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  Bookmark this page for regular updates as we announce our speakers lineup for the SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress 2018! 

 Keynote Speaker


Prof Mary E KLOTMAN
Dean,
Duke University School of Medicine


        
 

 Plenary Speakers
​ ALLIED HEALTH

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
DIABETES
EDUCATION I
Dr Joanne FILLINGHAM Dr Ramy IBRAHIM Prof Timothy Charles SKINNER Dr Paul KLOTMAN
Clinical Director of Allied Health Professions, Nursing Directorate,
NHS Improvement

Vice President, Clinical Development, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Professor, Department of Health Psychology, University of Copenhagen
President and CEO, Executive Dean, Office of the President, Baylor College of Medicine   




EDUCATION II
EDUCATION III
GLOBAL HEALTH
GLOBAL HEALTH
Prof Debra NESTEL Assoc Prof Maria Athina (Tina) MARTIMIANAKIS Prof Randall KRAMER  Prof Michael MERSON
Professor, Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University Director, Medical Education Scholarship, University of Toronto ​Deputy Director, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University

Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University





GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE NURSING
Prof Tikki PANG Prof WANG Linfa Asst Prof Paolo F. MACCARINI Prof Trisha DUNNING
Visiting ​Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Director, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Chair in Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University and Barwon Health


PAEDIATRICS
PATIENT EXPERIENCE PATIENT SAFETY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM



Prof HO Lai Yun
Dr Sridhar SESHADRI Dr Alvin CHANG Shang Ming Prof Lesley CURTIS
Senior Consultant, Department of Child Development, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Vice President, Cancer and Heart Centres, Stanford Health Care Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital Interim Executive Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Centre        


RESEARCH
Asst Prof LIU Nan
Principal Research Scientist, Health Services Research Centre, SingHealth ​                            




 
 
 Symposium Speakers
​ ALLIED HEALTH SYMPOSIUM 
Dr Joanne FILLINGHAM Mr KOH Chee Wai Mr KONG Ming Chai Ms NG Shi Ying
Clinical Director of Allied Health Professions, Nursing Directorate,
NHS Improvement
Manager, Medical Social Services, SingHealth Community Hospital
Senior Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy-Outpatient, Singapore General Hospital
Principal Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy, Singapore General Hospital





BLEEDING DISORDER SYMPOSIUM 




Dr LIM Kai Inn
Dr NG Chung Fai Jeremy
 Assoc Prof NG Heng Joo  Adj Assoc Prof TIEN Sim Leng
Consultant, Division of Anaesthesia, Singapore General Hospital
Director, Trauma Service, Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital



CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY SYMPOSIUM 




Dr Dent Rebecca ALEXANDRA
Dr CHOO Su Pin
Prof William HWANG Dr Mohamad FARID
Senior Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Senior Consultant and Deputy Head, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Medical Director, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore



 
CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM




Ms AIDILA Binte Ismail
Adj Assoc Prof LIM Soo Teik
Asst Prof LOW Hsiu Ling Andrea
Dr TAN Ju Le
Senior Staff Nurse, Nursing
Speciality Care Unit, National
Heart Centre Singapore

Deputy Medical Director, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
Senior Consultant, Head, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital 
Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore   



Asst Prof PHUA Ghee Chee
Head & Senior Consultant, Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital


DENTISTRY SYMPOSIUM




Dr CHEE Hoe Kit
Dr LEE Ming Hsien Albert
Dr Chelsia SIM Qiu Xia
Dr Mimi YOW
Consultant, Department of Restorative Dentistry, National Dental Centre Singapore
Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre Singapore
Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre Singapore
Senior Consultant, Department of Orthodontics, National Dental Centre Singapore 






DIABETES SYMPOSIUM




Assoc Prof LEE Yuan Kun
Dr TAN Jun Hui, Eberta
Dr TEH Ming Ming Prof Timothy Charles SKINNER
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,    National University of Singapore
Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Changi General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital Professor, Department of Health Psychology, University of Copenhagen




EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM I




Dr Melvin Chua
Prof CHAY Oh Moh
​​Dr FONG Weng Seng Warren
Assoc Prof LIM Boon Leng
​​ADIO (SKH), ​SingHealth Residency;
Head and Senior 
Consultant, Department of General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital
ADIO (KKH), SingHealth Residency; Campus Director, 
Education Office
, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital
Deputy Group Director, Education (Graduate), SingHealth








Adj Assoc Prof NG Swee Cheng
Assoc Prof TAN Hak Koon
Assoc Prof TAY Yong Kwang
Visiting Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital
DIO, SingHealth Residency; Vice Chair for Graduate Clinical Education, SingHealth Academy College of Clinical Medicine (CCM)
ADIO (CGH), SingHealth Residency; Senior Consultant, Department of Dermatology, Changi General Hospital




EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM II




Adj Asst Prof Lionel CHENG
Asst Prof Sharon ONG Gek Kim
Dr Natascha Ekawati PUTRI
Dr Arif TYEBALLY
Consultant, Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital



Senior Consultant, Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital                      ​Associate Consultant, Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Deputy Head and Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital







Asst Prof Sharon WONG

Senior Manager, Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore


EMERGENCY MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM




Dr ANG Seng Hock Arron
Dr CHUA Si Yong Ivan
Adj Asst Prof Jean LEE
Mui Hua

Dr Arif TYEBALLY
Consultant, Accident and Emergency, Changi General Hospital
Associate Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital
Deputy Head and Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital






FAMILY MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM




Prof NG Chirk Jenn



Professor, Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya









GLOBAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM




Prof Budu
Adj Assoc Prof CHUA Yeow Leng
Prof Ian CURRAN
Prof John LIM
​Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University
Group Director, International Collaboration Office, SingHealth   
Vice Dean, Education, Duke-NUS Medical School                                           
Executive Director & Senior Advisor, Centre of Regulatory Excellence, Duke-NUS Medical School & Ministry of Health                               
Prof Gavin SMITH
Professor, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School                                  ​                          

 
​ HEAD AND NECK SYMPOSIUM




Dr Adoree Yi Ying LIM
Dr LIM Chwee Ming
Dr HEAH Hon Wei Harold
Asst Prof TOO Chow Wei
Consultant, Department of

Endocrinology, Singapore

General Hospital



Senior Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, National University Singapore                           Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital
Consultant, Department of

Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore

General Hospital







Dr NG Chung Fai Jeremy

Director, Trauma Service, Singapore General Hospital


HEALTHCARE ETHICS AND MEDICAL LAW SYMPOSIUM (PART 1)




Adj Assoc Prof CHAN Mei Yoke
Assoc Prof LAI Siang Hui
Dr Crystal LIM
Assoc Prof Lalit Kumar RADHA KRISHNA
Senior Consultant, Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Senior ​Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore

General Hospital

Master Medical Social Worker, Medical Social Services, Singapore General Hospital   
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore





HEALTHCARE ETHICS AND MEDICAL LAW SYMPOSIUM (PART 2)




Dr Shashendra APONSO
Assoc Prof Lita CHEW
Ms LEE Kim Hua
Mr Andy SIM
Medical Officer, Dermatology, Singapore General Hospital                     

Head of Department, Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre Singapore                         

                   
Senior Nurse Clinician (APN), Nurse Clinician Services, National Cancer Centre Singapore     
Medical Social Service, Principal Medical Social Worker, Singapore General Hospital                                                                                                    



Assoc Prof TOH Han Chong Dr Camilla WONG Ming Lee
Deputy Medical Director (Education), National Cancer Centre Singapore Director, Allied Health Division, Sengkang General Hospital


HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM




Mr CHONG Jia Loon
Dr LOW Lian Leng 
Dr NG Wai Chong 
                                               
MD-PhD Candidate, Program in Health Services & Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School
Director, SingHealth Office of Regional Health, SingHealth Chief, Clinical Affairs,
Tsao Foundation 
 
                              




INFECTIOUS DISEASE SYMPOSIUM




Dr Philippe BUCHY
Asst Prof Swaine CHEN 
Prof Paton Nicholas Iain JAMES
Dr Norman PAVELKA
Director, Scientific Affairs and
Public Health
, GSK Vaccines R&D, International

Senior Research Scientist
Infectious Diseases and GERMS, Genome Institute of Singapore
Professor, Department of
Medicine (Infectious Disease), National University of Singapore
 
 
Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science, Technology and Research





                  

NEUROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM I




Assoc Prof Michael L. “Luke” JAMES
Asst Prof KON Kam King Nicolas
Prof Daniel LASKOWITZ

MD, Department of Anesthesiology,
Duke University

Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute
Professor, Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine





NEUROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM II




Dr Kinjal DOSHI
Adj Asst Prof Jai Prashanth RAO
Assoc Prof Vairavan NARAYANAN
Prof John Douglas PICKARD
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Department of Neurology,
Singapore General Hospital

Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, National
Neuroscience Institute

Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Malaya
Professor (Emeritus) of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge






NURSING SYMPOSIUM




Prof Trisha DUNNING
Dr TAN Hui Li
Dr TAN May Leng Mabel
Ms XIAO Li
Chair, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University and Barwon Health Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Speciality Nursing, Singapore General Hospital Senior Nurse Clinician, Department of Nurse Clinician, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Nurse Speciality Care Unit, National Heart Centre Singapore






OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY SYMPOSIUM




Dr FOO Anqi Sharon
Dr HO Kam Man Clement
Asst Prof LI Lingjun Queenie
Adj Asst Prof Shephali TAGORE
Senior Resident, Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Consultant, Department of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Clinician Scientist, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital Head, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology KK Women's and Children's Hospital


Prof TAN Kok Hian
Group Director, Academic Medicine, Singapore Health Services


OPHTHALMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM I



Prof Dan MILEA
Dr ONG Hon Shing
Assoc Prof Charumathi SABANAYAGAM
Assoc Prof Louis TONG
Head, Visual Neurosciences, Singapore Eye Research Institute                              
Clinical Research Fellow, Cornea
and External Diseases, Singapore National Eye Centre

Senior Clinician Scientist, Ocular Epidemiology Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Senior Consulant, Cornea and External Eye Disease, Singapore National Eye Centre






OPHTHALMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM II




Asst Prof Danny CHEUNG Ning
Prof Ecosse LAMOUREUX
Asst Prof Dr Ryan MAN
Adj Asst Prof WONG Chee Wai
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Duke-NUS Medical School
Director, Population Health, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Health Services Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Consultant, Surgical Retina, Singapore National Eye Centre



Prof WONG Tien Yin
Deputy Group CEO, Research and Education, SingHealth

 
PANOMICS SYMPOSIUM




Prof Steve ROZEN
DR Anders Jacobsen SKANDERUP
Prof Prof TAN Boon Ooi Patrick
Prof Iain Bee Huat TAN
Associate Dean, Research Informatics, Duke-NUS Medical School
Principal Investigator, Computational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore
Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School
Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore




PATHOLOGY SYMPOSIUM




Dr LEE Ai Ling Lianne
Dr WANG Lai Mun
Dr WONG Pek Choo Adele
Dr YEONG Poh Sheng
Consultant, Department of Histopathology,
Sengkang General Hospital

Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Changi General Hospital

Consultant, Department of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Research Fellow, Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital





PATIENT SAFETY SYMPOSIUM




Dr Alvin CHANG Shang Ming
Ms LEE Chen Ee
Assoc Prof ONG Hock Soo Ms PANG Nguk Lan
Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Director, Office for Service Transformation, Singapore Health Services 
Deputy Chairman (General Surgery Group), Division of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital Director, Quality, Safety & Risk Management, KK Women's and Children's Hospital


Prof TAN Kok Hian
Group Director, Academic Medicine, Singapore Health Services


REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM




Prof Lesley CURTIS
Adj Prof LEE Chien Earn
Assoc Prof LEE Kheng Hock Mrs Farhana NAKHOODA
Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Regional Health System, Singapore Health Services
Director, Office of Integrated Care, Singapore General Hospital Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM Asia Pacific




RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM I




Adj Asst Prof ANG Seng Bin
Adj Asst Prof Dirk Frans DE KORNE Prof TAN Kok Hian Adj Assoc Prof TAN Ngiap Chuan
Head & Consultant Family Physician, Family Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Group Deputy Director, Medical Innovation & Care Transformation,
KK Women's and Children's Hospital 
Group Director, Academic Medicine, Singapore Health Services Director, Research, Family Medicine, SingHealth Polyclinics

Prof ZHANG Jun Jim

Principal Investigator, Division of O&G, OBGYN Academic Clinical Program (ACP), KK Women's and Children's Hospital

 

 
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM II




Asst Prof LAM Shao Wei, Sean
Assoc Prof TAN Hiang Khoon
Dr TAN Hong Chang
Prof TAN Boon Ooi Patrick
Senior Manager, Health Services Research Centre, Singapore Health Services
Chairman, Division of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital
Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine,
Duke-NUS Medical School



 



SIMULATION SYMPOSIUM




Assoc Prof LEO Hwa Liang
Dr SU Yi
Assoc Prof TAN Ru San
Asst Prof YAP Choon Hwai
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Principal Scientist, Fluid Dynamics, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Deputy Director, National Heart Research Institute of Singapore
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore



Assoc Prof ZHONG Liang
Associate Professor, National Heart Research Institute of Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore


SLEEP MEDICINE AND SLEEP SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM




Assoc Prof Joshua GOOLEY
Dr ONG Thun How
Adj Asst Prof Desmond QUEK Tung-Lien
Adj Assoc Prof TAN Swee Yaw
​Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School
Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
Consultant, Department of Glaucoma, Singapore National 
Eye Centre

Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore






TRANSPLANTATION MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM




Asst Prof Terence KEE
 Dr KOH Fang Yung Angela
Dr LEE Puay Hoon
Assoc Prof Prema Raj JEYARAJ
Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant, General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital
Senior Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Hepato-pancreato Biliary Surgery, Singapore General Hospital




Assoc Prof TAN Bien Keem
Head, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital 


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