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Strive for Excellence


1. National Medical Excellence Awards
2. Minister of Health Award
3. Young Investigators Award
4. Clinician Scientist Investigator Award
5. Clinician Scientist Award
6. Poster Awards
7. Oral Paper Awards
8. Lee Foundation - NHG Lifetime Achievement Award
9. NHG Distinguished Achievement Award
10. NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award
11. NHG Doctor's Award
12. NHG Small Innovative Grant and Researcher-Investigator-Scientist-Enabler Grant
13. College of Surgeons Gold Medal
14. Conferment of Singapore Medical Association Honorary Membership
15. David Horrobin Prize
16. SASS Foundation Award
17. Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement




1. National Medical Excellence Awards

 

2010

National Outstanding Clinician Award - Prof A Vathsala (Head and Senior Consultant, Nephrology)

National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award - Prof Wong Tien Yin (Senior Consultant, Dept of Ophthalmology)

 

2009

National Outstanding Clinician Award 2009 - Prof John Wong Eu Li

National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award 2009 - Prof Chew Chong Lin

National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award 2009 - Prof Low Poh Sim


2008

National Outstanding Clinician Award - Prof Yap Hui Kim (Head, Dept of Paediatrics)

National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award - Prof Lee Eng Hin (Head and Senior Consultant, Paediatrics Orthopaedics)

 



2. Minister of Health Award

 

2008

Dr Kao Shih Ling (Registrar, Dept of Medicine)

 



3. Young Investigators Award

 

2010

 

Clinical Research

Silver - Dr Huang Gaofeng (Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Haemotology-Oncology)

 

Basic Science Research / Translational Research

Bronze - Mr Ismail Muhammad Irfan (Student, Health Services Development Programme)

 

2009

Young Investigator Award, NHG Annual Scientific Congress 2009

Quality, Health Services Research 
Gold and Bronze - Dr Khoo Chin Meng (Consultant, Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC)

         


Clinical Research
Gold - Dr Reuben Wong (Associate Consultant, Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC)  

Silver - Dr Aung Lele (Senior Registrar, Dept of Paediatrics, UCMI)

Merit - Dr Soo Wern Miin (Registrar, Dept of Cardiac, NUHCS)

         


Basic Science/Translational 

Silver - Dr Citra Nurfarah Binte Zairu Mattar (Associate Consulatant, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology)

Merit - Assistant Prof Edmund Chiong (Consultant, Dept of Urology, USC)



Young Investigator Award, First Biennial Scientific Congress of the Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association in Seoul, Korea

Dr Kewin Siah (Medical Officer Trainee, UMC)


2008

Young Investigator Award at 16th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology

Dr Eric Chong, Registrar, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)


Singapore Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting Young Investigators' Award

Dr Chan Wan Xian, Registrar, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)


Young Investigator's Award* at the 42nd Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine

Dr Shenthilkumar, Registrar, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery


2007

NHG Young Investigator's Award

Gold - Dr Tarun Kumar Maheshwari, Research Assistant, Dept of Paediatrics

Bronze - Ms Lim Su Lin, Senior Manager, Dept of Dietetics


2006

Young Investigators Award at the Asia-Oceania Congress of Radiology

Dr Fiona Leung, Associate Consultant, Diagnostic Imaging


NHG Young Investigator's Award

Dr Peng Yeong Pin, Head, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery


 


4. Clinician Scientist Investigator Award

 

2010

Clinician-Investigator Award

Bronze - Dr Lee Guan Huei, Associate Consultant, University Medicine Cluster

Bronze - Dr Eric Khoo, Consultant, NUHCS


 

2007

Junior Clinician-Scientists Category

Dr Yong Wei Peng, Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)

Dr Tan Hao Yang, Associate Consultant, Dept of Psychological Medicine




5. Clinician Scientist Award

 

2010

5-year Senior Investigator category

Adjunt A/Prof Goh Boon Cher (Dept of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer
Institute, Singapore (NCIS), National University Health System)

 

3-year Investigator category

Dr Carolyn Lam (Associate Consultant, National University Heart Centre)

Dr Lawrence Lee (Academic Consultant, Dept of Infectious Disease)

A/Prof Lynette Shek (Senior Consultant, National University Children's Medical Institute)



2009

5-year Senior Investigator category

A/Prof Tai E Shyong (Senior Consultant, Division of Endocrinology, UMC)

A/Prof Mahesh Choolani (Senior Consultant, Dept of O&G)

 

3-year Investigator category

A/Prof Dan Yock Young (Consultant, Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC)




6. Poster Awards


2009

7th Singapore International Congress of O&G (SICOG)

Best Research Poster Presentation (Basic Science)

Dr Kothandaraman Narasimhan (Research Fellow)


2007

Singapore Clinical Quality Poster Competition

(Top award) - Dr Sophia Ang (Vice Chairman Medical Board and Senior Consultant, Anaesthesia) and her team


NHG Best Poster Award

Basic Science - Dr N Kothandaraman, Research Fellow, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Medicine/ Paediatrics - Dr Lee Li Ching, Registrar, Cardiac Dept


Best Poster Design Award at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists'58th Annual Conference

Dr Tony Woo (Consultant, Dept of Radiation Oncology & National University Cancer Institute, Singapore)


2006

MOH Clinical Quality Poster Competition

Dr Irwani Ibrahim, Consultant, Emergency


NHG Best Poster Award

Medicine/Paediatrics: Prof Ho Khek Yu, Chief, Medicine and Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology


Quality: Dr Chinnadurai Amutha, Associate Consultant, Department of Neonatology




7. Oral Paper Awards


2009

7th Singapore International Congress of O&G (SICOG)

Best Obstetrics Oral Presentation - Dr Su Lin Lin (Consultant)

Best Oral Presentation (Basic Science) - Dr Citra Nurfarah Mattar (Associate Consultant)

Best Gynaecology Oral Presentation - Liu Lin (Postgraduate Student)


2007

NHG Best Oral Paper Award

Surgical - Dr Wu Pang Hung, House Officer, Division of Neurosurgery, Dept of Surgery


2006

NHG Best Oral Paper Award

Allied Health: Ms Lim Su Lin, Senior Manager, Dietetics

Medicine/Paediatrics: Dr Niduvaje Krishnamoorthy, Associate Consultant, Dept. of Neonatology




8. Lee Foundation - NHG Lifetime Achievement Award


2009

Prof Chew Chong Lin (Director, Div of Dental Studies, FoD)


2008

Prof Lee Eng Hin, Head and Senior Consultant, Paediatrics Orthopaedics


2006

Professor Lenny Tan, Emeritus Consultant, Diagnostic Imaging





9. NHG Distinguished Achievement Award


2008

Dr Tyrone Goh (Director, Operations, University Children's Medical Institute)




10. NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award


2008

Dr Sophia Ang (Vice Chairman Medical Board and Senior Consultant, Anaesthesia)

 

2007

1) Adjunct A/Prof Tan Huay Cheem, Director, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)

2) Dr James Yip Wei Luen, Senior Consultant, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)

3) Dennie Hsu, Deputy Director, Clinical Support Services

4) Wu Tuck Seng, Deputy Director, Clinical Support Services, Pharmacy Dept.




11. NHG Doctor's Award

 

2009

Gold - Dr Dan Yock Young, Consultant, Dept of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Silver - Adjunct A/Prof Leonard Ang, Dept of Ophthalmology

 

2007

Gold - Dr Dan Yock Young, Consultant, Dept of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Bronze - Dr K Niduvaje, Associate Consultant, Dept of Neonatology

A/Prof Ho Khek Yu, Chief, Medicine and Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology




12. NHG Small Innovative Grant and Researcher-Investigator-Scientist-Enabler Grant

 

2008

Dr Alvin Wong Seng Cheong, Senior Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)

Dr Wong Chiung Ing, Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)

Dr Tan Sing Huang, Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)

Dr Chin Tan Min, Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)




13. College of Surgeons Gold Medal


2008

Dr Tan Chyn Hong, Associate Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgery)

Dr Ong Yew Kwang, Associate Consultant, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery)

 



14. Conferment of Singapore Medical Association Honorary Membership


2008

Emeritus Consultant Professor Chia Boon Lock, Senior Consultant, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)




15. David Horrobin Prize

 

2007

A/Prof Erle Lim, Senior Consultant, Dept of Medicine

Dr Raymond Seet, Associate Consultant, Dept of Medicine

 


16. SASS Foundation Award

 

2010

Prof John Wong, Deputy Chief Executive

 

17. Inaugural Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement 

 

2010

Dr Ng Chew Lip, Resident, Transitional Year