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Dr Bryan Sim is an Associate Consultant with the Cataract & Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department and Myopia Centre at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). His current practice includes the management of childhood and adult myopia, paediatric, general and comprehensive ophthalmology, and cataracts. He also has a keen interest in paediatric Neuro-ophthalmic conditions. He graduated from the National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM) with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2013. He subsequently embarked on his Ophthalmology training under the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I) certified SingHealth Ophthalmology Residency Programme at SNEC, and obtained his post-graduate Master of Medicine in Ophthalmology qualification in 2018.
He attained his Ophthalmology Specialist accreditation and was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2021, where he was awarded 4 Gold Medals for Best Candidate in Paediatric Ophthalmology; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Oculoplastic & Adnexal Diseases and Generic stations in the Specialists’ Exit Examination. He was subsequently inducted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) in 2023.
As a clinician educator, Dr Sim has a keen interest in medical education and fervently believes in reinventing new approaches to nurture the next generation of doctors and healthcare professionals. In recognition of his continued contributions to medical education, Dr Sim was awarded the prestigious Junior Doctor Teaching Award by NUS in 2020 and he continues to be passionately involved in NUS-YLLSOM undergraduate and DUKE-NUS postgraduate teaching of ophthalmology to medical students, residents, general physicians, nurses as well as allied health professionals including optometrists. Dr Sim is also a clinical tutor for the Graduate Diploma for Ophthalmic Technicians Course and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for optometrists. He was also conferred upon the Best All Rounded Educator Award at the SNEC Education Townhall 2022.
Dr Sim is currently pursuing his fellowship in Myopia at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). He aims and strives to provide holistic care and education to the community to alleviate the current Myopia epidemic in Asia and globally by conducting a variety of clinical trials of which he is the Principal Investigator of.
He is committed to serving the community at large, and regularly volunteers at community eye screening projects. He is also active in ophthalmic research for both myopia and paediatric Neuro-ophthalmology and has published scientific papers in respected peer-reviewed medical journals while presenting his research work at international and local scientific conferences.
Education
- FRCOphth (UK) (2023)
- FAMS (2021)
- M Med(Ophth) (2018)
- MBBS (2013)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Clinician Educator, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme (EYE ACP) (2020 to present)
Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS (2021 to present)
Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM) (2021 to present)
Committee Member, SNEC Undergraduate Education Committee, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (2021 to present)
Committee Member, SNEC Optometry Residency Committee (2022 to present)
Fellow, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), United Kingdom (2023 to present)
Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2021 to present)
Associate in Education, SingHealth Academy (2020 to present)
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Awards
- SNEC Education Townhall 2022: Best All Rounded Educator Award
- Gold Medallist - Best Candidate in Paediatric Ophthalmology; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Oculoplastic & Adnexal Diseases and Generic stations - Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST) (FAMS) Exit Examination (2021)
- Dean’s Visit Award, Junior Doctor Teaching Award, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (2020)
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award, SingHealth (2020, 2021)
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Publications
Sim B; Chng CL; Chia A; Seah LL. A retrospective study of Paediatric Thyroid Eye Disease: The Asian Experience. Orbit 2020 October 15, : 1-10
Sim B, Yap GH, Chia A. Functional and psychosocial impact of strabismus on Singaporean children. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS); JAAPOS. 2014 Apr;18(2):178-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2013.11.013.
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