Education Qualifications: BSc, MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed), FAMS, PhD (UK)
Professor Jodhbir Mehta graduated from Guys and St Thomas’s Medical School, University of London, UK in 1995. He did his basic and advanced specialist training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK and also did sub-specialised fellowship training in Cornea External Disease and Refractive Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC).
He is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore-Malaysian Ophthalmology Society, Asian Corneal Society and The Corneal Society (US).
Professor Mehta has won 45 awards in the UK and internationally for clinical and research work, most recently the Nakajima award for 2013 (Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology), American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award 2017 and Doug Coster Lecture from the Australian Corneal Society 2018.
His work profile is divided between clinical work (seeing patients) and research. His clinical work is mainly in corneal transplantation - both basic and advanced forms, anterior segment reconstruction and in refractive surgery.
His clinical based research involves research into imaging devices for the cornea, case comparative cohorts of new selective tissue transplantation procedures compared to penetrating keratoplasty, examining complications and outcomes of these new procedures. He is also involved in collaborative research studies in randomised controlled clinical trials in dry eye and a large multicentre infectious keratitis study.
Professor Jodhbir Mehta is also committed to clinical teaching other surgeons both in Singapore and internationally in USA, Europe and Asia on Advanced forms of corneal transplantation and Corneal Imaging and has been invited worldwide to give lectures on these surgical techniques.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Head & Senior Consultant, Corneal & External Eye Disease Department, Singapore National Eye Centre
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Board of Directors, Corneal Society (USA) (2018)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (2017 - present)
- Member, Executive Committee, International Society of Refractive Surgeons (ISRS) (2017 - present)
- Publications Committee, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) (2019 - present)
- Member, Executive Committee, Singapore National Eye Centre (2015 - present)
- Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Singapore Eye Research Institute (2015 - present)
- Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists (EuCornea), Asia Cornea Society (ACS), The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Singapore Society of Ophthalmology (SSO), Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO), Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (RCS Ed) (2003 - present)
Awards:
- SNEC Professorship in Clinical Innovation in Opthalmology (2019)
- Doug Coster Lecture, Australia and New Zealand Cornea Society (2018)
- Gold Medal, International Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (2017)
- Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2017)
- Best Paper of Session – Femtosecond Laser Assisted Pterygium Surgery, American Society of Cataract
- and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) (2017)
- Mahatma Gandhi Samman Award, NRI Welfare Society of India (2017)
- Gold Award , Singapore Health Quality Service Award, SingHealth (2017)
- Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) (2017)
- Long Service Award, SingHealth / Singapore National Eye Centre (2016)
- Asian Guest Lecture, Kyoto Corneal Club (2016)
- Best Poster 2nd Place, Corneal Section, Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) (2016)
- Best Paper of Session – Presbyopia Cornea Inlays, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (2016)
- Distinguished Researcher Award, SingHealth Excellence Award (2016)
- Singapore Society of Ophthalmology Lecture (2016)
- Clinician Scientist Award-INV, National Medical Research Council (2015)
- 1st Prize Refractive Poster Award, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) (2015)
- Gold Medal, International Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (2015)
- Silver Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award, SingHealth (2015)
- Dr. P Siva Reddy Oration Medal, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society (2014)
- Service in Ophthalmology Gold Medal, Eye Advance/Bombay Ophthalmology Association (2014)
- Achievement Award, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) (2013)
- Nakajima Award, Asia-Pacific Academy for Ophthalmology (APAO) (2013)
- Global Luminary Award for ReLEx SMILE Surgery, Carl Zeiss Meditec (2013)
- Best Video 2nd Place, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) (2012)
- International Ophthalmologist Education Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2011)
- Best Poster, Corneal Section, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2011)
- Best Paper, Carl Zeiss International User Group Meeting (2011)
- Travel Grant, HKVF Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) (2010)
- Khoo Investigator Development Program, Duke-NUS Medical School (2009)
- Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2009)
- International Travel Fellowship, Asia-ARVO (2009)
- Best Video, Corneal Section, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2008)
- Best Video, New Surgical Techniques Category, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) (2008)
- Best Video, Refractive Cornea Category, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) (2008)
- Best Free Paper, Corneal Section, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2007)
- Best Poster, Corneal Section, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2007)
- International Travel Grant, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) (2007)
- Best Poster, Corneal Section, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2006)
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2013 - present)
- Director of Education, Singhealth Transplant (2019-present)
Research Interests: Corneal external disease and refractive surgery from basic science, translational and clinical research. These include laboratory based research investigating the culturing of human corneal endothelial cell proliferation and studies on patients with corneal genetic disorders; translational research involving the use of different polymers for skirts for an artificial cornea, development of a new instrument for corneal transplantation, novel techniques for effects of femtosecond ablation on stromal ablation and development of novel drug delivery devices.
Selected Publications:
7600 Citations H Index 47 Publications 352
Liu YC, Teo EP,1 Ang HP, Xin Yi Seah XY, Chan NS, Yam GHF, Mehta JS. Biological corneal inlay for presbyopia derived from small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Sci Report in Press
Liu YC, Ng XW, Teo EP, Ang HP, Lwin NC, Chan NS, Venkatraman SS, Wong TT, Mehta JS. A Biodegradable, Sustained-Released, Tacrolimus Microfilm Drug Delivery System for the Management of Allergic Conjunctivitis in a Mouse Model. IOVS in Press
Lim C, Stapleton F, Mehta JS. A Review of Contact Lens Complications. Eye & Contact Lens 2017;3 IF 1.25
Damgaard IB, Ang M, Farook M, Htoon HM, Mehta JS. Intraoperative patient experience and postoperative visual quality after SMILE and LASIK in a randomized, paired-eye, controlled study. JRS in Press
Lovatt M, Yam GHF, Peh GS, Colman A, Dunn NR, Mehta JS. Directed differentiation of periocular mesenchyme from human embryonic stem cells. Differentiation in Press
Soh YQ, Peh GS, Mehta JS. Evolving Therapies for Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy. Regenerative Medicine in Press
Woo JH, Iyer JV, Lim L, Hla MH, Mehta JS, Chan CM, Tan DT. Conventional versus Accelerated collagen cross-linking for Keratoconus: A comparison of Visual, Refractive, Topographic and Biomechanical Outcomes. Open Ophthalmol J 2017;11:262-272
Peh GS, Ang HP, Lwin CN, Adnan K, George BL, Seah XY, Bhogal M, Liu YC, Tan DT, Mehta JS. Propagating Human Corneal Endothelial Cells – Towards Regulatory Compliance and Clinical Application via a Tissue-Engineering Approach. Sci Report in Press
Soh YQ, Mehta JS. Selective Endothelial removal for Peters Anomaly. Cornea in Press. 290. Liu YC, Williams GP, George BL, Soh YQ, Seah XY, Peh GS, Yam GH, Mehta JS. Corneal lenticule storage prior to re-implantation. Mol Vision in Press