Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead, Medical Retina Digital Clinics
Clinical Lead, Diabetic Retinopathy Screening, Northwest London , Ealing
Clinical Lecturer (Hon), Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL
Medical training
Clinical Research Fellow in Moorfields
Vitreoretina department, Addenbrookes Hospital
Severn Dearnery for Ophthalmology Training
Advanced Uveitis and Medical Retina Advanced Specialty Training
Second fellowship in Medical Retina and Uveitis in Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Research interest / experience
Retina Lasers: Ms Heng's PhD was on preventative therapy in Age Related Macular Degeneration- 'The use of the nanosecond laser technology to retard the onset of age related macular degeneration'. Her PhD is often used as a teaching guide for the pathophysiology of lasers.
Treatment in Diabetic Macular Oedema and Age Related Macular Degeneration: Ms Heng is involved in numerous phase II/III clinical trials in medical retina diseases (AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy) including OZLASE, TENAYA, RHINE studies. These studies investigated new treatment or protocols fo Diabetic macular oedema and AMD.
Digital Medicine: Ms Heng has keen interest in improving clinical governance within the digital medicine. She is also chief investigator of a health inequality study to determine barriers and acceptability of digital clinics.