I was born in Hong Kong and went to Melbourne to complete my high school education there. I obtained a scholarship to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Melbourne. After graduating, I spent some time travelling and had working holidays in Tasmania and New Zealand. Having decided to make New Zealand home, I completed my specialist training in Thoracic and Sleep Medicine in 2004. Following an initial consultancy position in North Shore Hospital, I took up a position as a Respiratory Physician at Waikato Hospital in 2006.

I have interests in a wide range of areas in Respiratory Medicine and hold the portfolios in lung cancers, interventional pulmonology and cystic fibrosis at Waikato Hospital. Trained in 2004 by Professor Noriaki Kurimoto in Japan, the inventor of the Olympus endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guide sheath technique, I was the first respiratory physician in New Zealand to become proficient in EBUS. I have been fortunate to lead the adult cystic fibrosis team since 2007 after working with Professor John Wilson at The Alfred, Melbourne. My more recent focus has been in improving lung cancer care in Waikato by collaborating with the dedicated research team at the University of Waikato.

I am also passionate about teaching and hold a role as an honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Auckland. I have been an examiner for both Auckland Medical School and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. I was the president of the Asthma Waikato Society from 2007-2010.

I was born and raised in Malaysia. I completed Bachelor of Medicine study and my internship years in the UK before moving to Hamilton in 2008 where I carried out most of my post-graduate medical training. After completing my final year of specialist training in Melbourne, I returned to work as a Respiratory Physician at Waikato Hospital in March 2019. Currently I hold a portfolio in bronchiectasis and also report cardiopulmonary exercise tests at the respiratory department.

I have a great interest in research. As an undergraduate, I completed a research study in pulmonary sarcoidosis through the University Hospital Southampton biomedical research unit. I also completed a PhD study on cardiac abnormality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the University of Otago. I have won multiple research awards and have presented at many major international conferences. I am also a regular peer-reviewer for international respiratory journals.

I practise evidence-based and patient-centred medicine as I believe that they are both complementary in improving patient care.

I am well-travelled and enjoy running, tramping, and fine dining.

I graduated from AKU Medical College before moving to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2014.

I completed my Respiratory Medicine specialist training at Waikato Hospital, and then moved to Wellington to do my Sleep Medicine fellowship. I moved back to Hamilton in 2023 and am currently working as a Respiratory and Sleep Medicine specialist at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton.

My clinical interests include general respiratory conditions, airway diseases (Asthma/COPD), chronic cough, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).