Ms We Fong Siah

MB, BCh, BAO, BA, MRCPI, FRCSI (Ophthalmology), FRCOphth, MD

Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon

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Ms. We Fong Siah graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in medicine in 2005. She completed her ophthalmic higher surgical training in Ireland in 2014.

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Ms. Siah underwent a six-month fellowship training in cornea and external eye disease at the Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital, Newcastle, UK, a centre of excellence in limbal stem cell research. This fellowship has broadened her knowledge in the management of ocular surface disease including dry eye disorder.

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Ms Siah completed a one-year fellowship training in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery at the prestigious Corneo-Plastic Unit at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead, UK.

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Ms Siah obtained further experience in oculofacial aesthetics and ophthalmic plastic reconstructive surgery as a visiting fellow at the Moran Eye Centre, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

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Ms Siah was a consultant ophthalmologist at the University Hospital Southampton, UK, for 3 years before she returned to practise in Dublin, Ireland.

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Special Interests

Ms. Siah’s subspecialty interests include cataract surgery, eyelid surgery (eyelid malposition, eyelid lumps, eyelid cancer, facial nerve palsy, aesthetic eyelid surgery), oculofacial aesthetics (non-surgical), watery eye disorder, ocular surface disease (including dry eye disease) and facial dystonia (blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm).

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Clinical Research and Professional Memberships

Ms. Siah has authored over 20 publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at national and international ophthalmology conferences. She was also awarded an academic doctorate from Trinity College Dublin for her research in the study of glaucoma disease and macular pigments.

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Ms. Siah is a member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the Irish College of Ophthalmologists.