I'm an anaesthetist from Singapore. This is where I write — occasionally — about the art and science of medicine, and share what I've found useful along the way.
Through my writing, I hope to help my juniors, surgeons, and patients better understand why I do what I do.
Outside the theatre, I think about compounding — in health, wealth, and relationships. Long horizons, small disciplines. Ignore the noise in between.
My clinical practice is shaped by two Japanese ideas I return to often: shokunin 職人 — the craftsman's devotion to mastery — and shoshin 初心 — beginner's mind, held deliberately. Taken together, they describe a way of working that I find true and worth aiming at, even if I will never fully arrive.
A slow-burn collection of short posts, organised in three strands: essays on the art and science of medicine, resources for juniors honing their craft in anaesthesia, and readings from medicine, philosophy, and the long conversation between them.
Best reached by email. I reply when I can — usually between lists, sometimes not for a few days.
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