Professorships
Professorships will strive to spur excellence in research, education and practice. We hope that more philanthropic gifts toward the professorship will play an important role in nurturing and encouraging innovation, and creativity for current and future clinicians.
Foo Keong Tatt Professorship in Urology
“In the practice of medicine, we must always remember our core purpose, which is to improve the care of our patients. We do not just treat patients, but we care. To care, we need to have compassion. We do not just care but must strive to improve on the care. And to improve on that care, we need to do research, and teach the next generation of doctors to be better than us.”
Professor Foo Keong Tatt
The Foo Keong Tatt Professorship is established under the Surgery Academic Clinical Programme in honour of Professor Foo’s passion and contributions to urology. Click here to read about the current awardee of this Distinguished Professorship.
Goh Hak Su Professorship in Colorectal Surgery
The professorship aims to Recruit and Recognize the finest scientists and researchers, creating a strong framework for cutting-edge research and a conductive environment for innovation. In addition, to provide Excellence in Education for colorectal surgeons-in-training and work towards the establishment of an internationally renowned fellowship centre.
The Goh Hak Su Professorship in Colorectal Surgery is established in honour of Professor Goh Hak Su for his contributions to the field of colorectal surgery in Singapore. Click here to read about the current awardee of this Distinguished Professorship.
Named Funds
Paediatric Surgery Fund
The Paediatric Surgery Fund will support research and education causes with the aims to improve the outcomes and survival of children with congenital malformations (birth defects) and newborn diseases. The fund will provide long-term funding resources for the Department of Paediatric Surgery to develop (i) new technologies to improve the quality of surgical correction of congenital malformations and newborn diseases; (ii) novel predictive testing methods to identify patients at highest risk of deterioration and disability; and (iii) supportive care systems to alleviate the burden of disability in incurable disorders.
To find out more, please visit the following websites:
Click here for NAS Fund Past Awardees.
