Raffles Shield Panel Specialists

Dr Bobby Cheng

Ophthalmology
BOBBY CHENG EYE & RETINA CENTRE
Clinic Details

BOBBY CHENG EYE & RETINA CENTRE

Clinic Address: 1 Farrer Park Station Road Connexion Farrer Park Medical Centre #12-01 Singapore 217562
Clinic Number: 6636 0930
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri : 8.30am to 6pm, Sat: 8.30am to 1pm

Dr Cheng is an expert in cataract and comprehensive Ophthalmology and sub-specializes in the fields of Vitreoretinal Medicine and Surgery, and Uveitis.

As an active clinician, researcher and teacher, he has more than 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals and made 50 presentations in international and regional conferences. He has also won multiple research awards including the Young Investigators’ Award (Clinical category) at the 20th Singapore-Malaysia Joint Meeting in Ophthalmology in conjunction with the 4th Singapore National Eye Research Meeting (2002), Best Poster Award at the 6th International Symposium on Uveitis, Venezia – Mestre (Italy) in 2004, Best Poster Award at the 5th European Vitreoretinal Society Meeting, Orebro, Sweden in 2005.

His current research interest includes Dengue Maculopathy as well as Fourier Domain Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) scanning of the retina.

After obtaining his medical degree from NUS (1993), Dr Cheng pursued specialization in Ophthalmology and won the prestigious Gold Medal award in the Master of Medicine in Ophthalmology (2000). He was also admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Academy of Medicine.

Dr Cheng subsequently completed his training in Vitreoretinal Medicine and Surgery, Ocular Inflammation and Immunology. He was awarded the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) overseas scholarship to do a fellowship in Ocular Inflammation and Immunology with Professor JV Forrester at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (2002). Upon his return, he embarked on a one-and-a-half year local fellowship program in Vitreoretinal Medicine and Surgery at the SNEC. ​

MBBS (NUS, Singapore) 1993
M Med (Ophth) (NUS, Singapore) 2000
FRCSEd (Ophth) (RCS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 2000