Programme

Note: Forum will be conducted in English, and there will be no translation to Chinese

Time	Forum on the Use of Evidence-based Traditional Chinese Medicine in Western Medicine Practice 循证中医在西医实践中的应用论坛 6 July 2025, Sunday
0715 - 0815	Registration
0800 - 0815	Arrival of Guest of Honour, Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Health, Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
0820 - 0900	Opening Ceremony • Welcome Address by Prof Lim Shih Hui, Co-Chair, Organising Committee • Opening Remark by Prof Fong Kok Yong, Dy GCEO (Medical & Clinical Services), SingHealth • Opening Remark by Dr (TCM) Goh Kia Seng, President, Academy of Chinese Medicine, Singapore & Co-Chair, Organising Committee • Speech by Guest of Honour, Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Health, Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
0900 - 0930	Keynote Lecture 1 – Integrating Evidence-based Traditional Chinese Medicine into Western Medicine's Clinical Practice Speaker: Professor Liu Jianping (刘建平), Director, Centre for Evidence-based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) Session Chairperson: Prof Fong Kok Yong, SingHealth and SGH
0930 - 1000	Teabreak
1000 - 1200	Symposium 1: Evidence-based Chinese Medicine in Neurological Disorders, Rehabilitation Medicine & Opthalmological Disorders Co-Chairs: Assoc Prof Prakash Kumar Manharlal (NNI), Asst Prof Wee Tze Chao (CGH) & TCMP Cui Shuli (SGH)
	•Acupuncture in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation – Dr & TCMP Huang You Yi (SKH) •Acupuncture in Migraine (AIM) – Dr Nijanth Manohararaj (NNI) • Acupuncture for Neuropathy – TCMP William Peh (SCHMI) • Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture in the Management of Alzheimer's Disease – TCMP Ng Hui Ping (SCHMI) • Acupuncture & Herbal Formulation for Dry Eye – Prof Louis Tong (SNEC) • Q & A (Speakers and Dr Huang Tse-Hung)
1200 - 1300	Lunch
1300 - 1330	Keynote Lecture 2 – Challenges in conducting TCM Randomised Control Clinical Trials for Infectious Diseases Speaker: Dr (TCM) Huang Tse-Hung (黃澤宏), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Session Chairperson: Prof Lim Shih Hui (NNI)
1330 - 1510	Symposium 2: Evidence-based Herbal Medicine in Metabolic, Renal, Cardiac and Vascular Diseases Co-Chairs: Prof Ng Han Seong (SGH), Dr (TCM) Goh Kia Seng (ACMS & SCHMI) & Dr (TCM) Zheng Huang Fang (STCMI)
	• Role of Chinese Medicine in Pre-diabetes and Diabetic Kidney Disease – Dr (TCM) Lim Weihan (STCMI) • Is Drug-herb Interaction a Major Concern? – Example from using Rhubarb (大黄) in Chronic Kidney Disease – TCMP Ong Si Yu (STCMI) • Standardising Outcomes for TCM-based Intervention Clinical Studies in Ischemic Heart Disease and Chronic Heart Failure: Challenges and the Role of Developing a Core Outcome Set – Dr (TCM) Chua Hui Zi • Chinese Medicine in the Management of Hypertension – Dr & TCMP Wang Xiaohui (SGH) • Q & A (Speakers and Dr Huang Tse-Hung)
1510 - 1530	Teabreak
1530 - 1730	Symposium 3: Evidence-based Chinese Medicine in Other Disorders Co-Chairs: Mr Koh Boon Khai (SCHMI), Assoc Prof Bernard Thong (TTSH) & Assoc Prof Loo Chian Min (SGH)
	• Acupuncture for Cancer-related Conditions: An Overview of Systematic Reviews – Prof Liu Jianping (BUCM) • Role of Integrative Oncology in Improving Treatment Outcome for Patients with Cancer – Asst Prof Rose Fok Wai Yee (NCCS) • Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine for Functional Digestive Disorders – Dr (TCM) Linda Zhong (NTU) • Acupuncture for Faecal Incontinence – Dr (TCM) Tan Koon Yaw (NTU) • HarmoKNEE Study – Dr Bryan Tan Yijia (WHC) and TCMP Ng Hui Ping (SCHMI) • Q & A (Speakers)
1730 - 1740	Closing Remarks – Dr (TCM) Goh Kia Seng, President, Academy of Chinese Medicine, Singapore & Co-Chair, Organising Committee

Abbreviation Meaning
ACMS Academy of Chinese Medicine
BUCM Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
NTU Nanyang Technological University
SCHMI Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution
STCMI Singapore Thong Chai Medical Institution
WHC Woodlands Health Campus