Dr Vincent Lai attained his basic medical degree from the University of Sheffield in England in 1993. He undertook his specialist training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in England and spent five years in Birmingham, which has one of the largest Liver Transplant Units in Europe. In 2002, he was awarded the prestigious Medical Research Council Clinical Training Fellowship. He completed his Ph.D. degree in University of Birmingham in 2007, investigating the liver immunity in viral hepatitis. He was accredited by the Specialist Accreditation Board in gastroenterology in England and was a Consultant in a teaching hospital prior to taking up a post in Singapore.

As a Consultant Hepatologist at the Derby NHS Foundation Trust Hospital from 2006 to 2008, Dr Lai helped in the further development of the provision of viral services in Derby. During his tenure there, he not only obtained a grant from the Trust for a study in infection in liver patients but was also actively involved in medical research.

Subsequently, Dr Lai joined the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, as a Consultant Gastroenterologist with specific interest in viral hepatology, acute liver failure and liver transplantation. He played an integral part in the set-up of the liver failure unit at NUH, and was part of the acute liver failure faculty in the Asia Pacific Study of Liver Disease group.

Dr Lai's main clinical interests are in liver failure, viral hepatitis and liver transplantation. He is also trained in therapeutic endoscopy and ERCP. His research interests are on the adaptive and innate immunity in patients with liver disease particularly in patients with viral hepatitis and liver failure.

In January 2011, Dr Lai joined the Asian Centre for Liver Diseases & Transplantation as a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specific interest in viral hepatology, acute liver failure, therapeutic endoscopy and liver transplantation.

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