Dr. Ling is Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and Senior Consultant cardiologist at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. He directs the Cardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratory of the Cardiovascular Research Institute. He has published more than 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and made notable contributions in the fields of valvular heart and pericardial disease. He is the current Chair of the ASEAN Society of Echocardiography, and Vice-Chair of the Chapter of Echocardiography, Singapore Cardiac Society.