Academic Achievements

• MBBS Singapore 1959,
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 1964,
• Member, Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow, 1963
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow, 1971,
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Australia, 1982
• NR Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology, 1974

Professional Appointments

• 1960 – 1961, House physician at Singapore General Hospital & KKMH;
• 1961 – 1964 – medical officer, Singapore;
• 1964 – 1971, medical intern & registrar in hospitals in England.
• 1964 – 1971 – Senior medical registrar, Singapore General Hospital, Medical Unit 2
• 1971 – 1975 – Consultant Physician, Singapore General Hospital, Medical Unit 3,
• 1975 – 1978 – Head and Senior Physician, Changi Hospital, Singapore.
• 1978 – Present – Private practice – Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist – Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mt Alvernia Hospital, East Shore Hospital.
• British Society of Rheumatology,
• Singapore Medical Association,
• Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology (Founder President)
• Dermatological Society of Singapore (Past vice President)
• National Arthritis Foundation (Founder Chairman)

Dr. Tay Chong Hai is the National Arthritis Foundation's Founder Chairman. He is currently in private practice and a consultant physician and rheumatologist at Mt. Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mt. Alvernia Hospital and East Shore Hospital. In 1969, Dr. Tay discovered Trichothiodystrophy or IBIDS syndrome, sometimes better known as the Tay's Syndrome. This sydrome is now well established in all major dermatology and genetic textbooks.