Our Speakers | SingHealth Duke-NUS

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Keynote Speaker

Prof Chen Chien-Tzung

Superintendent, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

Plenary Speakers

Prof Chris Maher

Director, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney

Dr Elizabeth Speliotes

Professor, Gastroenterology and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan

Asst Prof Jin Ge

Professor, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Dr Joy Quah

Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Prof Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland

Prof Lesley Curtis

Chair and Professor, Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

Clin Asst Prof Lohendran Baskaran

Senior Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine, National Heart Centre Singapore

Prof Marcus Ong Eng Hock

Senior Consultant and Clinician Scientist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Sarah Louise Barber

Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, World Health Organization

Dr Tangri Navdeep

Professor, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada

Prof Toh Han Chong

Deputy CEO and Senior Consultant Division of Medical Oncology National Cancer Centre Singapore

Allied Health Symposium Speakers

Ms Charissa Tan

Principal Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy, SingHealth Community Hospitals

Ms Dorcas Won

Master Medical Social Worker, Medical Social Services, Changi General Hospital

Ms Florence Chiang

Senior Principal Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Laura Chua

Senior Principal Speech Therapist, Speech Therapy, Sengkang General Hospital

Mr Ng Khim Siong

Principal Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy, SingHealth Polyclinics

Dr Sajlia Binte Jalil

Head, Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation, Woodlands Health

Artificial Intelligence Symposium Speakers

Ms Amanda Lam

Senior Consultant, Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital

Mr Ajeet Kumar

Assistant Director, Office of Insights and Analytics, SingHealth

Ms Eileen Lew

Senior Principal Analyst, Office of Insights & Analytics, Division of Digital Strategy, SingHealth

Mr Jonathan Tan

Senior Manager, Future Health System, Singapore General Hospital

Mr Mark Heng

Director, Insights & Analytics, Office of Insights & Analytics, Division of Digital Strategy, SingHealth

Mr Naveen Tiwari

Senior Lead Analyst, Data Analytics and AI, Synapxe Pte Ltd

Bioethics Symposium Speakers

Asst Prof Crystal Lim

Assistant Director, Office of Biomedical Ethics, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Peter Chow

Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital

Emeritus Prof Roy Joseph

Director, Paediatric Ethics Programme, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Paediatrics, National University of Singapore

Dr Voo Teck Chuan

Head, Office of Ethics in Healthcare, SingHealth

Critical Care Nursing Symposium Speakers

Ms Gillian Wee

Advanced Practice Nurse, Nursing Speciality Care Unit, National Heart Centre Singapore

Dr Tan Hui Li

Senior Nurse Clinician and Advanced Practice Nurse, Speciality Nursing, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Woo Pei Yoong

Nurse Educator, Nursing Education and Development, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Xu Xuelian

Advanced Practice Nurse, Nursing Clinical Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Education and Faculty Development Symposium Speakers

Dr Andrew Ong

Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Nigel Tan

Group Chief Education Officer, Group Education, SingHealth

Ms Petrina Fan

Pharmacy Practice Manager, Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Sabrina Koh

Deputy Director, Nursing Education & Development, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Teo Lee Wah

Assistant Director, Nursing Specialty Care Unit, National Heart Centre Singapore

Family Medicine Symposium Speakers

Dr Charlotte Teong

Family Physician, Bedok Polyclinic, SingHealth Polyclinics

Mr Eldred Sng

Medical Student, Duke-NUS Medical School

Dr Kyaw Lwin Show

Research Fellow, Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation, SingHealth

Dr Lim Zong Yi

Family Physician, Bedok Polyclinic, SingHealth Polyclinics

Asst Prof Moosa Aminath Shiwaza

Consultant, Bukit Merah Polyclinic, SingHealth Polyclinics

Gerontechnology; Digital Health and Phenotyping Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Iris Rawtaer

Head of Department, Psychiatry, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Kenneth Kwok

Senior Principal Scientist, Social and Cognitive Computing, Institute of High Performance Computing

Mr Khalid Abdul Jabbar

Senior Research Coordinator, Research Department, Sengkang General Hospital

Prof Tan Ah Hwee

Lee Kong Chian Professor of Computer, Science and Associate Dean (Research) School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University

Infection Prevention and Epidemiology Symposium Speakers

Prof Chow WeiEn

Chief Data & Digital Officer, CDDO Office, Changi General Hospital

Dr Edwin Sng

Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Changi General Hospital

Ms Sarah Tang

Specialist Pharmacist (Infectious Diseases), Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Shalvi Arora

Executive, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital

Innovation Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Andy Chua

Consultant, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Damien Keogh

Founder, Director, Executive, BluMaiden Biosciences

Ms Diana Goh

Assistant Director, Nursing, Sengkang General Hospital

Dr Dipti Thakkar

Chief Operating Officer, Hummingbird Bioscience

Asst Prof Philip Cheong

Senior Principal Physiotherapist (Clinical), Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital

Leadership Education Symposium Speakers

Dr Aarthi Ravikrishnan

Senior Scientist I, Laboratory of Metagenomic Technologies and Microbial Systems, Genome Institute of Singapore

Dr Alicia May Lim

Consultant, Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Dr Sandhya G Krishnan

Associate Consultant, Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Asst Prof Thowfique Kadavukarayil Ibrahim

Senior Consultant, Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Lung Centre Symposium Speakers

Asst Prof Charlene Liew Jin Yee

Director, AI Office, Changi General Hospital

Dr Chew Wui Mei

Consultant, Respiratory and Crit Care Medicine, Changi General Hospital

Prof Jon Emery

Professor of Family Medicine, Population and Global Health, LKC Medicine and University of Melbourne

Medical Humanities Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Anantham Devanand

Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute, Singapore General Hospital

Prof Lee Chien Earn

Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Regional Health System, SingHealth

Prof London Lucien Ooi

Group Director, International Collaboration Office, SingHealth

Prof Woo Keng Thye

Emeritus Consultant, Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Mental Health Symposium Speakers

Dr Delphine Koh

Senior Principal Psychologist, Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Clin Asst Prof Gayathri Devi Nadarajan

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Irene Teo

Principal Psychologist, Psychosocial Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Nephrology Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Bee Yong Mong

Senior Consultant and HOD, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital

Prof Charumathi Sabanayagam

Deputy Head, Ocular Epidemiology, Singapore Eye Research Institute

Assoc Prof Cynthia Ciwei Lim

Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Fu Zhiyan

Principal Data Scientist, Data Science and AI, Synapxe

Neuroscience Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Kevin Tan

Senior Consultant, Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute

Asst Prof Yeo Tianrong

Head and Senior Consultant, Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute

Nursing Innovation Symposium Speakers

Ms Nuri Sylvia Ng

Assistant Director Nursing Admin Changi General Hospital

Ms Pauline Yap Wei Yun

Senior Staff Nurse, Geriatric Day Hospital, Changi General Hospital

Ms Tam Fong Cheng

Nurse Clinician, Nursing Quality/Informatics/Transformation, Changi General Hospital

Ms Wang Xia

Nurse Clinician, Ward 18, Changi General Hospital

Mr Wong Kok Cheong

Deputy Director, Nursing Admin, Changi General Hospital

Nursing Oncology Symposium Speakers

Ms Adele Woon Pei Ning

Nurse Clinician / Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Clinician Services, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Alice Chua

Assistant Director, Nursing, Department of Nursing Administration, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Bryan Ho

Consultant, Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Ms Jane Guo

Senior Nurse Manager, Department of Nursing Administration, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Mabel Tan

Senior Nurse Clinician / Advanced Practice Nurse Nursing National Cancer Centre Singapore

Ms Ng Xin Hui

Assistant Nurse Clinician, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Nursing Symposium 1 Speakers

Ms Lim Hwee Hoon

Nurse Clinician, Nursing Clinical Services, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Ms Wang Fan

Nurse Clinician, Nursing Clinical Services, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Nursing Symposium 2 Speakers

Mr Geoffrey Gui

Chief Operating Officer, Operations, National Dental Centre Singapore

Prof Katri Maria Vehviläinen-Julkunen

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland

Mr Wong Kok Cheong

Deputy Director, Nursing Admin, Changi General Hospital

Ms Yvonne Lim

Senior Nurse Manager, Division of Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Symposium Speakers

Clin Asst Prof Ku Chee Wai

Consultant, Reproductive Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Asst Prof Loy See Ling

Principal Investigator, Reproductive Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Dr Ong Chengsi

Principal Dietitian, Nutrition and Dietetics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Oncology Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Anders Skanderup

Principal Investigator, Genome Institute of Singapore

Dr Ang Su Fen

Senior Research Fellow, Clinical Trials & Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Joe Yeong

Director of ImmunoPathology, Division of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Timothy Tay

Senior Consultant, Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital

Ophthalmic Nursing Symposium Speakers

Ms Desiree Wong

Nurse Clinician, Outpatient Department Clinic 3B, Singapore National Eye Centre

Ms Pamela Swee

Assistant Nurse Clinician, Outpatient Department Clinic 3B, Singapore National Eye Centre

Ms Veronica Sam

Nurse Clinician, Refractive and Cataract Outpatient Clinic, Singapore National Eye Centre

Oral Health Symposium Speakers

Dr Bien Lai

Senior Consultant, Paediatric Dentistry Unit, National Dental Centre Singapore

Dr Cheryl Lee

Associate Consultant, Orthodontics, National Dental Centre Singapore

Asst Prof John Tay

Associate Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, National Dental Centre Singapore

Dr Rachel Seet

Associate Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, National Dental Centre Singapore

Patient-reported Outcomes and Value-based Medicine Symposium Speakers

Dr Eva Fenwick

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Population Health Research, Singapore Eye Research Institute

Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah

Director, Value Based Healthcare, Office of Value Driven Care, SingHealth

Dr Kwan Yu Heng

Senior Resident, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Ryan Man

Clinician-scientist, Population Health Research Unit, Singapore Eye Research Institute

Assoc Prof Warren Fong

Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital

Pharmacy Symposium 1 Speakers

Assoc Prof Andrea Kwa

Deputy Director (Research & Innovation, Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Doreen Tan

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Singapore

Pharmacy Symposium 2 Speakers

Ms Elena Lee

Senior Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Changi General Hospital

Assoc Prof Lita Chew

Group Chief Pharmacist, Group Pharmacy, SingHealth

Ms Sarah Tang

Specialist Pharmacist (Infectious Diseases), Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Yvonne Zhou

Specialist Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital

SingHealth Duke-NUS Breast Centre Symposium Speakers

Assoc Prof Lim Geok Hoon

Head of Department, Breast Department, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Asst Prof Mok Chi Wei

Senior Consultant, Surgery, Changi General Hospital

SingHealth Residents Research Symposium Speakers

Clin Asst Prof Ku Chee Wai

Consultant, Reproductive Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Surgical Symposium 1 Speakers

Dr Cai Mingzhe

Associate Consultant, Department of Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Frederick Koh

Consultant, General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital

Prof Jenny Low

Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital;

Surgical Symposium 2 Speakers

Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah

Director, Value Based Healthcare, Office of Value Driven Care, SingHealth

Clin Asst Prof Kimberly Kiong

Senior Consultant, Department of ENT-Head & Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital

Assoc Prof Lim Geok Hoon

Head of Department, Breast Department, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Surgical Symposium 3 Speakers

Asst Prof Andrew Chou

Associate Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgery, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Assoc Prof Andy Chua

Consultant, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital

Ms Fazila Abu Bakar Aloweni

Senior Nurse Manager, Nursing Division, Singapore General Hospital

Asst Prof Mok Chi Wei

Senior Consultant, Surgery, Changi General Hospital

Dr Sabrina Cheok

Senior Resident, General Surgery, SingHealth

Surgical Symposium 4 Speakers

Assoc Prof Denny Lie

Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery Singapore General Hospital

Dr Jane Seo

Consultant, Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Meghan Lim

Senior Resident, Paediatric Surgery, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital