Find a paediatric retina specialist.

APPREA's council includes senior paediatric retina specialists in most countries across the Asia-Pacific. Use the country pointer below, or write to us with your child's diagnosis and we'll point you to the right person.

Urgent? If your child has had a sudden injury, sudden severe loss of vision, a "white pupil" reflex, or a recent ROP screening flag, please contact a paediatric ophthalmology service in your country today.
For patients & parents

Ask APPREA for a pointer.

Tell us your country and your child's diagnosis. We'll point you to a council member or an affiliated centre. We don't book appointments and we don't share clinical advice — we connect you with the right specialist.

Send the secretariat a note →
For ophthalmologists

Are you a paediatric retina specialist?

Get in touch with APPREA — we'll add you to our regional contacts and let you know when membership opens. Trainees welcome.

Contact APPREA → About APPREA
Country pointers

Where to look, by country.

A first port of call in each country — an APPREA council member who can refer you onward. This is a starting list, not an exhaustive one.

India 5 council members

APPREA contacts: Prof. Rajvardhan Azad, Prof. Pramod Bhende, Prof. Anil Gangwe, Prof. Anand Vinekar, Prof. Shorya Azad.

China 7 council members

APPREA contacts: Prof. Peiquan Zhao, Prof. Ping Fei, Prof. Yu Xu, Prof. Xiaoxin Li, Prof. Xiaoyan Ding, Prof. Fang Lu, Prof. Guoming Zhang, Prof. Yun Li.

Japan 3 council members

APPREA contacts: Prof. Shunji Kusaka, Prof. Hideyuki Hayashi, Prof. Hiroyuki Kondo.

Hong Kong

APPREA contact: Prof. Wai-Ching Lam.

Taiwan

APPREA contacts: Prof. Wei-Chi Wu, Prof. Tso-Ting Lai.

Korea

APPREA contact: Prof. Sang Jin Kim.

Singapore

APPREA contacts: Prof. Seo Wei Leo, Prof. Andrew Tsai, Prof. Gavin Tan.

Malaysia

APPREA contact: Dr. Manoharan Shunmugam.

Thailand

APPREA contact: Prof. Atchara Amphornphruet.

Philippines

APPREA contact: Prof. Pearl Villalon.

Vietnam

APPREA contact: Prof. Nguyen Xuan Tinh.

Bangladesh

APPREA contact: Prof. Dipak Kumar Nag.

Nepal

APPREA contact: Prof. Sanyam Bajimaya.

Mongolia

APPREA contact: Prof. Tsengelmaa Chuluunbat.

Australia

APPREA contact: Prof. Shuan Dai.

Other countries

Don't see your country? APPREA can still point you toward a regional centre or a colleague in a neighbouring country who may be able to help. Write to the secretariat with your situation.

Write to APPREA →
Council members listed are starting points, not endorsements. APPREA does not formally accredit clinical services and does not provide individual medical advice; please confirm clinical details with the specialist directly.
How this works

What you can ask APPREA for.

1
A pointer to a specialist
In your country or a neighbouring one. Most useful when you already have a diagnosis.
2
A second-opinion referral
Especially for surgical or oncology decisions. We can connect your treating doctor with a colleague.
3
Help understanding terms
If a clinic letter is full of acronyms, our patient page covers the common ones.
What APPREA does not do: book appointments, give individual medical advice, intervene in another country's clinical decisions, or recommend one specialist over another. We point and we connect.