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Thoughts on healthcare, AI, and product development
My First Business
Milkiway is my second business. My first venture began almost by accident, around the time of my maternity leave. Borders weren’t fully open yet due to COVID, and many families in Singapore were desperate for transfer helpers.
Sep 11, 2025
The Art of Clinical Reasoning
The most important function of a doctor in the next decade with aging population and shortage of staff across the world is to listen and ask the right questions to get to the right diagnosis in the shortest amount of the time.
Oct 31 2023
Enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration in digital pathology with cloud-based PACS
Pathologists use the frozen section procedure to help analyze biopsied tissue. Frozen section traditionally relies exclusively on microscopy for tissue biopsy visualization. However, this poses significant problems with information sharing and data storage because microscopy slides are fragile, and the dye used to visualize the cell structure fades over time.
Aug 08 2023
Building a connected healthcare ecosystem which drives value-based care outcomes
Despite progress in the diagnostics and life science industries’ cloud adoption, there is still a gap in end-to-end digital solutions that enable clinicians to use diagnostic lab data to care for their patients. The need for a seamless ecosystem connecting doctors, patients, and laboratories on a single platform persists.
Jul 25 2023
Swimming in the Data Lake
Ah how great would it be if I can swim in a data lake or pool. I am pretty sure no one thinks of it like this but I like to imagine it like this. First of all, the plumbing like a real pool takes a lot of effort to be put in. Second of all, a pool/ lake is not without maintenance effort.
Feb 21 2023
The Patient and I
If you talk to my family medicine professors, they would tell you that they did not build careers, but relationships with patients.
Feb 10 2023
From Medicine to Tech Product Management
When we are young, we often stick to a career trajectory based on what adults tell us, but I am here to tell you not to do that because life is unpredictable.
Oct 30 2022
Parents in Tech Podcast
In this episode, I recount my experience of juggling a baby while pursuing my MPH degree and starting a job as a product manager. WFH with a baby can be frustrating at times but thankfully we came out of it forming a stronger bond.
Jan 03 2022
Point-of-care testing for pandemic management: an interview with Dr Gerald Kost
As Director of the Point-of-Care Testing Center for Teaching and Research (POCT•CTR) and Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California Davis School of Medicine, Dr Gerald Kost is one of the world’s leading experts in point-of-care testing (POCT).
Aug 25 2020
Forum: Flexible work arrangements can help narrow gender pay gap
The problem is not that women are less qualified for the same job, but that high-paying positions do not offer flexible work schedules to accommodate working mothers.
Jun 24 2020