ASCENT ENT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant Ear Nose Throat Surgeon
- Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Dr David Chin is a senior Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon with subspeciality focus in rhinology, endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery.
Dr David Chin is a consultant Head & Neck surgeon with subspecialty focus in rhinology, endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery.
Dr Chin focuses his practice on the health of the nose and sinuses in both adult and paediatric patients. He has extensive in experience in advanced functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS), endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and endoscopic orbital surgery. Additionally, he has a keen interest in surgery for the nasal airway including functional septo rhinoplasty and the optimisation of the nasal breathing for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
After completing ENT specialist training in Singapore in 2011, Dr. Chin proceeded with post-specialist training with the Sydney Clinical Rhinology Fellowship, the only rhinology fellowship programme outside North America accredited by the American Rhinologic Society. Subsequently, he served as ENT consultant at Changi General Hospital, where he initiated and headed the Rhinology Service from 2014 to 2016.
During the one-year subspecialty fellowship, Dr. Chin was privileged to work under the mentorship of Professor Richard Harvey, Professor Raymond Sacks, and Dr. George Marcells. It is there that he honed his acumen for helping patients with complex nose and sinus disease, in particular those with nasal polyps, nasal tumours, and those requiring revision sinus surgery.
As part of his contribution to public service, Dr Chin's appointments, past and present, include visiting consultant positions at Changi General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, SAF Military Medicine Institute, Assisi Hospice and HealthServe. In addition, he has participated in ENT outreach programmes in Cambodia and Thailand.
Dr Chin aspires to provide each patient comprehensive and holistic care based on best medical practice and their individual needs and concerns. He believes strongly that every patient should be equipped with the right knowledge so they can make informed decisions and be effective partners in their own health and well-being.
Job Titles:
- Founding Member of IMPACT Contact Singapore
- Senior Consultant Ear Nose Throat Surgeon
- Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Prior to starting his private practice in ASCENT Ear Nose Throat Specialist Group, Dr Eng served as a consultant surgeon where he helped develop the Ear & Hearing service and provided sub-specialty care in Voice and Throat management.
Dr Eng offers some practical tips on how to suspect if you have an ear or hearing disorder
Dr Eng contributes his views, together with TCM physicians on the understanding of sore throat and throat infections
Dr Eng shares about the risks of excessive loud noise exposure which could result in noise-induced deafness
Dr Eng shares about the issues resulting from high frequency hearing loss / deafness and illustrates the case of fitting with Retro-X implantable hearing aid as an innovative treatment
Job Titles:
- Director of SARC
- Senior Consultant Ear Nose Throat Surgeon
- Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Dr Leong is a senior Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon with special interest in both Adult and Paediatric ENT conditions including tonsils, adenoids, ears, thyroid, throat, salivary glands and sleep conditions.
Dr Leong is the Director of SARC (Singapore Allergy & Rhinology Conference) for the past 11 years: this is one of the largest Singapore ENT meetings.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Member of the Singapore
- Senior Consultant Ear Nose Throat Surgeon
- Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon
Dr Valerie Tay is a senior consultant Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon, who has special interests in breathing and sleep problems, septorhinoplasty, facial plastic surgery, facial nerve palsy and facial rejuvenation.
Dr Valerie Tay has vast experience dealing with patients who have all types of ENT, breathing and sleep problems; she does surgery for the nose and sinuses, face and neck (including salivary gland and thyroid surgery) for both adults and children (common problems such as allergic rhinitis, enlarged tonsils and adenoids).
Dr Valerie Tay provides patient-centric, personalized care with a focus on patient-empowerment. She is known for her clinical acumen, high level of integrity, surgical precision and compassion for her patients.
Dr Valerie Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and was the recipient of the ENT Bookprize - an award for the best student of the year in Otolaryngology.
She completed her postgraduate Otolaryngology (ENT) training in Singapore and was awarded the Ministry of Health (MOH) Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) Scholarship in 2012.
She pursued advanced sub-specialty training in Facial Plastic Surgery in the renowned Navi Plastic Surgery Clinic, a high volume plastic surgery centre in Seoul, South Korea.
After completing her ENT training in Singapore, she felt that facial plastic surgery was a natural progression to broaden her skillsets further. She saw a divide in the provision of patient care in Singapore, that doctors either practised aesthetics or took care of medical problems. Recognizing that a good aesthetic outcome cannot be achieved successfully and safely without structural support and sound anatomical knowledge, she found herself to be in the perfect position to bridge this gap. Her unique training allows her to be able to address both form and function equally well. She spent a year in Seoul learning the most modern and advanced techniques for rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, as well as minimally invasive treatments (fillers, botulinum toxins).
As the Chief of the facial plastic surgery service while she was working in the TTSH ENT department, she spearheaded the first Facial Palsy Clinic in Singapore, a multi-disciplinary clinic that provides holistic care of facial palsy patients, offering facial retraining therapy, chemodenervation as well as surgical facial reanimation.
Dr Valerie Tay is a well-respected member of the Singapore and ASEAN ENT community. She is also the former President of the Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore.
Dr Valerie Tay has been invited to many local and overseas conferences to share her knowledge and expertise. She is a certified trainer for Merz, and has also conducted courses for Galderma and Allergan to train other doctors. She is also an author for chapters in facial plastic surgery textbooks, such as Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, which is the landmark facial plastic surgery textbook for the Otolaryngology residents in North America.
Past appointments
Senior consultant, Chief Facial Plastic Surgery service, Otolaryngology department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)
Dr Valerie Tay has had a lifelong love of fitness, food and baking. A believer of the saying "How you do the little things is how you do everything", she applies her exacting surgical skills and precision to create beautiful cakes and pastries in her kitchen. She also believes that a regular dose of good food, laughter and regular exercise are the ingredients to a healthy life.
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Member of the Senior Management Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Management Team