Jessica Choo Qian Hui

Dr Jessica Choo Qian Hui
Associate Consultant, Cataract & Comprehensive Opthalmology
Singapore National Eye Centre

Dr Jessica Choo is an Associate Consultant in the Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department at Singapore National Eye Centre, Clinical Instructor with SingHealth Duke-NUS Eye Academic Clinical Programme (ACP), and an Associate in Education with SingHealth. Besides being an instructor in various microsurgery and cataract surgery courses, Dr Choo was also previously awarded the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Innovation Seed Grant for the production of an ophthalmic anaesthetic block simulator. This won First Runner-Up in her category at the prestigious American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting Film Festival 2025. Dr Choo has also been invited to speak at international conferences about her innovation journey.

Presentation Synopsis
HM 22 The Innovation Odyssey: Learning from Every Step of the Journey

Innovation is rarely a straight line. It twists, stalls, backtracks, and occasionally leaps forward in ways no one anticipated. The most valuable lessons rarely come from the wins — they come from the detours, the failed prototypes, the ideas that almost worked. An innovation odyssey isn't defined by reaching a destination but by the wisdom gathered along the way. Every misstep is data, every pivot a lesson, and every setback an invitation to think differently. The journey itself, in all its messiness, is where true innovation is forged.

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