Clin Prof Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef

Clin Prof Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef
Senior Consultant
Emergency Medicine
Singapore General Hospital

Prof Fatimah Lateef is the first Emergency Physician-Politician/ Member of Parliament in Singapore. She served as an elected Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2006 till 2020, participating in three General Elections. She is Professor in Emergency Medicine, Senior Consultant, and Director of Patient Safety and Quality at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital. She is also Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Yong Loo Lin Medical School, National University of Singapore, and Lee Kong Chian Medical School at Nanyang Technological University. Prof Fatimah teaches the School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic and Singapore Institute of Technology. She is the Director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medial Simulation.

Her area of sub-specialisation includes Prehospital Care Medicine, Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Emergencies. She is passionate about Patient Safety, Medical Education, Leadership Training, Communications, International Humanitarian Medicine and Simulation/ Technology-driven Education, Psychological Safety.

She has worked in various countries, been conferred numerous awards, including the Master Academic Clinician Award 2025 by Duke-NUS Medial School. Prof Fatimah is globally recognised for her numerous works in Academic Emergency Medicine, Medical Education and Simulation Science Research. In 2023 to 2025, she was recognised as the top 2% of cited scientists in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre

“If you have it, give it and share it. If you want it, strive hard to achieve it. Never ever take anything for granted. I live as though each day is my last and I learn as though I am going to live forever”