Featured Doctors

At THIS Quarterly, we feature a new specialist each month to find out more about their personal lives, professional journeys and gain access to expert insight into their fields. Our specialists come from diverse branches of medical specialties: cardiology, gynaecology, rheumatology, hand surgery, dermatology, hepatobiliary, plastic surgery, ENT, orthopaedics, ophthalmology and much more.

Do keep a lookout for our monthly features for meaningful and eye-opening glimpses into these accomplished doctors’ lives and their challenging yet rewarding fields.

Matters of the Heart

By: Dr Julian Tan
December 1, 2019
1 minute read

He embarked on this journey almost two decades ago as a cardiologist, hoping to help people in need. Today, Dr Julian Tan shares with us his inspirations and other matters of the heart. As a child, Dr Tan followed his paediatrician father into the hospitals late into the night, and was inspired t...

A New Chapter

By: Dr Alan Cheung
November 1, 2019
1 minute read

Five years ago, in a bid to practice western medicine in a modern setting and be closer to his roots, he decided to make Singapore home. Here, Dr Alan Cheung shares with us the important lessons in this new chapter of his life. He was born to and raised by Hong Kong immigrant parents in the U...

True Grit

By: Dr Leslie Kuek
October 1, 2019
1 minute read

From growing up in a tiny bedroom to becoming one of Singapore’s most established doctors in plastic surgery, he has displayed extraordinary grit and maturity through the years. Today, Dr Leslie Kuek shares the ups and downs in his life and charts his rise with THIS Quarterly. S...

Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep

By: Dr Wong Su Ni
August 30, 2019
1 minute read

Glorified Beauticians. Cosmetic surgery. These are just a few of the common stereotypes about dermatologists. Today, Dr Wong Su-Ni shares with THIS Quarterly her 20-year journey as an accomplished dermatologist and lets us in on why dermatology is much more than that. “It’s a common mi...

Life’s Greatest Gifts

By: Dr Kelly Loi
July 26, 2019
1 minute read

Through her practice in fertility and women’s health, she has witnessed both her patients’ struggles with conception and life’s miracles when a healthy baby is born. Today, obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Kelly Loi shares with THIS Quarterly about some of life’s greatest gifts and the t...

A Thriving Practice To Give Back To Society

By: Dr Leo Seo Wei
July 1, 2019
1 minute read

Photography Micky Wong | Stylist Ong WeiSheng | Hair & Make-Up Angel Dr Leo Seo Wei is a respected ophthalmologist with over two decades of experience in the field. Having raised two young children while completing her double fellowships in the United States, being blissfully married to a bus...

A Family Mission

By: Dr Ho Kok Sun
June 1, 2019
1 minute read

Having followed in his father’s footsteps in becoming a doctor, Dr Ho Kok Sun has since carved his own path in the field of colorectal surgery, bringing it to new heights with a touch of candid humor. Today, he talks to THIS Quarterly about what drove him to achieve what he did, and how he bala...

More Than Meets The Eye

By: Dr Lau Chee Chong
May 3, 2019
1 minute read

ENT Surgeon Dr Lau Chee Chong is certainly a truly all-rounded character – not one to be solely defined by his profession, Dr Lau is also a doting husband and father, professional fencer, great cook, keen fish and bird collector, exotic plant lover, and more. THIS Quarterly finds out more about th...

The Zen Art of Hand Surgery

By: Dr Tan Soo Heong
March 1, 2019
1 minute read

With a structure as intricate, small and functional as the hand, it is no surprise that when disease or injury strikes, surgery to fix the problem requires great calm, steadiness and a steely focus on the part of the surgeon. Here, THIS Quarterly speaks to Hand Surgeon Dr Tan Soo Heong to find ou...

The Joint Between Medicine, Charity And Music

By: A/Prof Leong Keng Hong
January 29, 2019
1 minute read

‘Mild-mannered’, ‘genial’, ‘soft-spoken’ and ‘a man of many hats’ — these are a few things you will observe of A/Prof Leong Keng Hong when you meet him for the first time. However, those descriptors clearly did not apply when THIS Quarterly chats up with him on his passion for Rheu...

Journey to Cardiology

By: Dr Eric Hong
December 27, 2018
1 minute read

The vast majority of people who cross paths with Dr Eric Hong may only know him as one thing – the cardiologist, and a well-established one to boot. But what led him to choose this high-intensity, high-stakes field, and excelling at it for over a decade? How does he juggle this demanding role with...