The brain is an unbelievably complex structure. Just one stroke and all may be lost. A mere headache may mean the end of a promising career. Some numbness may spell trouble with the nerves at the back. His practice represents an exploration, a questioning, an introspection, and is marked by a new sharpness and vivacity, characterised by a patient tact and a gentle personality, and carries a specia
l mixture of warmth, elegance and kindness. For twenty years, Dr Lee dedicated himself selflessly to the public service - training among the very best, working extremely hard, teaching medical students and nurses, nurturing junior doctors and nurse clinicians, serving patients in Alexandra Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Changi General Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, and leading the National Neuroscience Institute as Deputy Director, Education Director, Head (Neurology). He played a pivotal role in the setting up of Acute Stroke Service, making available the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for all suspected ischemic stroke patients, and implementing the "Hub and Spoke" model for TeleStroke Service at the National Neuroscience Institute. As a nurturing leader, he promoted four doctors to the rank of Senior Consultant, four to Consultant, two to Associate Consultant, two to Senior Resident Physicians and three to Advanced Nurse Practitioner. During his tenure, seven were appointed as teaching adjuncts to the National University of Singapore, and thirteen were attracted to train in Neurology. Countless hours were spent reviewing patients - some with weakness, others with confusion, many more with headaches, giddiness, numbness - and mapping out their treatment plans and pondering over challenging dilemmas. Many patients form a big part of who he is, and he holds them close to his heart remembering each and every one. Dr Lee seeks to do his very best to touch the lives of all that come to him.
