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Dr Lee’s recent appointment by ParkwayHealth as
Medical Director, Senior Consultant and strategic
partner is to spearhead Parkway Eye Centre as a
provider of eye care both locally and
internationally.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr Lee was
formerly the Head of LASIK surgery in 2 of
Singapore’s premier hospitals – Tan Tock Seng
Hospital (TTSH) and National University Hospital
(NUH). Dr Lee made a mid-career switch from public
to private service recently in May 2007 and he
quipped it as ‘a mid-life crisis’ decision.
Dr Lee is Singapore’s ‘Everest ‘LASIK
surgeon – having performed LASIK for Mr
Khoo Swee Chiow, as well as the Singapore Women
Everest Team members who climbed Mt Everest in
2009.
He is also one of only 3 Asian surgeons who sit
on the 10-member Global Advisory Board for
Refractive Surgery, Bausch & Lomb. A
sought-after speaker at many international and
regional eye meetings, Dr Lee was awarded the
ACE Award, the highest educator
award for training Asia-Pacific surgeons in
cataract and refractive surgery, by the
Asia-Pacific Society of Cataract & Refractive
Surgery in 1994.
Unknown to many, he decided to be an eye doctor
after losing his grandmother to eye disease and
blindness.
Born in Kelantan, Malaysia, Dr Lee was the
state badminton player for Kelantan. Educated in
Singapore as an ASEAN Scholar, he was a versatile
sportsman who played 6 sports for NUS Medical
Faculty and captained the NUS Badminton Team.
Apparently, he spent all his time either on a
badminton court or courting his wife - Dr Janet
Lee. They are now happily married with 4
children.
Dr Lee Hung Ming was also the president of the
student union in King Edward VII Hall in NUS and
was awarded the “Mr KE VIIian” award for an
all-round achievement in leadership and
sports. | 
