General Ophthalmology and
 

Uveitis

EMAIL:                                              pwling@hotmail.com

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EXAMINATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS:

            2002    Moorfields Uveitis Course and Symposium May 2002

2001-2002              Uveitis Fellowship (March 2001-January 2003)

Moorfields Eye Hospital

2001    Moorfields Macular Course December 2001

2000-2001                   Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Passed with distinction- the six month part-time cellular and molecular immunology course run by the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

1999    Part II Ophthalmology Examination

Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

1996    Part I Ophthalmology Examination

Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

Awarded the RACO John Parr Fellowship

1987-1992                   Bachelor of Medicine &  Bachelor of Surgery

                                    University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

SCHOLARSHIPS / PRIZES:

1996        Awarded the RACO John Parr Fellowship for excellence in physiology in the Part I Examination.

1989    Selected as one of the ten medical and biomedical students in Australia to participate in the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, Summer Research Programme held in the University Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. My ten weeks was devoted to the development of an ELISA to detect anti-insulin receptor antibodies in serum of pre or newly diagnosed type 1 insulin dependent diabetics under the supervision of Professor Leonard C. Harrison and Dr. Stella Clark.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2001-2002       UVEITIS FELLOW

Moorfields Eye Hospital

Responsible for in and outpatients care of patients under Mr. Carlos Pavesio’s uveitis clinic. Also attend general and uveitis primary care clinics. Organising weekly uveitis clinic and regular fluorescene meetings. Regular presentation at uveitis teaching.

Attending Mr. John Dart’s external diseases clinics from June 2002 to January 2003. Taking special interests in patients requiring immunosuppression, in particular those with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

HONORARY OPHTHALMOLOGY FELLOW  

St. Thomas’ Hospital- Attending the Medical Eye Unit outpatient clinics and weekly presentation and ward round under the supervision of Mr. Miles Stanford, Dr. Elisabeth Graham and Dr. Gordon Plant. Most of these patients had complex ocular and systemic immunological/inflammatory or neuro-ophthalmic diseases.

2000               VOLUNTEER RESEARCHER

National Eye Institute

Inflammatory and Allergic Eye Diseases Section, under the supervision of Dr. Janine Smith at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 

1997-1999       OPHTHALMOLOGY REGISTRAR

Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Australia

·        1997 General clinics

·        1998 General clinics, Ocular motility Unit (13 weeks), Corneal Unit (13 weeks). Rotation to country hospital at Geelong (13 weeks).

·        1999 General clinics, Oculoplastic unit (13 weeks), Medical retina/Ocular immunology unit (13 weeks), Neuro-ophthalmology unit (13 weeks).

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

In Print: Ling, C., Meier, F., Pavesio, C. Rheumatoid arthritis illustrated by Case reports. Optometry Today. 2002.

Paper: Ling, C, Pavesio, C. Ophthalmic manifestations of HIV infection, CME Bulletin, Sexually transmitted infections & HIV 2001. 5(2):24-30.

Presentation: Ling, C.P.W, Pavesio, C., Hungerford, J., Another great pretender. Moorfields’ Alumni Meeting January 2002. A case of diffuse malignant melanoma presenting with orbital and ocular inflammation. Characteristics of the case and literature review on diffuse malignant melanoma, melanoma presenting with orbital or ocular inflammation.

Poster: Ling, C.P.W., Allen, P.J., Waters, M. J., An unusual mixed gram-negative endophthalmitis complicating penetrating injury and intraocular foreign body resulting from an exploding tyre. RACO Annual Scientific Conference November 1999. A  case of post traumatic endophthalmitis by two unusual organisms- Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was presented with a literature review on post traumatic endophthalmitis and these two organisms.

Presentation: Ling, C.P.W., Hall, A.J.H., Acute retinal necrosis-a case presentation. Inflammatory Eye Disease Conference, RACO NSW annual branch meeting April1999.  Acute retinal necrosis in an elderly man post radiation for mesothelioma was discussed with a literature review.

Presentation: Ling, C.P.W., Hall, A.J.H., Infective scleritis- a case presentation. Inflammatory Eye Disease Conference, RACO NSW annual branch meeting April1999. Pseudomonas scleritis in a middle age woman ten years post beta-radiation after pterygium excision was discussed with a literature review.

Presentation: Ling, C.P.W., Acute non-traumatic post-ganglionic Horner’s syndrome. Annual registrar’s conference 1999. A case of non-traumatic carotid artery dissection in a young healthy woman causing an acute Horner’s syndrome was discussed with a literature review.

Presentation:  Ling, C.P.W., Hall, A.J.H., Cyclosporin A for idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome. RACO Victorian Alumni Scientific Meeting1996. The use of cyclosporin A in a patient resistant to conventional treatment was discussed. Idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome was reviewed.

Ongoing research:

Ocular Sarcoidosis-

A retrospective study reviewing case notes of 100-150 patients with ocular involvement of sarcoidosis who are comanaged with the Royal Brompton Hospital, a hospital with leading expertise in respiratory medicine. Ocular manifestation, visual outcome and complications would be the main areas investigated. The systemic manifestation of patients with ocular sarcoid was studied.

Toxoplasma chorioretinitis and visual field defect- 

Cross sectional observational study of patients presenting to the Moorfields Eye Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical Eye Unit with toxoplasma chorioretinitis. To examine the extent of visual field loss due to full thickness chorioretinal scarring secondary to toxoplasmosis.

Intravitreal flurocinolone implant-

A multicentered, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravitreal flurocinolone implant in posterior uveitis. Long-term use of systemic steroid causing major side effects can be avoided if the posterior uveitis of such patients can be safely controlled by the intravitreal implant.