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Dr. Jason Yam
Dr. Jason Yam is an assistant professor in the
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and academic
coordinator of the Pediatric
Ophthalmology and Strabismus service at Hong Kong Eye
Hospital (HKEH). He is well trained
in pediatric
ophthalmology and strabismus and pediatric ocular
genetics. He has completed
observerships in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
at Great Ormond Street Hospital
(2011), with
Dr. David Guyton of Johns Hopkins Hospital (2011), and
with Dr. Kenneth Wright in
Los Angeles
(2012); in ocular genetics with Dr. Janey Wiggs of
Harvard Medical School (2016),
with Dr.
Alex Levin of Wills Eye Hospital (2017), and through
Baylor College of Medicine at Texas
Children
Hospital (2017); and in ocular oncology and
retinoblastoma with Dr. Jerry Shields and
Dr. Carol
Shields of Wills Eye Hospital (2017).
Dr. Yam actively contributes to children’s eye care in
Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific region, and
internationally. He serves as Secretary-General of the
Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric
Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS); coordinator of the Hong
Kong Paediatric Ophthalmology and
Strabismus
Group; council member (Hong Kong representative) of the
International Pediatric
Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council; nonstrabismus
leader of the Global Consult Bureau
of the World
Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus;
member of the Pediatric
Ophthalmology Committee of the Chinese Pediatric
Society; and honorary treasurer of the
Hong Kong
Ophthalmological Society. He is Congress President and
Organizing Committee
Chair of the
inaugural APSPOS Congress. He also serves as
subspecialty liaison of the pediatric
ophthalmology and strabismus (POS) program at the World
Ophthalmology Congress (WOC)
2016 and
2018; secretary of the POS program at the Asia-Pacific
Academy of Ophthalmology
(APAO)
Congress 2016 and 2017; external secretary of the
Organizing Committee and
coordinator
of the POS program at APAO 2018; member of the Programme
Committee of
AAPOS/CAPOS
Joint Conference 2017; convener of POS for the 10th
International Symposium of
Ophthalmology (ISO) 2014; committee member for POS at
the 9th ISO 2013; and member of the
International Advisory Committee for ARVO Asia 2017.
Being passionate about ophthalmic training and
education, Dr. Yam is currently a member
of both the
APAO Public Education Committee and APAO Ophthalmic
Education Committee,
coordinator
of CUHK Ophthalmology Undergraduate Education, CUHK
Global Physician Stream
Student
Mentor, CUHK Year 6 Curriculum Committee Member,
coordinator of CUHK and HKEH
Pediatric
Ophthalmology Fellowship Program, coordinator of the
CUHK Ophthalmology Public
Education
Program, Training Subcommittee member in the College of
Ophthalmologist of
Hong Kong,
and member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Innovative
Learning Centre for Medical
Education
Subcommittee. He also serves as honorary associate
professor at Shantou Medical
School,
contributing to the training and education of
ophthalmology residents in China.
He has authored more than 40 publications and 2 book
chapters and co-authored 1 book. He is
the
principal investigator in research grants of more than 6
million HKD. He has delivered more
than 40
presentations and invited lectures at international
conferences. He also serves as an
editor for
Scientific
Reports, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology,
and
Hong Kong
Journal of
Ophthalmology
and is a
reviewer of 10 international journals. His awards
include Hong Kong
Society of
Community Medicine Prize (2003), Dr. Timothy Kai-Ching
Liu Memorial Fund Award
(2009),
Distinguished Young Fellow in Hong Kong Academy of
Medicine (2013), APAO Tano
Travel Grant
(2014), World Ophthalmology Congress Travel Grant
(2014), APAO Leadership
Development
Program Graduate (2015), APAO Distinguished Service
Award (2016), APAO
Achievement
Award (2016), and Hospital Authority Corporate
Scholarship (2016). Under his
supervision,
his PhD students obtained national awards including 1st
place in JSIEC International
Student
Forum (2016) and 2nd runner up in China National Student
Forum (2016). |
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