Curriculum Vitae
Appointments: Senior Consultant, and Assistant Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, National University Centre for Oral Health, National University Hospital and Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore
Academic history:
University of Malaya with BDS
National University of Singapore with MDS (OMS)
Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands with PhD in Medical Sciences
Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
Awards:
University of Malaya Entrance Scholarship, Book Prizes for Excellence in the First, Second and Final Professional (1) Examinations
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Post-Graduate scholarship to Singapore for OMS training
Awarded Health Manpower Development Program to United Kingdom for Advanced Orthognathic Surgery where he was Specialist Registrar, Trauma and Orthognathic Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, England and Clinical Fellow, Cleft and Orthognathic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales.
Positions:
Director, Discipline of OMS, Faculty of Dentistry, NUS
Thrust Lead for Dentistry, Centre for Additive Manufacturing, NUS (AM.NUS)
President, Chapter of OMS, College of Dental Surgeons Singapore, Academy of Medicine Singapore
Councilor for Singapore, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons International/Regional Faculty and Chair for Singapore, Asia Pacific Board, Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (AO) Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (AOCMF)
Previous Councilor at Large and Country Councilor, Asian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Past President, Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Singapore
Research: patient-specific implants, resorbable fixation, jaw biomechanics under the Facial Deformity Clinical Research Group
42 peer reviewed publications, 4 book chapters, 5 published conference proceedings h-index 11, 467 citations,
field weighted citation index 2.11, 11.1 citations per publication