Leadership
Clinical Lead, Co-founder
Head of Glaucoma, Singapore National Eye Centre. Clinician-innovator with prior first-in-human device experience.
Key strengths
- Glaucoma surgeon and clinician-scientist with deep expertise in angle closure glaucoma, MIGS, complex anterior segment surgery, and ophthalmic device innovation.
- Provides Kinara Vision Technologies clinical leadership, including procedure design, surgical validation, patient-selection strategy, and clinical translation.
Track record
- Senior Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Singapore National Eye Centre; Associate Professor, Duke-NUS; Co-head of Bioengineering and Devices, SERI; Fellow of Glaucoma Surgery. Former Director of Clinical and Surgical Innovation at SNEC.
- Recognized among the Top 100 most influential ophthalmologists in Asia Pacific. Published 180+ peer-reviewed papers and delivered 190+ invited talks.
- Principal investigator on multiple ophthalmic device and glaucoma grants, including multiple A*STAR-supported Flostream implant and deployer development grants.