Vanessa is the Director of the Centre for Hearing and Ear Implants at Singapore General Hospital. She completed a fellowship in Otology, Hearing Implants and Neuro-otology with the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2021. She is Core Faculty of the Singhealth ENT Residency Program, Clinical Asst Prof of Duke-NUS, and Clinical Lecturer of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.