NAME, DESIGNATION: PENG TEE KHAW, Professor, Sir
Date Of Birth (DOB): 1957 born in Malaysia
CHINESE/PINYIN NAME: -
HOKKIEN NAME: Khaw Peng Tee, Professor, Sir
ANCESTRY: Minnan Hokkien
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
CATEGORY: Medical consultant ophthalmic surgeon researcher and professor
DESCRIPTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Professor Khaw, specialises in glaucoma surgery both for paediatric and complex adult cases.
• Professor Khaw carry out research into the biology of healing, developing new treatments for scarring prevention and tissue regeneration after ocular surgery and disease.
• Professor Peng Tee Khaw has been awarded a knighthood for services to ophthalmology in the Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's Birthday Honours awards for 2013.
• Apart from the scientific achievement and the world-wide humanitarian implications, Peng Tee is also recognised for the economic benefits to the United Kingdom.
• For more than 25 years, Professor Peng Tee Khaw, 56, has pioneered treatments for glaucoma, working tirelessly to give people the gift of sight.
• Professor Peng Tee Khaw is the most respected Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
• Dr Khaw comes from an illustrious family. He is the youngest son of the late Tan Sri Khaw Kai Boh, a former MCA deputy president, a former housing and local government minister as well as one of the founding fathers of TAR College in the post-1969 period.
• Peng Tee is the brother of Professor Khaw Kay Tee, who herself had been awarded the CBE. Kay Tee was instrumental for securing Clare College, Cambridge, as the venue for the VIOS Grand Celebration in 2012.
• After finishing his education at St Johns Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Khaw headed for England in 1970.
• After training in both general medicine and ophthalmology, he did a doctorate in cell and molecular biology of ocular wound healing at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and University of Florida of the United States.
• Professor Khaw has helped raise research and infrastructure grants of over £50 million and published over 350 papers.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Professor Peng Tee Khaw, the director of research and development and one of the leading eye doctors and researchers, has been awarded a knighthood for services to ophthalmology in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
In addition to his role at Moorfields and the Institute, Professor Khaw is the director of the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre based at Moorfields and the Institute, and director of the eyes and vision theme of UCL Partners, one of the UK’s first accredited academic health science centres and now one of its first academic health science networks. Until May 2013, he was also president of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the world’s largest eye and vision research organisation, the first UK-based president in the association’s 85-year history.
Professor Khaw trained in both general medicine and ophthalmology at Southampton University. After completing his surgical training, he did a PhD in cell and molecular biology of ocular wound healing at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and University of Florida, USA. He treats complex adult patients and children with glaucoma, receiving patients from all over the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world. In 2012, Professor Khaw was named as one of Britain’s best children’s doctors in The Times Top Children’s Doctors list. He has given more than 20 named lectures and has published over 350 academic papers, chapters and books, as well as raising more than £80 million for research programmes and new clinical facilities.
Dr Khaw has an established record of developing new therapies. He developed surgical techniques, such as the Moorfields Safer Surgery System, which have significantly improved the outcome of glaucoma surgery, and developed new anti-scarring regimens that were eventually adopted internationally.
It was his vision – with that of “Daily Express” owner Richard Desmond – that saw THE RICHARD DESMOND CHILDREN’S EYE CENTRE open in 2007. It is the "largest hospital in the world" dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of children’s eye disease.
As part of the translational activities at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and the Biomedical Research Centre in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Professor Khaw is currently working with UCL Business (UCLB) to develop two new ophthalmic technologies for glaucoma:
• ‘slow-release’ micro-tablet which allows prolonged dosage of anti-scarring agent to the eye, thus preventing fibrosis and blindness post-surgery. This micro-tablet contains matrix metalloprotease inhibitors which inhibit scarring and increase the success of glaucoma filtration surgery. The development of this technology is currently funded by and MRC DPFS award.
• a solid formulation methodology for antibodies and protein therapeutics delivery into the eye. This tablet provides prolonged release of the antibody therapeutics and reduces the need for repeat injections
Professor Philip Luthert, Director of the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, said: “It is an extraordinary experience to see an individual clinician–scientist act as a beacon for innovation and outstanding clinical care within a specialty.
Professor Peng Khaw’s dedication to improving treatment for patients has had a marked impact on the world of ophthalmology. Integrating fundamental science with improved surgical technique, Professor Khaw has transformed the management of patients worldwide. His leadership at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital has inspired a generation of investigators. The lives of countless patients have been enhanced by his humanity, care and understanding.
Professor Khaw said: “I am very humbled to have been awarded this incredible honour (awarded a knighthood). I feel I have received this on behalf of all my colleagues here at Moorfields, UCL and around the world with whom I have been privileged to work, and who transform the lives of so many people every day.”
VIDEO CLIPS REF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVXejjky7M
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