Dr Alicia How

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Biography: Dr Alicia How is Director of The Eye Surgery Partners. She is an eye surgeon in Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology and is a Ministry of Health-accredited ophthalmologist with more than 14 years of medical experience. She subpecializes in glaucoma. Prior to setting up The Eye Surgery Partners, Dr How was a consultant ophthalmologist at the glaucoma unit of the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and a visiting consultant at the department of Ophthalmology at Changi General Hospital. In addition, she is an adjunct assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Adjunct Clinician Investigator at the Singapore Eye Research Institute and a clinical tutor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She currently still renders her services as visiting consultant at the glaucoma unit at the Singapore National Eye Centre for teaching of junior doctors and research.Dr Alicia How completed her medical training at the National University of Singapore. During that year, she was awarded the Dean’s list award for the Final Professional degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and obtained the Nestle Gold medal in Paediatrics. She became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2004 and obtained her specialist accreditation as an Ophthalmologist in 2007. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS).Subsequently, Dr How was awarded the Ministry of Health Manpower Development Program Award (2008) to pursue her subspecialty interest in glaucoma in the University of Melbourne and did research on wound healing and novel surgical devices for glaucoma at the Centre for Eye Research, Australia. There, she worked with world-renowned experts in this field. She was also involved in the care of glaucoma patients at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.