The Ophthalmology Futures Team
Driving the Future of Eye Care, Together
The Ophthalmology Futures Forums were established in 2012 to fill a void with regard to industry- investor meetings specific for ophthalmology in Europe and Asia. The Forums focus on all aspects of global innovation in ophthalmology by connecting scientists, physicians, regulators, corporate leaders, venture capitalists and other investors who support the advancement of eye care.
Our Global Team
Keith Barton
Kuldev Singh
Don Budenz
Michael Sena
Chelvin Sng
Chelvin is also a Senior Consultant, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Advisors
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How We Met
How Keith & Kuldev met
Kuldev and I first met during ARVO 1996 when I was still a corneal fellow at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. I had befriended Don Budenz, who had recently joined as faculty in the Glaucoma Service. Don had invited myself and my wife to perhaps the first of what was to become an annual institution; the famous ARVO parties that Don and Sue Budenz hosted every year at their house in North Miami. It was in Kuldev’s car on the way to the very last of these parties in 2012, 16 years later and just before ARVO forsook Fort Lauderdale, that we hatched the concept for what would (four months later to the exact day) become the Ophthalmology Futures European Forum 2012.
Somewhere in between we grew to know each other better: we would frequently meet at TVT study investigator meetings at both ARVO and AAO from 2002 onwards. Kuldev rose to stardom at the forefront of every controversy in glaucoma, challenging mythology and flaky theory. His articles often had witty titles such as: “Anti-metabolite application: Science or Voodoo?” and “Target Pressure – the ophthalmologist’s Holey Grail”.
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Kuldev quickly became an international opinion leader in glaucoma and was often a speaker at European Glaucoma Society congresses, notably in Berlin in 2008 when he surprised me after I had finished delivering a long-winded monologue on tube implants to a completely packed and pitch-dark room. The usual request for questions was met with absolute silence, disturbed some moments later by a disembodied voice piping up from the very back in the dark with a penetrating question on my technique; Kuldev.
When I got in to the car with Kuldev at Fort Lauderdale to drive to Don and Sue’s house in North Miami yet again in 2012, I didn’t think that I would end the ride with a long term partnership but working with Kuldev on the Ophthalmology Futures Forums is a delight. He is an inspiration in terms of his endless supply of fantastic ideas and enthusiasm, and his fast, clear thinking. The whole team thoroughly enjoys working with him.
Kuldev brings his witty titles, as well as his business acumen, extensive high level connections and keen eye for what topics are hot and what is likely to become the next “big thing” in ophthalmic innovation to Ophthalmology Futures.