Dr Fred Chen (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Assoc Prof Fred Kuanfu Chen
- Qualifications
- FRANZCO 2007
- MBBS 1999
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Mandarin
- Medical Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Dr Fred Chen completed ophthalmology training at Royal Perth Hospital. He then moved to London to do research and clinical fellowships in medical and surgical retina at the University College of London Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital. There, he also completed a doctorate in philosophy (PhD) in surgical techniques of retinal pigment epithelium transplantation for treatment of dry and wet macular degenerations. Since returning to Perth, Fred has been a Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. He has also established and led the Ocular Tissue Engineering Laboratory at the Lions Eye Institute. His research interest includes clinical characterisation of retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt disease, stem cell therapy and disease modelling, clinical trials in dry and wet macular degeneration and non-invasive retinal imaging.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Bentley Hospital
- St John of God Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Lions Eye Institute - Nedlands
- Affiliated Organisations
- Lions Eye Institute
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Western Australia
Practice Locations
Perth
- Lions Eye Institute - Nedlands
- Address
- 2 Verdun Street
Nedlands WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9381 0777
- Fax
- 08 9381 0700
