Hung Cheng
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Derek Hockaday interviews Hung Cheng, consultant ophthalmological surgeon, 11 February 2015. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) first visit to Oxford for Oxford Congress, 1967; (00:03:10) Xenon Arc photocoagulation and use for treatment of maculothapy; (00:11:06) why HC decided to come to Oxford; (00:12:53) grant from the Wellcome Trust to study effects of glucose control; (00:15:03) lens implantation; (00:16:02) biochemistry of lens, cataract surgery ;(00:19:49) diabetic interests; (00:20:45) involvement with UK Prospective Diabetes Study, working with Robert Turner and Philip Awdry; (00:22:30) diabetic retinopathy lecture; (00:24:02) changes in Oxford Eye Hospital over years; (00:26:34) teaching clinical students; Oxford alumna; (00:32:20) tower block facilities, development of the craniofacial unit; (00:34:38) standard of nursing at Oxford, priority conditions and waiting times; (00:39:34) relationships with anaesthetists and comparison with anaesthesiology in London; (00:42:33) work with pathologists and bacteriologists (00:44:10) busiest time of career; (00:47:36) work at Banbury; (00:49:53) private work; (00:53:20) national meetings, OSUK before college established ; (00:58:49) publications; (00:59:56) travel.
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