Dr Elijah Cai is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow. With a special interest in craniofacial reconstruction, he treats a diverse range of conditions that includes trauma, tumour and congenital malformations. He also specialises in breast reconstruction after cancer surgery, complex wounds, burns and aesthetic surgery.
He has authored numerous publications in the field of craniofacial reconstruction. He is also a reviewer for the Archives of Plastic Surgery, the official journal for the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. He travels widely to learn and share at international conferences, and has won numerous awards for his work.
Dr Elijah is actively involved in the development and use of virtual surgical planning and 3D-printing for patients requiring complex reconstructive surgeries. He was the chairperson for the Residents’ Research Committee, and has mentored undergraduates at the Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore. He believes in transforming ideas and innovations into working clinical devices to improve patient outcomes.
Dr Elijah is also passionate about training of medical and dental undergraduates. He has been course director for numerous surgical workshops for surgical trainees. He is a clinical tutor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is also an examiner for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery, National University of Singapore. Always interested in learning from fellow specialists near and abroad, he has been involved in numerous surgical mission trips around South East Asia as part of exchange programmes.
