Dr Brian Ang CV
Qualifications and Training
- MBChB (University of Edinburgh)
- FRANZCO (Royal Australian & NZ College of Ophthalmologists)
- FRCOphth (Royal College of Ophthalmologists)
- FRCSEd (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
- Subspecialty advanced training in glaucoma and cataract surgery
- Special interest in macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease
Public appointments
- Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
- Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Health
Additional roles
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
- Honorary Researcher, Centre for Eye Research Australia
- Expert Advisory Panel, Glaucoma Australia
- Lecturer and Examiner, Australian College of Optometry
Lectures and Presentations
- World Glaucoma Congress
- Asia Pacific Glaucoma Congress
- RANZCO Victorian Branch Meeting
- Malaysian Conjoint Universities Ophthalmology Postgraduate Exam
- Australian College of Optometry National Congress
- Southern Regional Congress
- Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital Eye and ENT Emergency Seminar
Awards and Grants
- Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital Small Research Grant
- Save Sight Society & RANZCO Research Grant
- Johnson & Johnson Medical / Surgical Research Trust Scholarship
- Cheltenham Ophthalmology Scholarship Award
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists Ethicon Foundation Fund
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Myre Sim Fund
- WH Ross Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness Research Grant
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Research Support Grant
- Scottish Ophthalmological Club Presentation Prize
- NHS Highland Research & Development Endowment Fund
- Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology Prize Commendation
- British Scholarship Scheme Award
- University of Edinburgh Elective Bursary
- Junior MacKenzie Bursary in Anatomy
Selected publications: Glaucoma surgery
- Outcomes of XEN45 gel stent using posterior small incision sub-tenon ab interno insertion (Semi-open) technique. Eye 2021; Online ahead of print.
Kong YXG, Chung IY, Ang GS - Medium term outcomes of unsutured scleral flap trabeculectomies. J Glaucoma 2016; 25(8): 704-708
Wang BZ, Ang GS, Meagher P - Wound healing modulation in glaucoma filtration surgery – conventional practices and new perspectives: antivascular endothelial growth factor and novel agents. J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2014; 8(2): 37-45
Fan Gaskin J, Nguyen DQ, Ang GS, et al
- Comparison of standard trabeculectomy versus microtrabeculectomy as a surgical treatment for glaucoma – a randomized clinical trial. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2012; 39(7): 648-57
Ang GS, Chan KCY, Poostchi A, Nicholas S, Birchall W, et al - A prospective study of surgical outcomes and bleb morphology using indocyanine green as a surgical dye in trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2012; 40(4): e143-e148
Chan KCY, Ang GS, Birchall W, Wong T, Wakely L, et al - Postoperative infection in penetrating versus non-penetrating glaucoma surgery. Br J Ophthalmol 2010; 94(12): 1571-1576
Ang GS, Varga Z, Shaarawy T
Selected publications: Cataract surgery
- Endophthalmitis or toxic anterior segment syndrome? Clin Experiment Optometry 2017; 100(1): 94-95
Lee MH, Cugley D, Atik A, Ang GS - Ultrasound biomicroscopic study of the stability of intraocular lens implants after phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Acta Ophthalmologica 2012; 90(2): 168-172
Ang GS,Duncan L, Atta HR - Manual small incision cataract sugery in a United Kingdom university teaching hospital setting. Int Ophthalmol 2010; 30(1): 23-29
Ang GS, Wheelan S, Green FD
- Face to face’ positioning for phacoemulsification in patients unable to lie flat for cataract surgery. Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 141(6): 1151-1152
Ang GS, Ong JM, Eke T - Prophylaxis against postoperative infective endophthalmitis in cataract surgery: a survey of routine practice. Eur J Ophthalmol 2006; 16(3): 394-400
Ang GS, Barras CW - Effect and outcomes of posterior capsule rupture in a district general hospital setting. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006; 32(4): 623-627
Ang GS, Whyte IF
Selected publications: Glaucoma laser treatments
- Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus topical medication as initial glaucoma treatment: the glaucoma initial treatment study randomised clinical trial. Br J Ophthalmol 2020; 104(6): 813-821
Ang GS, Fenwick EK, Constantinou M, Gan ATL, Man REK,
et al - Spectral domain optical coherence tomography evidence on the mechanism of diode laser peripheral iridoplasty. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2015; 43(5): 474-476
Leong JCY, Stevenson C, Ang GS, Wells AP - Repeatability of primary selective laser trabeculoplasty in patients with primary open angle glaucoma. Int Ophthalmol 2013; 33(5): 501-506
Avery N, Ang GS, Wells AP
- Laser iridoplasty for chronic angle closure glaucoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; (2):CD006746
Ng WS, Ang GS, Azuara-Blanco A - Factors influencing laser peripheral iridotomy outcomes in White eyes – an anterior segment optical coherence tomography study. J Glaucoma 2011; 20(9): 577-583
Ang GS, Wells AP
Selected publications: Intraocular pressure
- Issues with intraocular pressure measurement in post-LASIK corneal interface fluid syndrome: case and review. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2015; 43(7): 688-689
Kong GYX, Fan Gaskin JC, Ang GS - The effect of thin, thick, and normal corneas on Goldmann intraocular pressure measurements and correction formulae in individual eyes. Ophthalmology 2012; 119(3): 443-449
Park SJK, Ang GS, Nicholas S, Wells AP - Poor utility of intraocular pressure correction formulae in individual glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2011; 39(2): 111-118
Ang GS, Nicholas S, Wells AP
- The effect of travoprost on daytime intraocular pressure in normal tension glaucoma: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92(8): 1129-1133
Ang GS, Kersey JP, Shepstone L, Broadway DC - Corneal biomechanical properties in primary open angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma. J Glaucoma 2008; 17(4): 259-262
Ang GS, Bochmann F, Azuara-Blanco A
Selected publications: Epidemiology
- Prevalence of glaucoma in the Australian National Eye Health Survey. Br J Ophthalmol 2019; 103(2): 191-195
Keel S, Xie J, Foreman J, Lee PY, Alwan M, Fahy ET, van Wijngaarden P, Fan Gaskin JC, Ang GS, et al - The prevalence and causes of unilateral vision impairment and blindness in Australia: The National Eye Health Survey. JAMA Ophthalmology 2018; 136(3): 240-248
Foreman J, Xie J, Keel S, Ang GS, et al - Pupil ruff atrophy (PRA) correlations with intraocular pressure and cup-to-disc ratio in a glaucoma clinic population. Ophthalmology 2012; 119(8): 1546-1551
Ang GS, Wong T, Nicholas S, Wells AP - Lifetime visual prognosis of patients with glaucoma. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2011; 39(8): 766-770
Goh YW, Ang GS, Azuara-Blanco A
- The influence of the new General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) contract in optometrist referrals for glaucoma in Scotland. Eye 2009; 23(2): 351-355
Ang GS, Ng WS, Azuara-Blanco A - Primary angle closure closure glaucoma: a descriptive study in a Caucasian population. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2008; 36(9): 847-851
Ng WS, Ang GS, Azuara-Blanco A - Lifetime visual prognosis for patients with primary open angle glaucoma. Eye 2007; 21(5): 604-608
Ang GS, Eke T
Selected publications: Visual fields and perimetry
- Qualitative evaluation of the 10-2 and 24-2 visual field tests for detecting central visual field abnormalities in glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 2021; 229(2): 26-33
Orbach A, Ang GS, Kamp AS, et al - Test-retest variability of fundus-tracked perimetry at the peripapillary region in open angle glaucoma fundus-tracked perimetry – variability in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Visc Sci 2016; 57(8):3619-3625
Wu ZC, McKendrick AM, Hadoux X, Fan Gaskin JC, Ang GS, et al
- Perimetric progression in open angle glaucoma and the Visual Field Index (VFI). J Glaucoma 2011; 20(4): 223-227
Ang GS, Mustafa M, Scott N, Diaz-Aleman VT, Azuara-Blanco A - Effect of cataract extraction on the Glaucoma Progression Index (GPI) in glaucoma patients. J Glaucoma 2010: 19(4): 275-278
Ang GS, Shunmugam M, Azuara-Blanco A
