Dr Andrew Tay is a consultant plastic surgeon in private practice. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1990, and upon completion of basic surgical training, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995. It was during his basic surgical training that he first became exposed to the fascinating specialty of Plastic Surgery, and this prompted him to enter the advanced specialty training program in Plastic Surgery, at the Singapore General Hospital. He was subsequently awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme scholarship to further his training in plastic surgery and the subspecialty of craniomaxillofacial surgery at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Upon his return to Singapore and successful completion of his Plastic Surgery training in 2002, he was admitted to the Register of Specialists and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He was appointed as Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital in 2003, and commenced private practice in 2006. He maintains his ties with the public healthcare sector as a visiting consultant to Singapore General Hospital and to Changi General Hospital, and has been appointed as a clinical teacher at the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.