Lifeline Heart Centre: Profile

Medical Qualifications:

MBBS

Madras University

LRCP (Edin),
LRCS (Edin),
LRCP&S (Glas)

Triple Scottish Examinations

MRCP (UK)

Member of the Royal College Of Physicians (UK)

FRCP (London)

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London

FACA (USA)

Fellow of the American College of Angiology

FAMS (Cardiology)

Fellow Academy of Medicine Singapore

FACC (USA) Fellow American College of Cardiology

Fellowships, Honours & Professional Awards:

2005

2004

2003

2001

1999

1998
Changi General Hospital Individual Service Quality Award

Elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology,
March 2004 - New Orleans

Excellent Service Award 2003

Best Clinical Teacher Award - Medicine

Best Clinical Teacher Award - Medicine

Service Quality Award

Administration Appointments:

Changi General Hospital - Singapore

2005- 02/07 Member, Medical Credentialing Sub-Committee
JCIA Member, Patient & Family Rights (PFR)

Head, Division of Cardiology
Member, Institutional Review Board
Member, Medical Board
Member, Medical Audit

2004-05 Member, Medical Credentialing Sub-Committee
JCIA Member, Patient & Family Rights (PFR)

Head, Division of Cardiology
Member, Institutional Review Board
Member, Medical Board
Member, Medical Audit

2003-04 Member, Medical Board
Member, Medical Audit
Acting Head, Division of Cardiology
Chair, Foreign Doctors' Committee

2002 Member, Clinical Classification Sub-Committee
Member, National Heart Failure Data Collection Committee
Member, Medical Ethics Committee

SingHealth / Ministry Of Health / Organs of State

2006-08 Member, Specialist Training Committee (AST Cardiology)

2006-07 Member, Heart Support Fund Committee, Singapore Heart Foundation.
Member, Singapore Myocardial Infarct Registry Committee

2005-07 Member, National Cardiac Care Committee

2005-07 Member, Singapore Heart Foundation

2004-06 Member, Specialist Training Committee AST (Cardiology)
Member, Management of Atrial Fibrillation, MOH

2003-07 Member, Cardiovascular Health Programme Advisory Council
Singapore Cardiac Data Bank Committee
Member, Medical Service Package Committee, MOH

1998-07 Lecturer/examiner for Advanced Cardiac Life Support, SGH

Academic, Teaching & Editorial Appointments:

2006-08 Clinical Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

2006-07 Tutor: Problem-based Learning for MI student.
Member, NUS Examination Focus Group (Question Bank),
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

2004-07 Supervisor for Foreign Fellows in the Department of Cardiology
Supervisor for elective posting for NUS Y3 and Y5 medical students.

2002-05 Clinical Lecturer, National University of Singapore.

2003 Editorial Board, Journal of the American College of Angiology.

1998-02 Clinical Teacher, National University of Singapore.

Appointments (Executive Committees) in Professional Bodies:

Scientific faculty member, 17th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, Beijing
Faculty member, Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics (AICT), New Delhi
Organising Committee, Singapore LIVE Interventional in Vascular Endotherapy
Chairman, Tamil Forum. National Heart Week/World Heart Day organised by SNHA
Faculty Member, Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Spokesperson for Indian community, "Go Red for Women" & "Women & Heart Disease" Campaign by National Heart Foundation, March 2006
Member, Cardiac Image and Information Management System (CIIMS) Working Committee
Member, Singapore Heart Foundation
Scientific Advisory Board, XII World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Feb 2003, Hong Kong
Co-chair for two oral presentations at XII World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Feb 2003, Hong Kong

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Singapore Cardiac Society
Singapore National Heart Association
Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology
FRCP (London)
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (Cardiology)
Fellow of the American College of Angiology
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology