Sze-Yuan is a clinician researcher with extensive clinical experience and expertise in the fields of coronary intervention and cardiac device implantation, including novel implantable cardiac device and remote monitoring technologies. He is a Staff Specialist at the Prince of Wales Hospital and is the current Director of the Coronary Care Unit.  Dr Sze-Yuan Ooi obtained his Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery with Honours from the University of Queensland in 1997. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ). Sze-Yuan held the position of Research Fellow in Cardiology at the Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Leeds, England from 2003 to 2005. He was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine with Commendation through the University of Leeds in 2008 for his thesis, “The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of the acute coronary syndrome”.

His research interests include the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis and the role of inflammation, coronary physiology, novel assessments of and modulation of the coronary microcirculation, new device technology and telehealth. Sze-Yuan has been awarded over $14.6M in research funding over the last 5 years, $1.89M as CIA. He has published over 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Sze-Yuan holds a Conjoint Associate Professor position with UNSW Sydney and was recently appointed as the Clinical Lead for Connected Health, Tyree Foundation Institute for Health Engineering UNSW Sydney.