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SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport & Exercise Medicine Conference 2021 Programme

Time

Conference Programme | 6 March 2021

0850 - 0900

Registration

0900 - 0910

Welcome Address

Assoc Prof Benedict Tan
Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre
Chief & Senior Consultant, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

0910 - 0920

Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour

Prof Ivy Ng
Group CEO, SingHealth, Singapore

 

Session 1: Global Health Initiatives

Session Chairperson: Assoc Prof Benedict Tan
Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre
Chief & Senior Consultant, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

0920 - 1005

Keynote Lecture - Exercise is Medicine; Merging Fitness with Healthcare

Prof Robert Edward Sallis
Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Advisory Board Chairman
Family Physician, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, USA

1005 - 1050

Plenary Lecture - Physical Activity in Singaporean Children – Findings from the GUSTO-study

Prof Johan Eriksson
Programme Director, Human Development, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS)
Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

1050 - 1120

Session 1.1: Global Action Plan for Physical Activity: The New Normal

Dr Fadzil Hamzah
Senior Staff Registrar, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

1120 - 1150

Session 1.2: Panel Discussion

Moderator

Assoc Prof Benedict Tan
Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre
Chief & Senior Consultant, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

 

Panelists

Prof Robert Edward Sallis
Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Advisory Board Chairman
Family Physician, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, USA

Dr Fadzil Hamzah
Senior Staff Registrar, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Prof Johan Eriksson
Programme Director, Human Development, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS)
Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

1150 - 1235

Lunch break

 

Session 2: Physical Activity in Oncology

Session Chairperson: Dr Victor Tan
Registrar, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

1235 - 1305

Session 2.1: Exercise in Patients with Cancer

Dr Kiley Loh
Visiting Consultant, Medical Oncologist, National Cancer Centre Singapore

1305 - 1335

Session 2.2: Exercise Prescription for Cancer Survivors

Dr Wong Chin Jung
Consultant, Rehabilitation Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

1335 - 1405

Session 2.3: The Role of Physical Activity in Hospice Patients

Ms Melissa Khoo
Senior Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy, Assisi Hospice, Singapore

Ms Neo Hui Xin
Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy, Assisi Hospice, Singapore

1405 - 1415

Break

 

Session 3: Physical Activity and Women's Health

Session Chairperson: Dr Joshua Li
Registrar, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

1415 - 1445

Session 3.1: Exercise in Pregnancy

A/Prof Tan Lay Kok
Senior Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

1445 - 1515

Session 3.2: Physical Activity after Menopause

Ms Caroline Chua
Principal Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

1515 - 1545

Session 3.3: The Effect of Exercise on Sexual Function in Women

Dr Jean-Jasmin Lee
Consultant, Family Medicine Department, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

1545 - 1555

Closing Address

Dr Mandy Zhang
Organising Chairperson
Associate Consultant, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore