 MD PhD, Director and Professor Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre, Head of Optometry
and Vision Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
Professor Ge obtained his M.D and Ph.D in Medicine from Sun Yet-Sen University in 1990, following this completed a fellowship in Ophthalmology at the Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA in 1998. As director of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Prof Ge leads a team of ophthalmologists and optometrists that provide affordable, accessible and accountable services to nearly half a million outpatients and perform 30 000 surgeries per year.
Prof Ge’s team also provides training for nearly 80 Master and PhD candidates and 120 eye doctors from the community per year. In the past five years, Prof Ge and his colleagues have screened over 75 800 villagers and completed 11 000 cataract surgeries and also transferred technology to 300 local eye doctors in order to improve levels of eye-care in remote areas of China.
In recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to ophthalmology, Prof Ge won the Outstanding Achievement Award of Chinese Ophthalmologic Society in 2007 and Outstanding Service Award of APAO in 2008. Prof Ge is the Vice President of the Chinese Ophthalmological society and editor in chief of the journal Eye Science. He received the Chief Scientist award in 2007 by the National Basic Research Program China. He is the author of over 220 research articles in national and international journals.
Abstract
Since the 1980s, ophthalmology in China has entered an era of rapid development. This period has seen many fine achievements in the field, including the development and establishment of world-class instruments and facilities, a marked increase in the number of SCI papers, successful international cooperative efforts and the frequent hosting of international congresses.
Despite these successes, China still lags a long way behind ophthalmology in developed countries, most particularly, in the amount of total governmental funding directed towards basic research and the quality of research outcomes.
This lecture will review the recent advances made by ophthalmology in China, highlight the problems hindering Chinese ophthalmic research and suggest some fundamental measures that will aid the further development of the field in China. |
