Dr Zhang Qi not only brings a wealth of aesthetic medicine experience to his current clinical group, but more importantly also practises medicine with a high level of integrity, honesty and professionalism....

In his previous position, Dr Zhang served as the Medical Expert and Regional Medical Affairs Manager who covers Asia Pacific for Merz Aesthetics (third largest aesthetic company in the world). In his role as the Medical Expert, he oversees scientific development, clinical trials and physician education and training of various aesthetic products including energy-based skin tightening & lifting device (Ultherapy), collagen & elastin biostimulatory filler (Radiesse), hyaluronic acid fillers (Belotero) and pure neuromodulator (Xeomin).

Dr Zhang was actively involved in training of physician-trainers in Asia Pacific (from Hong Kong to Australia); they subsequently became trainers for their respective countries and territories. Dr Zhang also personally trained aesthetic doctors in one-to-one or group training sessions, especially when certain advanced techniques are involved or when the training needed to be conducted in Mandarin. He is an active advocate for patient safety, and during his training sessions always incorporated and emphasised the importance of patient safety and use of safe techniques.

Dr Zhang is humbled to be known as very caring towards his patients – for instance, he has stated that he will only perform procedures and treat patients the same manner he does his mother or wife. Before he was head-hunted to join the Aesthetic pharmaceutical industry, he practised in various healthcare institutions in Singapore. While serving in the facial plastics department in two public tertiary hospitals, he was recognised as the doctor with the highest number of patient compliment letters in the department. Subsequently, while serving in a public-listed healthcare group in Singapore, he also received many patient compliments.

Dr Zhang has also completed various aesthetic-specific training from around the world. Some examples include: from Europe, Master Course in Non-Surgical Facial Transformation & Advanced Facial Anatomy from European College of Aesthetics Medicine & Surgery; from Australia, Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine from Bond University; from Singapore, various certificates of competence in the full range of outpatient aesthetic procedures. Dr Zhang also maintains professional links with well-known aesthetic medical key opinion leaders from around the world, with whom he frequently shares experience. He also regularly attends conferences and keeps himself updated on the latest scientific journal papers. He has contributed to the scientific community through the publication of 5 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and 1 book chapter.

Dr Zhang believes in educating the patient and empowering patients with useful medical knowledge. He regularly features in Mandarin media in Singapore, such as MediaCorp Channel 8, Capital FM95.8, Lianhe Zaobao and Shin Min Daily News.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family and giving back to the church community.