Paul Chew

Prof Paul Chew
Professor
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Paul Chew is Professor at the National University of Singapore. He has an interest in angle closure glaucoma and glaucoma surgical devices. He is the inventor and patent holder of the Micropulse transcleral parsplana therapy probe and the Paul Glaucoma Implant. He continues to work on new laser and surgical devices for glaucoma.

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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