APAO Council

APAO Council (2025-2027)

Office Bearers

President

Tetsuro OSHIKA
(Japan)
Secretary-General

Clement C THAM
(Hong Kong, China)
President-Elect

Taraprasad DAS
(India)
Vice-President

David MACKEY
(Australia)
Vice-President

Paisan RUAMVIBOONSUK (Thailand)
Treasurer

Namrata SHARMA
(India)
Deputy Secretary-General

Andrew CHANG
(Australia)

Ex-Officio Members

Immediate Past President

Ava HOSSAIN
(Bangladesh)
Immediate Past Secretary-General

Dennis LAM
(Hong Kong, China)
Congress President
2025

Lalit VERMA
(India)
Congress President
2026

Jason YAM
(Hong Kong, China)
Congress President
2027

Tin AUNG
(Singapore)
Congress President
2028

Ruben LIM BON SIONG
(Philippines)

Regional Secretaries


Dariz MUSLEM
(Afghanistan)

Colin CHAN
(Australia &
New Zealand)

Sharfuddin AHMED
(Bangladesh)

Do SEIHA
(Cambodia)

Ke YAO
(China)

An-Guor WANG
(Chinese Taipei)

Emmy LI
(Hong Kong, China)

Santosh HONAVAR
(India)

Astrianda SURYONO
(Indonesia)

Siamak ZAREI-GHANAVATI
(Iran)

Motohiro KAMEI
(Japan)

Hungwon TCHAH
(Korea, Republic of)

Chynara BAZARBAEVA
(Kyrgyzstan)

Liza Sharmini AHMAD TAJUDIN
(Malaysia)

Bulgan TUVAAN
(Mongolia)

Tin WIN
(Myanmar)

Rohit SAIJU
(Nepal)

Muhammad MOIN
(Pakistan)

Ruben LIM BON SIONG
(Philippines)

Marcus ANG
(Singapore)

Lalitha SENARATH
(Sri Lanka)

Wanicha CHUENKONGKAEW
(Thailand)

Ngoc Dong PHAM
(Viet Nam)

Helena HURAIRAH
(Brunei,
Associate Member)

Khamphoua SOUTHISOMBATH
(Laos, Associate Member)

Mohamed AZZAM
(Maldives, Associate Member)

Alma NACUVA
(Pacific Islands,
Associate Member)

Subspecialty Society
Representatives


Donald TAN
(Asia Cornea Society)

Gangadhara SUNDAR
(Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society)

Reynaldo JAVATE
(Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

Mingguang HE
(Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society)

Joseph Anthony TUMBOCON
(Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society)

Tien-Yin WONG
(Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society)

Santosh HONAVAR
(Asia-Pacific Society of Ocular Oncology and Pathology)

Jason YAM
(Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society)

Andrew CHANG
(Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society)

Hungwon TCHAH
(Asia Dry Eye Society,
Associate Member)

Satoshi KASHII
(Asian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society,
Associate Member)

Xingtao ZHOU
(Asia-Pacific Myopia Society, Associate Member)

Councilors-at-Large


Hugh TAYLOR
(Australia)

Ashok GROVER
(India)

Gullapalli Nag RAO
(India)

Charles MCGHEE
(New Zealand)

Hyosook AHN
(Korea, Republic of)

Paisan RUAMVIBOONSUK (Thailand)

Standing Committee Chairs

Advisory

Frank MARTIN
(Australia)
Advocacy

Tetsuro OSHIKA
(Japan)
AI & Digital Innovation

Daniel TING
(Singapore)
Awards

Tetsuro OSHIKA
(Japan)
Congress

Clement C THAM
(Hong Kong, China)
Constitution & Bylaws

Frank MARTIN
(Australia)
Fellowship

Nadeem BUTT
(Pakistan)
Gateway Project

Nitin VERMA
(Australia)
Journal & Online Education

Dennis LAM
(Hong Kong, China)
Leadership Development

Muhammad MOIN
(Pakistan)
Membership

David MACKEY
(Australia)
Ophthalmic Education

Rajvardhan AZAD
(India)
Practice Guidelines

Namrata SHARMA
(India)
Prevention of Blindness

Ningli WANG
(China)
Public Education

Yizhi LIU
(China)
Research

Ching-Yu CHENG
(Singapore)
Subspecialty

Shigeru KINOSHITA
(Japan)
Women in Ophthalmology

Ava HOSSAIN
(Bangladesh)
Young Ophthalmologists

Seng Kheong FANG
(Malaysia)