ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1997 MBBS (Singapore)
2000 MRCS(Edinburgh): Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2004 MMed(ORL): Master of Medicine in Otorhinolaryngology (Singapore)
2005 DOHNS(England): Diploma in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
2006: GDFM: Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (Singapore)
2007: Specialist Accreditation in Otorhinolaryngology (Singapore)
2018: Masters of Health Professions Education (MHPE) – Maastricht University
FELLOWSHIP TRAINING
2002-2003 : Research Fellowship in Head & Neck Oncology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Mentors: Prof Randal S. Weber
Dr Barry L. Ziober
2007-2008 : Clinical Fellowship in Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery
(Full Hands-on)
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
Mentors: Prof Julian M. Nedzelski
Prof Joseph M. Chen
2008-2009 : Clinical Fellowship in Otology & Skull Base Surgery
(Full Hands-on)
Ear Sciences Institute Australia
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery,
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Mentor : Prof Marcus D. Atlas
1. Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Ear Nose Throat, Head & Neck Surgery Centre
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, #03-01/02
2. Visiting Consultant Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Singapore General Hospital
3. Visiting Consultant Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
3. Visiting Consultant Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
4. Visiting Consultant Surgeon
Military Medical Institute (MMI)
Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps
IMMEDIATE PAST POSITIONS / APPOINTMENTS
1. Head
Otology, Balance & Hearing Implant Service
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Changi General Hospital
2017 – 2023
2. Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Changi General Hospital
2009 – 2023
5. Associate Professor (Clinical)
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
2018 – 2023
6. Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD), Singapore
2015 – 2023
7. Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore (NUS)
2019 – 2023
8. Clinical Teaching Faculty
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Nanyang Technological University
2021 – 2023
9. Deputy Director
SingHealth Medical Technology Office (MTO)
Singhealth -Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center
2022 – 2023
10. Director
Surgical Technology & Innovation
Surgery Academic Clinical Program (ACP), Singhealth -Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center
2022 – 2023
11. Campus Director (CGH)
Singhealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS)
Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center
2017 – 2023
12. Program Director
SUTD-Duke-NUS Clinician Special Track, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
2018 – 2023
13. Director, Centre for Advanced Clinical & Surgical Skills (CACS), Changi General Hospital, Republic of Singapore
2016 – 2023
14. Visiting Consultant Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kandang Kerbau Women’s & Children’s Hospital
15. Visiting Consultant Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
May 2001 – October 2001
November 2001- June 2002
July 2002 – July 2003
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Department of General
Surgery
National University Hospital, Department of General Surgery,
Division of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
(Research Fellowship)
August 2003 – October 2003 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
November 2003 – April 2004 National University Hospital, Singapore
May 2004 – August 2004 Kandang Kerbau Women and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
September 2004 – April 2005 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
May 2005 – December 2005 Changi General Hospital, Singapore
January 2006 – August 2006 National University Hospital, Singapore
September 2006 – April 2007 Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
HONORS & AWARDS
Awards for Scholarly activites & Academic pursuits:
1. Public Service Commission Study Award for Undergraduate Medical Study, 1992-7
2. National Healthcare Group (NHG) Overseas Fellowship to University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, USA: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
Molecular and Tumor Biology Laboratory, 2002-3
3. Merit Award, National University of Singapore Leadership in Academic Medicine
(NLAM) Program Pitch for Funds Round, 2006
4. Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award for Fellowship in Otology &
Neurotology, Ministry of Health, Singapore 2007
5. Cochlear Implantation Training Award (Advanced Bionics Corporation, USA) at House
Ear Institute, Los Angeles 2007
6. 15th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship and Gold Medal 2010. Conferred by the
Academy of Medicine, Singapore, College of Surgeons.
7. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
2018 & 2019
8. RISE Award – Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Otolaryngology Residency 2020
9. Singhealth GCEO Excellence Award 2019: Distinguished Educator Award
10. 1st Prize, Best Oral Presentation Competition, SingHealth Duke-NUS Education
Conference 2019
11. SingHealth Residency RISE Award 2020: Faculty award SingHealth Otolaryngology
Residency
Service Awards:
1) Staff service award, National Healthcare Group, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2004
2) Best Service Award, Changi General Hospital, 2010, 2012, 2015
3) Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Gold), March 2011
4) Eastern Health Alliance Caring Award (Gold), May 2013
5) Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2017
6) 5-year Service Award, Ministry of Health, 2019
7) OneCGH Cares Award, 2020
Awards for Scholarly / Editorial / reviewing contributions:
1) Reviewer Recognition Award, Singapore Medical Journal, (SMJ) Singapore Medical
Association 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
2) Finalist for 1st National Combined Scientific Meeting Young Investigator’s Award, 2005
3) 1st Prize, Singapore-Malaysia Annual Scientific Congress Research presentation,
September 2010.
4) 1st Prize, Singapore-Malaysia Annual Scientific Congress Research presentation, October
2012.
5) Best Oral Paper, 3rd Asia Pacific-Singapore Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base
(APSONS) conference, 18th – 21st October 2012, Singapore: Cochlear Duct Length – does
one size fit all?
6) Finalist, Young Surgeon’s Award presentation 23rd August 2013, Cochlear duct lengths in
Asian patients.
7) Nominee, Singhealth Residency Best Educator Award, RISE Award 2014
8) 1st Prize for Best Oral Presentation in Education Research: Singhealth Duke-NUS
Education Conference, 2019
JOURNAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
1. Editorial Board Member, Otology & Neurotology, 2019 – present
2. Reviewer, Yonsei Medical Journal, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea since 2006.
3. Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal, since 2006
4. Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia, since 2007
5. Reviewer, Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, since 2008
6. Reviewer, Laryngoscope, since 2008
7. Reviewer, Brain, since 2010
8. Reviewer, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (IJPORL),
since 2008
9. Reviewer, International Journal of Otolaryngology, since 2009
10. Reviewer, Ear and Hearing, since 2011
11. Reviewer, Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, since 2012
12. Reviewer, Otology & Neurotology, since 2013
13. Reviewer, Surgical and Radiological Anatomy, since 2020
PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS /APPOINTMENTS
Society Memberships:
1. Board of Directors, Prosper Meniere Society, University of Arkansas, USA, since 2012
2. Board Member, Chapter of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine,
Singapore, 2017- present
3. Council Member, College of Clinician Educators, Academy of Medicine Singapore, 2019 –
present
4. President, Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Singapore (SOHNSS), 2013 –
2015
5. Executive Committee Member , Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics
And Professionalism (SMA-CMEP): 2001-2
6. Member, Organising Committee for the Joint MRCS(Edin) / MMed(Surgery) Final
Assessment of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2001
7. Life Member, Singapore Medical Association
8. Member, College of Family Physicians, Singapore 2001- present
9. Secretary, National Cochlear Implant Board, Ministry of Health 2004-5
10. Member, Singapore Society of Otorhinolaryngology, since 2004
11. Member, American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology 2007- present
12. Member, European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2007- present
13. Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, since 2008
14. Elected Member, North American Skull Base Society 2008 – present
15. Elected Member, American Neurotology Society, 2009 – present
16. Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore, 2010 – present
17. Executive Committee Member, Singapore Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
(SSOHNS) 2010-11
18. Honorary Secretary, Singapore Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (SSOHNS)
2011-13
19. Fellow, College of Clinician Educator, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, since 2016
Professional Committee Appointments:
1. Member, Medical Technology Assessment Committee, Ministry of Health, 2014 – present
2. Examiner, Exit Examination in Otolaryngology, Joint Committee on Specialist Training,
Ministry of Health Singapore, 2012 – present
3. Member, Key Validation & Standard Setting Committee (Otorhinolaryngology Postgraduate
Medical examination), Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2017 – present
4. Member, Competency Assessment Committee, Advanced Practice Nurse Program, Singapore
Nursing Board, 2014 – 2019
Member, Independent Panel (Internal) for Medical Futility Cases, Changi General Hospital
2012- present
6. Member, Hospital Research Committee, Changi General Hospital 2009 – 2014
7. Member, Program Evaluation Committee, Singhealth Residency (Otolaryngology), 2011-
2015
8. Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Singhealth Residency (Otolaryngology), 2011-
2015
9. Organizing Committee, Changi General Hospital Annual Scientific Meeting, November 2011
10. Organizing Committee, 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness (APCD), 2012, Singapore
11. Founder & Organizing Chairman, 1st Foundation Surgical Skills Course (FSSC), 9-11th April
2011, Singapore
a. Organizing Chairman, 2nd Foundation Surgical Skills Course (FSSC), 7 -10th April
2012, Singapore
b. Organizing Committee, 3rd Foundation Surgical Skills Course in Otolaryngology,
2013 – current
12. Organizing Chairman, CGH-EH Alliance Scientific Meeting 2013
13. Organizing Chairman, Asia Pacific-Singapore Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base
(APSONS) Conference,
1st Conference: 8-12th October 2010, Singapore
2nd Conference: 20-24th October 2011, Singapore
3rd Conference: October 2012, Singapore
4th Conference: 25th – 27th October 2013, Singapore
5th & 6th Conference and Cochlear Implant Masterclass, October 2014 and November
2015, Singapore
14. Organizing Chairman, 5th World Chinese ENT Congress 18 – 20th June 2015, Singapore
15. Organizing Chairman, 1st Southeast Asia Hearing Preservation cochlear implantation
workshop, 8 – 9th September 2017. Live surgery 8th September 2017.
16. Director, Centre for Advanced Clinical & Surgical Skills, Changi General Hospital, 2013 –
present
17. Clinician Lead, Patient Experience Taskforce, Changi General Hospital 2015-present
18. Clinical Lead, Surgical High Dependency Committee, Changi General Hospital 2015 – present
9. Tutor, Final MMed(ORL) Preparatory Course Mock Viva, DGMS, NUS, 12 March 2016
20. Associate Program Director, Singhealth Otolaryngology Residency, 2010-2015
21. Core Faculty, Singhealth Otolaryngology Residency, 2015- 2019
22. Scientific Committee Chairperson (Otology), ASEAN ORL Congress, 23 -25th August 2019
Singapore
23. Congress Organizing Co-Chair: Singhealth Duke-NUS Surgery/Anesthesia Congress (SAC),
16th – 21st September 2019