A/Prof. Colin Chan talks about Covid-19 and importance of ongoing eye care in Mivision
"Ophthalmologists say communication by optometrists, ophthalmologists and patients is more critical than ever right now, to minimise...
Does everyone get cataracts?
Does everyone get cataracts? Well yes... if you live long enough. You see, cataracts are an ageing process of the crystalline lens of the...
Can I have laser eye surgery if I have dry eye?
Yes, you can and what is important is that your degree of dry eye is properly assessed and managed by your laser eye surgeon and factored...
What does the future of laser eye surgery hold?
I have been doing laser eye surgery for 15 years now and I have seen some amazing advances. And every time I think, well it can’t get...
An increasingly short sighted world
Many will remember our mum or dad shouting at us as kids " if you sit too close to the TV, you will go blind!" Nowadays I am the one...
A/Prof. Colin Chan in Mongolia
Mongolia is not on most people’s travel itineraries but A/Prof. Colin Chan had a very special purpose in visiting there recently. As the...
Recovery after laser eye surgery
Laser eye surgery, whether it be LASIK, SMILE or ASLA (PRK), does not have instantaneous full recovery no matter what you may have heard....
Does having laser eye surgery affect cataract surgery in later life?
One of the concerns my patients raise with having laser eye surgery, is that it may prevent them having required cataract surgery when...
Surface laser/PRK: Old dog, new tricks?
PRK or surface laser was the original form of laser eye surgery in the early 1990s. It is still one of the 3 common forms of corrective...
A/Prof. Colin Chan speaks in Bangkok
A/Prof. Colin Chan recently attended the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) meeting in Bangkok as part of the invited faculty....
