ANNUAL REPORT ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 2019 SINGAPORE Committed to specialist education and training since 1957 CONTENT ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SINGAPORE The Academy 1 Master’s Message 2 The 2019-2020 Council 5 The Academy 5 Representation at Ministry of Health and Related Organisations 6 Year in Review 2019 7 Finance and Establishment Review Committee Events 8 Dinner & Dialogue with Senior Minister of State (Health) 9 AMS Chinese New Year Celebration 9 Formation of the Chapter of Pain Medicine Physicians 10 Induction Comitia 2019 10 Public Forum 2019 Sponsorships, Grants and Awards 11 Awards 11 Visiting Academicians 12 Visiting Lecturers 12 Travel Assistance 12 Letters of Support Deanery 13 In-Training Examinations 14 Diploma in Hospital Medicine 14 Mandatory Geriatric Medicine Modular Course 14 Master of Health Professionals Education, Singapore (MHPE-S) 14 2019 Intake (Unit One) and 2018 Intake (Unit Seven) 15 Self Learning Module (SLM) 15 CPD Bulletin 15 AMS Fellowship Training Programme 16 MOH Contract of Services for Healthcare Services 16 Dental Specialist Accreditation Assessment 16 Staff Registrar Scheme Office of Professional Affairs 18 Guidelines, Advisories & Consensus Committee (GACC) 21 Ad-Hoc OPA Activity – PDPA Awareness Talk 2019 21 Medical Experts Committee (MEC) 23 Faculty of Medical Experts (FME) Standing Committees 24 Membership 25 Joint Committee on Specialist Training 26 Publications Past Masters and Honorary Fellows List Our People 30 Staff List Finance Statements for the Financial Year Ended December 2019 COLLEGES AND CHAPTERS 33 College of Anaesthesiologists, Singapore 37 College of Dental Surgeons, Singapore 41 College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Singapore 46 College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Singapore 51 College of Physicians, Singapore 59 College of Radiologists, Singapore 68 College of Surgeons, Singapore 77 College of Emergency Physicians 80 College of Ophthalmologists 84 College of Psychiatrists 88 College of Public Health and Occupational Physicians 95 College of Clinician Educators 97 College of Clinician Scientists 99 Chapter of Pathologists 103 Chapter of Intensivists 104 Chapter of Family Medicine Physicians ABOUT THE ACADEMY ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SINGAPORE Vision To be the leading institution for postgraduate medical education and professional development of medical specialists in the region Mission Advancing the art and science of medicine through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education, maintenance of high standards of competency and ethical integrity through continuous professional development (CPD) as well as generation and dissemination of information and knowledge to the public on matters related to health ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 3 ABOUT THE ACADEMY ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 4 MASTER’S MESSAGE We must work together with governing and regulatory bodies to enhance self-governance and safeguard self- regulation effectively and responsibly. Having every specialist on board means we will have greater representation and stronger voice in advocating and setting professional standards to advance our profession and for patient care. 2019 witnessed the Academy playing an active role in rally non-Fellows specialists to join the Academy. Having advocacy and upholding high standards of professionalism, every specialist on board means we will have greater competency and ethical integrity. representation and stronger voice in advocating and setting professional standards to advance our profession At the beginning of the year, Academy’s Council endorsed and for patient care. the SMC-AMS-CFPS General and Expert Opinion Framework, developed together with the College of Family Physicians In November, the Academy launched the CPD Bulletin, Singapore (CFPS) and Singapore Medical Council (SMC) to members-only weekly bulletin of objectively-selected and support SMC process its complaint and disciplinary cases in rigorously-summarised articles from the latest issues of the a timelier manner. I am pleased to update the framework most prestigious journals, with the aim of bringing up-to- reportedly has significantly shortened the time taken date information to busy Fellows. I hope the CPD Bulletin to appoint an expert and improved the quality of expert will help you keep abreast with recent progress in other reports. We have also done many reports for the CCs and fields of medicine. DTs, and initial feedback has been excellent. As for the finances of the Academy, I am pleased to report In the early part of the year, we had two SMC judgements that under the oversight of the Finance & Establishment against Dr Lim Lian Arn and Dr Soo Shuenn Chiang that had Review Committee, the Academy concluded another year caused deep concerns and disquiet among the medical with a healthy operating surplus. fraternity. The Academy and its Colleges expressed support for the actions taken by the Ministry for Health (MOH) to At the time of writing this message, Singapore and the review the cases. In March, MOH appointed a 12-member whole world are facing challenging times with the COVID-19 Workgroup to undertake a comprehensive review and pandemic. Our healthcare teams have been working make appropriate recommendations to MOH on: (i) the tirelessly and selflessly in battling the crisis. Our heartfelt taking of informed consent by doctors; and (ii) the SMC’s gratitude goes to these silent heroes, amongst whom are disciplinary process. The Master of the Academy was our Fellow Academicians who have been busy combatting appointed as a member of the Workgroup to represent the the virus at the frontline. views and interests of the specialists. I have had the honour and privilege to serve as Master of I would like to thank members of the Academy and the Academy for the past four years. I would like to place College Councils, Chapter Boards and our Fellowship who on record my deepest appreciation for Fellows’ support have actively engaged the Workgroup and participated and for the excellent Secretariat support during my tenure in townhall sessions, enabling the Workgroup to present as the Master. Teamwork has certainly lightened the its list of recommendations which MOH has accepted. I workload and stress. Much of the Academy’s success is due am pleased to report that the Academy has started work to such teamwork. Professor Teo Eng Kiong will assume to develop appropriate specialty-specific guidelines to deal the leadership as Master from June 2020 for a two-year with standard commonplace treatments and procedures term. We look forward to his leadership and direction as he in each specialty. We thank our specialty-specific Chapters works together with the new Council. and Fellows for proactively working out the finer details. On behalf of the Academy Council, thank you for serving I would like to reiterate that the profession must self- the profession with us. regulate. We must work together with governing and regulatory bodies to enhance self-governance and safeguard self-regulation effectively and responsibly. In DR S R E SAYAMPANATHAN these challenging times, we need Fellows to encourage and Master ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 1 THE 2019-2020 COUNCIL PATRON: MDM HALIMAH YACOB, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS Dr S R E Sayampanathan Dr Alan Ng Dr Lim Lay Cheng ABOUT THE ACADEMY Master Bursar Censor Director (from 26 May 2007) Director (from 18 June 2011) Director (from 15 June 2013) Orthopaedic Surgeon, Senior Consultant, Respiratory and Critical Consultant Haematologist, Orthopaedic ‘A’ Care Service Pte Ltd Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Blood Specialist Clinic Dr Teo Eng Kiong Dr Teoh Tiong Ann Dr Wong Tien Yin Master-Elect Assistant Bursar Censor Director (from 19 June 2010) Director (from 1 June 2019) Director (from 13 June 2015) Deputy Group Chairman, Medical Board, General Surgeon, Medical Director and Senior Consultant, Singapore Health Services Teoh Colon Rectum & General Surgery Singapore National Eye Centre Chairman, Medical Board and Senior Deputy Group CEO, Consultant, Gastroenterology & Research and Education, SingHealth Hepatology, Changi General Hospital Professor and Vice-Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School Dr David Lye Dr Chan Yew Weng Dr Yeo Jin Fei Assistant Master – Academic Affairs Censor-in-Chief Censor Director (from 14 June 2014) Director (from 14 June 2014) Director (from 11 June 2016) Director, Infectious Disease Research Senior Consultant, Associate Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial THE 2019-2020 COUNCIL and Training Office, Department of Anaesthesiology, Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National Centre for Infectious Diseases Singapore General Hospital National University of Singapore Senior Consultant, Senior Consultant, Oral & Maxillofacial Department of Infectious Diseases, Surgery, National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital National University Health System Dr Khoo Kei Siong Dr Goh Yaw Chong Assistant Master – Administrative Affairs Censor Director (from 16 June 2012) Director (from 9 June 2018) Deputy Medical Director and Senior General Surgeon, Goh Yaw Chong Surgery Consultant, Medical Oncology, Parkway Cancer Centre Dr Wong Chiang Yin Dr Ho Kok Sun Scribe Censor Director (from 20 June 2009) Director (from 27 July 2015) Public Health Physician in private sector Colorectal Surgeon, Ho Kok Sun Colorectal Clinic Service Pte Ltd APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS Dr Nelson Chua Dr Ng Kee Chong Dr Tan Yeh Hong President, College of Anaesthesiologists, President, College of Paediatrics and Child President, College of Surgeons, Singapore Singapore Health, Singapore