Director, Community Partnership, SingHealth Office of Regional Health and Chief Community Development Officer, Changi General Hospital (CGH)

• Speaker, Regional Health Systems Symposium, 17 Sep 2021    

Assoc Prof Eugene Shum is the Chief Community Development Officer at CGH and Director, Community Partnership at SingHealth Office of Regional Health. He oversees health, social and community engagement and integration of healthcare services in the community.

He led the development of the Neighbours for Active Living Programme, a health and social integration programme that supports residents with high care needs in the community. He also oversees CareLine, a nationwide 24/7 urgent assistant telecare service for seniors.

Assoc Prof Shum is a public health physician. He obtained his Master of Public Health from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.