Awards and Publications

1. Kesatria Award from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia, for efforts to promote Malaysia as a venue for international conventions and meetings. 2017
2. Malaysia Society of Ophthalmology Achievement Award. 2017
3. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award. 2016
4. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Program (selected to represent Malaysia). 2011
5. Best free paper presentation prize – Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 40th Annual Congress. 2008
6. Royal College of Ophthalmologists Travel Award. 2008
7. Cheltenham Ophthalmology Scholarship 2007
8. 2nd Prize, South Thames annual regional audit meeting. 2004
9. West London Ophthalmic Research Medal (Best research presentation among trainees). 2001
10. Clinical Dean’s Prize for best elective project
    (Clinical diagnosis of malaria in the absence of laboratory tests)
    Desmond Hawkins Prize
    Department of Surgery Prize for best dissertation
    (Minimally invasive techniques in the investigation of the acute abdomen)
    Glaxo-Wellcome bursary for elective project 1998
11. The Chevening British High Commissioner’s Award
    (Full scholarship award to study Medicine at Cambridge University)
    Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Fellowship. 1993 – 1996
12. Alderman Carlisle Memorial Prize
    Finalist – British Physics Olympiad. 1993
13. Top Individual Scorer
    National General Knowledge Quiz, Malaysia. 1991

1. Fong, K. C., et al. (2026). PAIR: Evaluating the limits of agreement among non-retinal specialist using PathFinder artificial intelligence tool for retinal disease referrals: A prospective observational study. Clinical Ophthalmology, 20, 584717.
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S584717

2. Fong, K. C. et al. (2026). ‘Switching to Faricimab for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy with Real-World Outcomes in Refractory Cases – The FAR-PEARL Study Report 1’, Clinical Ophthalmology, 19, pp. 2475–2485.
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S527787

3. Lai, T. Y. Y., et al. (including Fong, K. C. S.). (2025). International consensuses and guidelines on etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and future developments of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 100242.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjo.2025.100249

4. Wong, W. M., et al. (including Fong, K.). (2024). Rationale and protocol paper for the Asia Pacific Network for inherited eye diseases. Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 13(1), 100030.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjo.2023.100030

5. Tajunisah, I., et al. (including Fong, K. C. S.). (2023). Case report: Spectrum of interesting ocular manifestations following COVID-19 vaccination: A case series of real-world presentations. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, 1243055.
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1243055

Dr. Fong has published in excess of 40 scientific peer-reviewed papers.