About Us

MBBS (Singapore,NUS), FRCS (Edinburgh)

FAMS(Neurosurgery), FRCS Canada (Neurosurgery), FACS (USA)

• Senior Neurosurgeon and Medical Director at Singapore Brain-Spine-Nerves Center, Mt Elizabeth Medical Center in Singapore.

• Senior Specialist Neurosurgeon and Medical Director at Singapore Brain-Spine-Nerves Center

• Senior Spine Specialist at the Advanced Spine Center, Mt Elizabeth Novena Medical Center

• Director of Spine and Pain Services, Neuro Spine and Pain Center Singapore.

Training and Subspeciality Training

• Neurosurgery Residency Training (Brain and Spine), Cleveland Clinic, USA

• Chief Resident, Neurosurgery (Brain and Spine), Cleveland Clinic, USA

• Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, USA

• Fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology (Brain and Spine), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

• Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery(Brain and Spine), Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

AWARDS

• Singapore Medical Association  Medal 1980

• Howard Eddie Gold Medal, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• Pudenz Award, Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons,  USA, 1988

• William E Lower Award, First Prize, Cleveland Clinic, USA, 1990

• Congress of Neurosurgeons Fellowship Award, USA, 1991

• Mahaley Clinic Research Award by American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section, USA, 1998

• National Brain Tumor Foundation Award,USA, 1998

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons(CNS) and Member of the Tumor Section, Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Section, Pediatric Section and Pain Section

• Founding Member and 1st Chairman of the Asian Society of Stereotactic, Functional & Computer-assisted Neurosurgery

• Member of the American Epilepsy Society

• Member of Society of Neuro-Oncology

• Fellow of the International College of Surgeons

• Member of the American College of Surgeons

• Member of the Minimally Invasive Spine Society

• Member of Spine Athroplasty Society

• Member of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

• Chief Resident, Dept of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Hospital , USA

• Fellow in Neurosurgery, Dept of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, USA

• Fellow in Neurosurgery,Dept of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto,Canada

• Head , Department of Neurosurgery , Singapore General Hospital

• Co-Director of the Brain Center, Singapore General Hospital

• Lecturer in Surgery, National University of Singapore