Speaker Biography

Dr Shwu-Jiuan Sheu graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University in 1984. She completed her residency and proceeded to attain fellowships in ophthalmology at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, in 1989 and the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, USA, in 1992. She served as chairperson of Ophthalmology at the Kaohsiung Veterans Hospital (1995-2016) and president of Taiwan Retinal Society (2014-2015).

Professor Sheu is currently director and professor of ophthalmology at Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan. She is also serving as president of Taiwan Ocular Inflammation Society since 2021. Professor Sheu is a well- known retinal surgeon in Asia-Pacific and globally recognized for her research in clinical and bench to bed-site. She published extensively on vitreoretinal disease, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachment, drug delivery in uveitis and basic and translational research.

Kreissig Award Lecture
Date: Saturday 7th October 14.15 – 14.45
Room: Grand Auditorium
Chairperson: Anat Loewenstein ISRAEL

14.15 – Introduction and background of Shwu-Jiuan Sheu. Presented by Anat Loewenstein ISRAEL

14.20 – Kreissig Award Lecture: Uveitis: Management with vitreoretinal surgery? Presented by Shwu-Jiuan Sheu TAIWAN

14.45 – End of session