South East Asian Glaucoma Interest Group
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Contact information
Seng Kheong Fang
22, Lorong PJU 3/23F
Sunway Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya Selangor
MALAYSIA
Tel.: +603 78804822
Fax.: +603 78804822
E-mail: skfang@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.seagig.org
  

Board
Manuel AgultoPresident
Ivan GoldbergPast President
Seng Kheong FangSecretary
Paul HealeyTreasurer
Prin RojanaPongpunVice President
Makoto AraieGeneral member
Tin AungGeneral member
Paul ChewGeneral member
Ching Lin HoGeneral member
Da-Wen LuGeneral member
Ki Ho ParkGeneral member
Ramanjit SihotaGeneral member
Ikke Widya Artini SumantriGeneral member
Clement ThamGeneral member
Ravi ThomasGeneral member
Ningli WangGeneral member
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 1998
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* Yes
* Is it clear how the flow of income and expense (including meetings) is and which officer or committee is responsible?  
The board members are elected Yes, by the Members
New members of the board are added by cooptation** Yes
** Cooptation means officers are appointed by the leadership without an election process involving the total membership  
The term of functioning for members of the board is 4 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 400
Our society has an annual printed report Yes
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Members must have had informal specialist training (i.e. all forms of training outside established glaucoma fellowships) in glaucoma

    If not specialist / generalist ratio
 No
130
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 No
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by the percentage of glaucoma patients seen (or by other criteria)
 No
  1. Members have expressed interest in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Everyone can be a member without further qualification
 Yes
  1. We use other criteria
 Yes

Mission statement/goals
To enhance the knowledge, skills and support resources for ophthalmologists in our Region in the diagnosis and management of patients with glaucoma.

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations Yes

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available Yes
Society guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma available Yes
Using guidelines made by an other organization No

Miscellaneous
Research foundation No
On-line discussion forum (e.g. AGS-net) Yes

Society program
The Society program*** contains: organizing glaucoma meetings Yes
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication Yes
The Society program contains: other initiatives Yes
Current initiatives Producing a complete set of glaucoma educational slides
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency every year
Time of year changes
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
 300
  • No. of local delegates
 500
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is Yes
The meeting has oral paper sessions Yes
The meeting has poster sessions Yes
The meeting has discussion sessions Yes
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research Yes
Presentations are updates / reviews Yes
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews Yes, 1 : 3
The meetings are mono – sponsored No
The meetings are multi -  sponsored Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others Yes, the local organising society

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 0
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