Cl A/Prof Andrew Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with the Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) in 1989. He did his oral surgical residency at the Government Dental Clinic from 1991 to 1994. He was awarded the Master in Dental Surgery (MDS) by the National University of Singapore, and the Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS) by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1999.
Cl A/Prof Tay trained in the management of trigeminal nerve injuries in the orofacial region under the Ministry of Health HMDP programme at the University of North Carolina from 2001 to 2002.
He is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre, Singapore (NDCS), and Associate Director, MDS OMS Residency Programme at the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS.
He is also a Visiting Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre, where he operates as a member of the OOKP Team.