- CUHK Members Receive Multiple Awards at APAO 2026
- CUHK DOVS Honoured to Contribute to the Return of APAO 2026 in Hong Kong
- Promotions of Professor CHONG Kam Lung, Kelvin To Professor (Clinical)
- Prof Jason CS YAM Appointed Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine
- Academic Exchange With Jinan University
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.
International Expert Lectures
Topic: (1) From Geographic Atrophy to Myopia: Aqueous Proteomics to Identify and Treat the Fast Progressor; (2) Ocular Liquid Biopsy: Mechanism-Informed
Therapeutic Decisions
Speakers: (1) Dr David R.P. ALMEIDA (Founder and Executive Chairman, ERIE Retina Research, The Centers for Advanced Surgical Exploration (CASEx), Erie, PA, USA); (2)
Professor Vinit B. MAHAJAN (Professor of Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, CA, USA)
Moderators: Prof Haoyu CHEN & Dr Wai Kit CHU
Date: 2nd November 2026 (Mon)
Time: 17:45 – 18:45 (HKT)
Venue: Onsite Telecommunication Room 428/429 and Online by ZOOM
Advances in Ophthalmology Series
Topic: Wound healing modulation beyond MMC: evidence and future approaches
Speaker: Dr Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man (Associate Professor in Ophthalmology and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon King’s College London)
Date: 15th Oct 2026 (Thu)
Time: 18:15 – 19:45 (HKT)
Venue: Onsite Telecommunication Room 428/429 and Online by ZOOM
Moderator: Dr Poemen Chan
DOVS Lecture
Topic: A Journey Begun at DOVS
Speaker: Professor CEN Lingping, MD, PhD (Director of the Department of Optometry, and Director of the Optometry Center, Dongguan First Hospital Affiliated to Guangdong Medical University)
Moderators: Prof Haoyu CHEN & Dr Wai Kit CHU
Date: 17th August 2026 (Thu)
Time: 11:30 – 12:30 (HKT)
Venue: Onsite Telecommunication Room 428/429
JSIEC CUHK Journal Club
Date: 24 July 2026 (Friday)
Time: 18:00 – 19:30 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8)
Venue: Conducted by Zoom
Speakers: Dr Wen YAO (JSIEC), Mr Jianming XU (CUHK)
Moderator: Prof Guy CHEN (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: RTHK《凝聚香港》
Topic: How Effective Are Eye Health Supplements?
Date: 1 Sep 2026
Speaker: Dr Charlene CL YIM
