BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Tham was educated at the University of London, Brown University, the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, and she completed her fellowship at UCSF. She has been practicing Ophthalmology in Hawaii for nearly 20 years and is the president and founder of Pacific Vision Institute of Hawaii. Dr. Tham is also an Associate Clinical Professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. In addition to mentoring the next generation of Hawaii, Dr. Tham is looking forward to restoring vision in those who need it but are unable to afford it in Hawaii and in developing countries. Ophthalmology is her passion and she is excited to be on the Board of Directors of WikiVision.

Christopher Lum was born and raised in Kerman, California, a small farming community near Fresno. He received his Bachelor’s of Science degree at the University of California, Irvine and his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York.

After medical school, he returned to the University of California, Irvine to complete his residency in Ophthalmology.  Dr. Lum has been in practice since 2001 and specializes in cataract surgery and diseases of the anterior segment.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.  

When he is not in the office, Dr. Lum enjoys spending time with his family in the outdoors including hunting, fishing, gardening, cycling and stand-up paddle boarding.  

Dr. William (Bill) Wong is Board-Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is consistently voted one of the “Best Doctors in America” and “Hawaii’s Best Doctors” by Honolulu Magazine and Pacific Business News.
A local boy who graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, he received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after completing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University and biological science studies at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

His post-graduate training includes a military internship at Tripler Army Medical Center, and Ophthalmology residency at the premiere Brooke Army and Wilford Hall Medical Centers in San Antonio, Texas.Notably, Dr. Wong has served as an Ophthalmologist in the U.S. Army for over 8 years. He completed a number of certifications in basic and medical training for the U.S. Army during his service, including training in Combat and Casualty Critical Care, Cataracts, Humanitarian Assistance Relief, Ocular Pathology and Ocular Trauma. Dr. Wong was deployed three times, including spending five months in Baghdad as a Battalion Surgeon with Operation Iraqi Freedom. His other deployments include the Mobile Ophthalmologic Surgical Team in Honduras and the Ophthalmology Medical Mission in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dr. Wong left the Army as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and served as Chief of Ophthalmology at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas. As a result of his interest in Laser Refractive Surgery, he initiated a program enabling him to treat hundreds of soldiers with Laser Vision Correction. Dr. Wong is a Past President of the Hawaii Medical Association, Honolulu County Medical Society, Hawaii Ophthalmological Society, and holds a faculty position as Associate Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine. His professional memberships include the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.