KH SZETO






