Awards & Recognitions

Our long journey has been marked by tremendous moments of reward. Each presentation at a congress, certificate, recognition, and award is proof of our strong commitment to developing high-quality research for the benefit of our patients.

2024


Award

A/Prof Rupesh Agrawal was the guest of honor during the 2024 Foster Ocular Immunology Society Scientific Dinner Meeting at ARVO. There, A/Prof Rupesh gave the lecture "Collaborative Research in Uveitis"


Certificate

Certificate of appreciation from the Vitreo Retina Society of Bihar in grateful acknowledgment of his distinguished and invaluable services rendered in delivering Prof Rajvardhan Azad Oration


Certificate

Certificate for Achievement for The Singapore Society of Ophthalmology - Runner Up for Best Paper Award (Open Category) during the 9th International Ophthalmology Congress 2024 in Singapore. Work titled: Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) calculator As a guide to initiate antitubercular therapy in patients with ocular tuberculosis: retrospective validation


2023


Award

A/Prof Rupesh Agrawal received the "UKSOS International Gold Medal for Excellence in Ophthalmology 2023" at the 19th Annual Conference of Uttarakhand State Ophthalmological Society, Ramnagar Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. This award was given as a recognition for his outstanding contributions in the field of ophthalmology particularly in ocular imaging analysis and ocular tuberculosis.


Certificate

Recommended abstract at the 54th Annual Scientific Congress from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists


Award

A/Prof Rupesh Agrawal received the NHG-LKC Medicine Clinician/Clinical Sientist Award at the Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress 2023


Award

A/Prof Rupesh Agrawal received once again the Clinical Scientist Award, this time in the catefory of Investigator, from Ministry of Health of Singapore


Award

Our esteemed student Yuan Heng, from Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU, won the The 1st-place Winner of E-poster Presentation on Clinical and Translational Research Track during the International Medical Students' Research Conference 2023, 9 December 2023 at Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand. Work titled: Evaluation of Large Language Models in Recommending Treatment Initiation for Ocular Tuberculosis


2022


Outstanding Mentorship

Associate Professor Rupesh Agrawal was honored with a Special Recognition Award for Inspiring Tutor/Teacher by the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. This accolade recognizes his outstanding teaching and mentoring of students during the academic year 2021-2022.


Award

Associate Professor Rupesh Agrawal was honored with a Certificate of Honour from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in recognition of his inspirational mentorship. Under his guidance, our esteemed alumnus and resident, Dr. Sean Ng, received the prestigious Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award in 2022


2021


Award

Third Appreciation Award for the Free Paper Choroidal Microvascular Alterations in COVID-19 Patients presented during the 20th Annual Conference of Uveitis Society (India)


Award

A/Prof Rupesh Agrawal received the CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD from MINISTRY OF HEALTH of SINGAPORE


2020


Award

Ophthalmology Star Award (OSA) for year 2020 by VSY Biotechnology - First Prize for the best publication for the year - for the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) published in Ophthalmology Journal


2019


Award

Dr. Narsing A Rao Award for Free Paper for the work titled "Standardization of nomenclature for ocular tuberculosis - Results of Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) Consensus (CON) Nomenclature Workshop" during the 19th Annual Conference of Uveitis Society of India - USICON 2019


Award

Drishticon Young Achiever Award (2019) - Oration Lecture Awarded by Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society and Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society for the work on the Choroidal Vascularity Index and Uveitis


Award

Best Free Paper Prize for Dr Ilaria Testi at IOIS Meeting in Taiwan (2019) for work on Ocular tuberculosis under COTS study.


Award

Recognition by the Kanpur Ophthalmological Society for the work on Ocular Tuberculosis (2019)


2018


Award

Runner-up prize at National Health Group eye Institute, International Ophthalmology Congress for the work on uveitis (2018)


2016


Recognition

The Straits Times featured our research, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports in 2016. The study revealed that the blood vessels in the retinas of dengue patients in Singapore tend to be more crooked and of larger diameter compared to those in healthy individuals.




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