1981

• Graduate from NUS

1982-1983

• National Service
• Medical Officer in the Singapore Armed Forces

1983

• Training in SGH & TTSH

1986

• Final year of opthalmic residency in Moorfields’ Eye hospital, London under govt. scholarship
• Obtained FRCS

1987

• Promoted to registrar at SGH

1990

• Fellowship in cornea & external eye disease at California Pacific medical center, Pacific Presbyterian Hospital

1991

• Promoted to senior registrar (Associate Consultant) at TTSH

1994

• Promoted to consultant at TTSH

1995

• Came out to private practice

1996

• Founded JTES