Dr Jeremy Sun
Dr Sun is a Ministry of Health board-certified Plastic Surgeon in Singapore. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) grant to lead a team comprising of a nurse and physiotherapist to train in the holistic management of lymphedema and lymphedema surgery. This took him to Tokyo, Japan, where comprehensive lymphedema management has been in place for the past 50 years. Dr. Sun would be the first Singapore Plastic Surgeon to complete HMDP subspecialty training in lymphedema.
One thing that stood out was how well the Japanese patients understood lymphedema and their treatment options. This high level of patient awareness translated to better outcomes. Inspired by what he saw, Dr Sun was deteremined to set up this educational portal so that patients can arm themselves with the necessary knowledge to make well-informed choices.
Dr. Sun has multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of lymphedema and has written book chapters related to this subject.