Dr. Yan Yu CHAN

Research Area

1. Primary Dry Eye Diseases
2. Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Disease
3. Corneal Transplantation and Keratoprosthesis

Professional Profile

Dr Julia Chan is a specialist in ophthalmology,the Fellow of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists(FRCOphth), the Fellow of The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (FCOphthHK), the Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in the specialty of Ophthalmology (FHKAM(Ophthalmology)) and the Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS(Ed)) with subspecialty interest in corneal and external eye (CEE) diseases and refractive surgeries.

She was awarded the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong in 2015. She has received her ophthalmology training at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital (HKEH) from 2016 and was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor (Honorary) of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (DOVS, CUHK) before she joined the faculty. She is the Core Area Trainer appointed by the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong, the Fellow of the CUHK-HKEH-PWH Ophthalmology Subspecialty Fellowship Programme on CEE diseases. She has obtained the Postgraduate Diploma (PDip) in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care at the CUHK in 2023.

Dr Chan has been actively involved in refractive surgeries as well as the diagnosis and treatment of CEE diseases including conjunctival melanoma, ocular Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) diseases and dry eye disease. Her publications in international peer-reviewed journals includeJAMA Ophthalmology and Nature Medicine. She has been the invited speaker in international conferences including the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), Asia Corneal Society (ACS) Biannual Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress, Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation(CAST) and Asia Pacific Ocular Imaging Society (APOIS) Congress. She is the Scientific Programme Chairperson of the Asia Corneal Society (ACS) Biannual Biennial Scientific Meeting 2026, the secretary of cataract programme in APAO Congress 2024 and 2025, and the Social Committee Chairperson of the 16th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS) Congress. Devoted to public education, she is the author of the bimonthly column on updates of ophthalmic conditions in the Hong Kong Economic Journal.

Dr Chan has special interest in aviation medicine and has been awarded the Australian Certificate of Civil Aviation Medicine (ACCAM) by Monash University. She has been appointed as the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner (DAME) of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia since 2019 and Designated Aviation Ophthalmologist (DAO) since 2023, upholding stringent aviation healthcare standards.