Dr Kenneth Fong Choong Sian – Awards and Publications

1. APVRS Senior Achievement Award. 2026

2. APAO Distinguished Service Award. 2024

3. American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award. 2024

4. Global Advisor, American Academy of Ophthalmology.

5. Kesatria Award from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia, for efforts to promote Malaysia as a venue for international conventions and meetings. 2017

6. Malaysia Society of Ophthalmology Achievement Award. 2017

7. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award. 2016

8. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Program (selected to represent Malaysia). 2011

9. Best free paper presentation prize – Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 40th Annual Congress. 2008

10. Royal College of Ophthalmologists Travel Award. 2008

11. Cheltenham Ophthalmology Scholarship 2007

12. 2nd Prize, South Thames annual regional audit meeting. 2004

13. West London Ophthalmic Research Medal (Best research presentation among trainees). 2001

14. Clinical Dean’s Prize for best elective project(Clinical diagnosis of malaria in the absence of laboratory tests)Desmond Hawkins PrizeDepartment of Surgery Prize for best dissertation(Minimally invasive techniques in the investigation of the acute abdomen)Glaxo-Wellcome bursary for elective project 1998

15. The Chevening British High Commissioner’s Award(Full scholarship award to study Medicine at Cambridge University)Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Fellowship. 1993 – 1996

16. Alderman Carlisle Memorial PrizeFinalist – British Physics Olympiad. 1993

17. Top Individual ScorerNational 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.