Dr Niall Crosby - Ophthalmologist
Dr Niall Crosby, MBChB (B’ham), FRCOphth (London)
Dr Niall Crosby is a Senior Consultant and Director of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical Retina and Uveitis in the International Eye Cataract Retina Centre at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre and Farrer Park Medical Centre, Singapore.
He graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK with with an Honours research degree in Neuroscience (1999) and his undergraduate MBChB medical degree (2002), achieving honours in several subjects including ophthalmology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of London (2011).
Dr Crosby spent nine years training in ophthalmology in the West Midlands, UK. He then undertook two fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, UK and at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, both centres of excellence for ophthalmology. He followed this with a third fellowship in medical retina and uveitis at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, the oldest eye hospital in the world and the largest in Europe.
Before relocating to Singapore in 2018, Dr Crosby worked as a Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Dr Crosby helmed the retina service at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Medical Centre from 2018 until 2021. For two and a half years, he was the only full-time fellowship-trained retinal specialist in the hospital, and during this time he was on-call daily for out-of-hours and emergency retinal problems and also trained a team of three Consultants and Associate Consultants in retinal surgery.
Dr Crosby brings with him a wealth of experience, having worked in 15 different eye departments on three continents. He has mentored and trained several surgeons in retinal and cataract surgery and is actively involved in research, having authored numerous publications and delivered lectures to other eye specialists both within Singapore and abroad. He also participates as a peer-reviewer for international scientific journals. He previously taught ophthalmology to medical students from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and also devised and led the ophthalmology module of the Physician’s Assistant Degree Course at the University of Birmingham Medical School, teaching ophthalmology to five academic year groups.
Dr Crosby has received honours and awards throughout his career, including a competitive scholarship at medical school and a Merit Award from National University Health System in Singapore. He has volunteered with the ORBIS International Flying Eye Hospital programme in India helping to train local surgeons, and he led the Diabetic Retinal Photography screening during the World Diabetes Day event in Singapore in 2019.
He is registered as a specialist doctor with the Singapore Medical Council, the UK’s General Medical Council and the New Zealand Medical Council. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and a member of
Dr Crosby’s specialist areas of research are focused around the medical and surgical management of retinal diseases, in particular on retinal imaging technology, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments and the surgical management of endophthalmitis. He is also working with the Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research on optimising patient safety in ophthalmic surgery, ophthalmic anaesthesia and elite performance in ophthalmic surgery. He recently co-authored his first book, ‘Foundations of Intraocular Microsurgery: Principles for Elite Performance’ which deals with the foundational skills to make ophthalmic microsurgery safe.
