Mr Wing Chan

Qualifications

MB

BCh

BAO

FRCOphth

GMC No. 4194169

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Publications

Chan WC, Lim LT, Quinn MJ, Knox FA, McCance D, Best RM. Management and outcome of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy.

Eye 2004 Aug; 18(8): 826-32

Ali F, Chan WC, Stevenson MR, Muldrew KA, Chakravarthy U. Angiographic morphometric analysis of exudative lesions in age-related macular degeneration.

Archives of Ophthalmology 2004; 122, May 710-715

Chan WC, Knox FA, Sharkey JA, McGinnity FG. Serious ocular and adnexal injuries caused by fireworks in Northern Ireland.

International Ophthalmology 2004 May;25(3):167-9 and Community Eye Health J 2005;18(55): 114

Chan WC, McGimpsey S, Murphy MF, Best RM. Suprachoroidal haemorrhage following Nd:YAG posterior capsulotomy.

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2005 Jun;33(3):334-5

Sirimaharaj M, Balachandra C, Chan WC, Gregory-Roberts J, Hunyor AB, Hunyor AP, Chang AA, Playfair J. The use of perfluorocarbon liquids as a short-term temponade in the management of giant retinal tear.

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2005 Sep;89(9):1176-9.

Sirimaharaj M, Hunyor AP, Chan WC, Arnold J. Unusual ocular metastasis from breast cancer.

Clin Experiment Ophthalmol.  2006 Jan-Feb; 34(1):74-76

Knox FA, Chan WC, McAvoy CE, Johnston SE, Bryars JH. Penetrating ocular injuries from fish-hooks.

Int Ophthalmol.  2004 Oct-Dec; 25(5-6):291-4.   Epub 2006 Mar 7

Knox FA, Chan WC, Jackson AJ, Foot B, Sharkey JA, McGinnity FG. A British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit study on serious ocular injuries from fireworks in the UK.

Eye. 2007 Mar 9; [Epub ahead of print]

Hogg RE, Woodside JV, Gilchrist SE, Graydon R, Fletcher AE, Chan W, Knox A, Cartmill B, Chakravarthy U. Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Are Strong Risk Factors for Choroidal Neovascularization.

Ophthalmology.  2008 Jun;115(6):1046-1052; [Epub ahead of print]

The incidence and rate of rhegmatogenous retinal detachement seven years after cataract surgery with high myopia.

Williams MA, McGimpsey S, Abugreen S, Chan W, Sharkey JA, Best RM, Johnston PB. Ulster Med J. 2009 May; 78(2):99-104

RPE and neuronal differentiation of allotransplanted porcine ciliary epithelium derived cells.

Jasenka Gudurich Fuchs, Wing Chan, Henrietta Price, Desmond B Archer, Tiziana Cogliati. Mol Vis 2011, 17: 2580-95

Outcome of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment in a tertiary referral centre – a regional study.

MA Mikhail, G Mangoris, G Casalino, JA Shaekey, S McGimpsey, RM Best, WC Chan.  Ulster Med J, 2017 Jan 86(1); 15-19

Retinal detachment repair and cataract surgery in patients with atopic dermatitis.

Gnana V Jothi, S McGimpsey, JA Sharkey, WC Chan.  Eye(Lond), 2017 Sept; 31(9): 1296-1321

Management of giant retinal tears with vitrectomy and perfluorocarbon liquid postoperatively as a short-term tamponade.

MA Mikhail, G Mangioris, RM Best, S McGimpsey, WC Chan. Eye(Lond),  2017 Sept; 31(9): 1290-95

Pneumatic Retinopexy: patient selection and specific factors.

Stephen Stewart, Wing Chan. Clin Ophthalmology; 2018; 12: 493-502

Multimodal Imaging of Posterior ocular involvement in McArdle’s Disease.

G Casalino, W Chan, C McAvoy, M Coppola, F Bandello, U Chakravarthy, A Bird. Clin Exp Optom; 2017 Nov (26)

The varied presentation of siderosis from intraocular foreign body.

MS Dowlut, DS Curragh, Maria Napier, Brian Herron, Richard Best, Wing Chan. Clin Exp Optom; June 2018

I contributed to the Ophthalmology chapter in Head, Neck and Dental Emergency.

Second Edition 2018, Edited by Mike Perry

Treatments and areas of interest

• Cataract Surgery – Routine and Complex Caratact Surgery
• Multifocal Lens Implantation
• Toric Lens Implantation
• Medical Retina – Age-related Macular Degeneration
• Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Diabetic Retinopathy Vitreo-Retinal Surgery – Retianl Detachment
• Macular Hole
• Epiretinal Membrane YAG Laser Capsulotomy

Referral Requirements

• Referral letter required