Programme - Day 1

Registration 
Ngee Ann Kongsi (NAK) Auditorium, Academia

Welcome Address
Dr Ong Eng Koon
(Co-organising Chairperson, Singapore Medical Humanities Conference 2025)

Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour
Insert Name
(Designation, Institution)

Plenary Session 1: The Value of Anecdotes and Medically Anecdotal Information in Healthcare
Prof Brian Hurwitz
(Professor of Medicine and the Arts and Director of the Centre of the Humanities and Health, King’s College London)

The Role of Collaborative Care: Improving Patient Outcomes Through Health Equity
Dr Prassanna Raman
(Impact Evaluation Lead, Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA) Ltd.)

Ms Karen Kwa
(Senior Principal Medical Social Worker, TTSH)

Art Therapy Education in Singapore
Prof Emylia Safian
(Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts)

Prof Eta Lauw
(Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts)

Ms Phylaine Toh
(Senior Art Therapist, SGH)

Ms Stephanie Chan
(Senior Music Therapist, SGH)

Bioethics Through Different Media
Prof Angus Dawson
(Professor Of Bioethics, Centre Of Biomedical Ethics Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine, NUS)

Dr Shizuko Takahashi
(Research Fellow, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS)

Dr Peter Chow
(Senior Consultant, CGH)

Symposium Session 1 - Role of Critical Humanities (Creative Arts) in Medical / Health Sciences Education
Assoc Prof Harry Wu
(Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University)

Dr Michael Thaddeus Tan
(Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Research Division NAFA-UAS)

Mr Samson Wong
(Assistant Lecturer, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Ground up Humanities Initiatives in SingHealth: From ideas to impact
Dr Gillian Hendriks
(Associate Consultant, KKH)

Dr Joanne Ngeow
(Senior Consultant, NCCS)

Dr Michael Thaddeus Tan
(Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Research Division NAFAUAS)

Mindful Practice in Medicine

Dr Tanya Tierney
(Assistant Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU)

Dr Pauline Luk
(Lecturer, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Dr Mabel
(Designation, Institution)

Patients as Partners: Reimaging Healthcare Relationship
Dr Anantham Devanand
(Head＆Senior Consultant, SGH)

Dr Shizuko Takahashi
(Research Fellow, Centre of Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS)

Assoc Prof Brian Earp
(Director, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS)

First Person Narratives, Mental Health, and the work of Story with Tapestry Project SG

Ms Nicole Kay, Mr Daniel Kong