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Overview
Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
Certification
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Alex Ong Chee Horng

Alex Ong Chee Horng

Singapore

Summary

Experienced clinical optometrist driven by a constant desire to enhance skills and advance professionally. Passionate about managing ocular conditions and providing specialized assistance to children in need of myopia management. Continuously seeks out innovative clinical advancements and creative solutions to improve individuals' daily vision.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Managing Director/Senior Optometrist

Ong's Optics & Contact Lens Centre / Myopia Management Centre
07.2000 - Current
  • Business Management
  • Progressive Lens Fitting and Troubleshooting
  • Orthokeratology
  • Myopia Management
  • Ocular Pathology Consultation and Management
  • Sclera Lens Fitting

Managing Director/Senior Optometrist

Ong's Optics
08.2005 - 09.2020
  • Business Management
  • Progressive Lens Fitting and Troubleshooting
  • Orthokeratology
  • Myopia Management
  • Ocular Pathology Consultation and Management

Speaker/ Trainer/ Optometric Consultant

Freelacer
01.2007 - Current
  • Inspired action within the audience by sharing personal experiences and lessons learned throughout clinical experince.
  • Enhanced event success by tailoring speech content to align with specific themes and objectives.
  • Elevated audience engagement by incorporating compelling storytelling techniques and relatable anecdotes.
  • Received consistently positive feedback from event attendees, leading to numerous invitations for future engagements.

Menicon Key Opinion Leader

Menicon Japan
07.2023 - Current

Providing market insight for the company.

Trainer and Speakers for physical and online webinar to ECP on Myopia Management, Contact lens fitting, Orthokeratology.

Associated Lecturer

Ngee Ann Polytechnic/ School of Life Sciences
10.2010 - 01.2018
  • Assist practical component module especially in ophthalmic optics, clinical practice and contact lens fitting
  • Clinician and supervisor for 2nd and 3rd year student clinic

Adjunct Lecturer/ Clinician

Singapore Polytechnic
06.2004 - 06.2009
  • Assist practical component module especially in ophthalmic optics and clinical practice
  • Clinician and supervisor for 3rd year student clinic

Key Opinion Leader

Alcon Vision Care
01.2003 - 01.2018
  • Training of Alcon product to ECP.
  • Speakers for Professional Training Event
  • KOL meeting and sharing of Market Insight
  • Seeding of new product to be launch to the industry

External Consultant

Johnson & Johnson Pte Ltd
06.2007 - 12.2008

Optometrist

Optic Point
05.2000 - 01.2001

Education

Ph.D. - Optometry

Aston University
Birmingham
01.2018

B.Sc In Optometry/ M.Sc Clinical Optometry -

Salus University
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
01.2004

Diploma In Optometry (Merit) -

Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore
01.2000

Skills

  • General Optometry Consult
  • Orthokeratologist
  • Specialty Contact Lens
  • Binocular Vision Consult and Training
  • Public Speaking and Content Creating

Accomplishments

  • The efficacy of multifocal soft contact lenses for the alleviation of asthenopic symptoms in myopes with accommodative lag - 2021
  • Clinical Case Study: Are Axial Length and Refractive Error alway Correlated - Review of Myopia Management 2023
  • Comparative analysis of a novel spectral-domain OCT biometer versus swept-source OCT or OLCR biometer in healthy pediatric ocular biometry - 2024

Certification

  • Fellowship of the American Academy of Optometry
  • Certification on Binocular Vision and Training
  • Managing Myopia Course (10/2018) Brien Holden Vision Institution
  • Managing Myopia Course 2: Complex Cases (11/2018) Brien Holden Vision Institution

Timeline

Menicon Key Opinion Leader

Menicon Japan
07.2023 - Current

Associated Lecturer

Ngee Ann Polytechnic/ School of Life Sciences
10.2010 - 01.2018

External Consultant

Johnson & Johnson Pte Ltd
06.2007 - 12.2008

Speaker/ Trainer/ Optometric Consultant

Freelacer
01.2007 - Current

Managing Director/Senior Optometrist

Ong's Optics
08.2005 - 09.2020

Adjunct Lecturer/ Clinician

Singapore Polytechnic
06.2004 - 06.2009

Key Opinion Leader

Alcon Vision Care
01.2003 - 01.2018

Managing Director/Senior Optometrist

Ong's Optics & Contact Lens Centre / Myopia Management Centre
07.2000 - Current

Optometrist

Optic Point
05.2000 - 01.2001

Ph.D. - Optometry

Aston University

B.Sc In Optometry/ M.Sc Clinical Optometry -

Salus University

Diploma In Optometry (Merit) -

Singapore Polytechnic
Alex Ong Chee Horng