Dr. Huang Keqin Philemon

Dr Huang is an established senior consultant ophthalmologist, who specializes in glaucoma screening, early intervention, and management. He completed his MBBS in 2008, obtained MMed(Ophth) in 2012. He was awarded the Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Program Award (HMDP) and completed his glaucoma fellowship in Sydney Hospital & Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He returned to Head the Glaucoma Services at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Dr Huang has a keen interest in development of community eye screening and home monitoring programs. He is involved in the grant application and successful pilot of the Community & Home Eye Screening Services (CHESS) which won national awards. He obtained grants to develop a comprehensive glaucoma community screening program tearmed Glaucoma Community-based Augmented Review and Empowerment (G-CARE).

Dr Huang is an expert in glaucoma, cataract management and refractive surgeon. He specializes in Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS implants such as Istent infinite, Hydrus microstent), glaucoma lasers such as Micropulse

Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation, Laser Peripheral Iridotomy, Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty and drainage procedures like trabeculectomy and glaucoma tube implants. He also gives MIGS-related glaucoma talks to fellow specialists, general practitioners, international audience as well as optometry schools in

Singapore. He is in the Glaucoma Association of Singapore (GLAS) and held prior position in its Patient Care Committee. Dr Huang deploys the most advanced intraocular lens in his cataract surgeries, to restore spectacle-free vision by addressing myopia/hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Dr Huang is also one of the highest volume Laser Vision Correction Surgeon who is skilled in performing Advanced Surface Ablation (TransPRK), Lenticule extraction (SmilePro) and LASIK. He is also experienced with Implantable

Collamer Lens.

Besides clinical work, Dr Huang is a passionate teacher and was recognized with the National Healthcare Group Teaching Awards for Senior Doctors 2020.

Comprehensive Cataract treatment

General Glaucoma management

Paediatric Myopia screening and management

General Retinal Disease management

Dry Eye management

Minimally-invasive Glaucoma surgery and Lasers

Laser refractive Surgery (High Myopia, Astigmatism, Presbyopia)

Cataract (eg. Prior LASIK/laser refractive patients)

Dry Eye Management

• PK Huang, S Sanjay. Visual disturbance as the first symptom of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2011;18:336-8
• S Sanjay, P Huang, R Lavanya.Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus. Current treatment option in neurology 2011;13:79-91
• Philemon K Huang, Stephen C Teoh. Spontaneous resolution of severe proliferative retinopathy in pregnancy without frank diabetes mellitus. Int J Gynaecol Obstet.2013;121:94-5
• Philemon Huang, Lekha Gopal, Chandra Mohan Kumar. Comparison of postoperative redness of eyes aftersub-Tenon’s block and topical anaesthesia following phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2014 Feb;112(2):381-2.
• Nishtha Panwar, Philemon K Huang, Pearse Keane, Tjin Swee Chuan, Lim Tock Han, Rupesh Agrawal. Fundus photography in the 21st Century – a review of recent technological advances and their implications for worldwide healthcare. Telemed J E Health 2016 Mar;22(3):198-208. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0068.
• Philemon Huang, Rupesh Agrawal. Re: Freitas-Neto et al: Increased Submacular Choroidal Thickness in Active, Isolated, Extramacular Toxoplasmosis. Ophthalmology 2015
• Huang PK, Jianping C, Vasconcelos-Santos DV, et al. Ocular Toxoplasmosis in tropical areas: analysis and outcome of 190 patients from a multicentre collaborative study. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Oct 11:1-8.
• David Chen, Chelvin Sng, Tiakumzuk Sangtam, Anoop Thomas, Liang Shen, Philemon K Huang, Jason Cheng. Phacoemulsification vs phacoemulsification with micro-bypass stent implantation in primary angle closure and primary angle closure glaucoma: A randomized single-masked clinical study. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 May;48:450-61
• Philemon Huang, A/Prof Tan Ngiap Chuan. Review of the approach and management of red eyes in family practice in Singapore. SFP 2011;37:54-9

2020 Alexandra Health Fund for Glaucoma Community-based Augmented Review and Empowerment (G-CARE), Yishun Health Campus, Singapore

2018 Rapid Prototyping Grant for development of Mobile Adjunct for Perimetry System (MAPS), Yishun Health Campus, Singapore

2018 Ministry of Health Holdings Human Manpower Development Program Award (Single and Team-based HMDP), National Healthcare Group, Ministry of Health, Singapore

2011 Ministry of Health Holdings Study Award, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Glaucoma Association of Singapore (GLAS)