Education
Lam was educated in Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to medical school at the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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Career
After graduating from medical school, Lam joined the Republic of Singapore Air Force as a medical officer He served in the armed forces for nine years before moving into clinical practice in 2003. Political career He was part of the six-member PAP team (led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) which defeated the team from the Workers" Party by 96,636 votes (661%) to 49,479 (339%).
At the 2011 general election, Lam"s Sengkang West ward (which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town) was made a single-member constituency.
Lam stood in the single-member constituency and defeated Koh Choong Yong of the Workers" Party by 14,689 votes (581%) to 10,591 (419%). Lam served as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health from 2009 to 2014 (having previously been the Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2008).
In August 2014, Lam was appointed a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health.
Membership
A member of the country"s governing People"s Action Party (PAP), he is currently a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health. He has been a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) since 2006. Lam was first elected to parliament at the 2006 general election as a member of the PAP team in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency.
