Dr Lee Ming Yueh

Procedure Focus:

• Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implants including standard monofocal IOL
• Premium IOL including Toric IOL, Multifocal IOL and Toric Multifocal IOL
• Glaucoma Tube-Shunt Surgery with Glaucoma Drainage Device Implants including Baerveldt Implant, Ahmed Valve or Clear Path, Paul Glaucoma Implant 
• Trabeculectomy
• Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) including i-Stent, Hydrus and Perseflo implant
• Glaucoma laser treatment including Laser Peripheral Iridotomy, Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty and Laser Trabeculopasty
• G Probe and Micropulse Transcleral Cyclodestructive Procedure
 
• General ophthalmology including eye infections and inflammation
• Diabetic Retinopathy Laser treatment
• Intravitreal injection for diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration 
• Pterygium surgery 
• Chalazion Surgery 
• Lids Surgery 

Condition Treated:

Cataracts, Glaucoma, Eye Infection & Inflammation, Eye injuries, General eye diseases like diabetic retinopathy, Chalazion, Pterygiums

Post Graduate Clinical Training:

• Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Penang Hospital, June 2002 - May 2006
• Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), June 2006 - Nov 2006
• Glaucoma SubSpecialty/ Fellowship Training, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jan 2010 - May 2011, Oct 2012 - Dec 2012
• Glaucoma Fellowship (Adult & Paediatric Glaucoma), Moorfields Eye Hospital London, United Kingdom, June 2011 - Sept 2012

Awards:

Best Service Award - Category of Clinical Specialist by Penang State Medical & Health Department , 2008

Medical School:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 1994 

Media:

• 8TV 活力加油站 - 错误戴隐形眼镜，恐遭细菌感染
• MELODY FM 波士早晨-眼科及青光眼专科医生李明月
• 左右眼大小差距，应做青光眼检查？by Sin Chew Daily
• GLAUCOMA THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED
• FREE EYE EXAMINATION TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT GLAUCOMA by Bernama TV
• 微創手術 安全快速-青光眼保視力要趁早 published in GuangMing Daily 3rd May 2021
• The Silent Thief of Sight Vision published in Star Paper 11th March 2018 
• Helping Patients deal with Glaucoma published in Malay Mails 20th March 2018 
• Radio Interview ‘Glaucoma the Silent Thief of Sight’ BFM podcast 12th March 2019 
• Health in Sharp Focus published in Star Paper 25th Nov 2019 

Publications:

• Ming Yueh Lee. Visual Acuity Comparison following Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery between Diabetics with no Retinopathy and non-diabetic patients. Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Master in Surgery (Ophthalmology) UKM, 2006.
• Ming Yueh Lee, Rusnah Hussain, Muhaya Mohamad, AM Rizal. Effect of Diabetes on Visual Acuity following Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery. Asian J Ophthalmol. 2007; 9:245-50
• Norshamsiah Md Din,  Lee M Yueh, Sumugam S Kala, Ropilah A Rahman. Ahmed Valve implantation in an eye with Choroidal Haemangioma. Asian J Opht 2011; 12: 169-171
• Ming Yueh Lee, Niven Teh, Zulekha Mohd, Thayanithi S., Jelinar M Noor, AM Rizal.  The effect of fixed combination of Bimatoprost-Timolol and Travoprost-Timolol on IOP in patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension – previously on nonfixed combination of Latanoprost and Timolol. Asia-Pacific J Opht 2012; 1: 208-212
• Jonathan Clarke, Ming-Yueh Lee, Ashkan Khalili, Sumit Dhingra, Peng Khaw. The relationship between skin phototype and trabeculectomy outcome. Invest Ophthalmol & Visiual Science 2013; 54(15): 4795.doi
• Ming-Yueh Lee, Pik-Pin Goh, Mohamad Aziz Salowi, Tassha Hilda, Mariam Ismail. The Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry: Cataract Surgery Practice Pattern. Asia-Pacific J Opht 2014; 3: 343-347
• Ching-Lin Wong, Karunakar TVN, Sendhil K., Ming-Yueh Lee. Opacification of Intraocular Lens implant after uncomplicated Cataract Surgery: A case series. Asian J Opht 2014; 14: 43-47
• Ching-Lin Wong, Sunder R., Jamaliah R., Karunakar TVN, Joseph A., Ming-Yueh Lee. A Family of Von Hippel-Lindau Disease with Different Presentations. Asian J Opht 2014; 14: 17-24
• Pik-Pin Goh, Mohamad Aziz Salowi, Ming-Yueh Lee, Tassha Hilda, Mariam Ismail. The Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry: Cataract Surgery Patients Profile. Asia-Pacific J Opht 2015; 4: 191-196
• Hui-Ken Tan, Liza-Sharmini Ahmad Tajuddin, Ming-Yueh Lee, Shatriah I, Wan-Hazzabah WH. A Study on the Central Cornea Thickness of Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma and its effect on Visual Field Progression. Asia-Pacific J Opht 2015; 4: 161-165
• Ming-Yueh Lee, Tassha Hilda Adnan, Mariam Ismail, Pik-Pin Goh. The Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry: Surgical Induced Astigmatism following Phaecoemulsification Cataract Surgery. Asian J Opht 2017; 15: 159 - 171