Professor Quek Swee Chye graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and proceeded on to specialist training in Paediatrics. He was awarded a medal for being the top candidate in the Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) examination. Prof Quek joined his alma mater as a full time faculty, contributing to teaching and research, in addition to full time clinical service. Prof Quek majors in the subspecialty of cardiology, and completed a fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, whilst on study leave from NUS. He was also awarded the Ministry of Health's Senior Clinician HMDP to pursue advanced training at the Boston Children's (Harvard University), and Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian (Columbia University).
Prof Quek heads the Division of Paediatric Cardiology in the National University Hospital (NUH), and his interests are heart disease in children (both congenital and acquired) and Kawasaki disease. In research, Prof Quek successfully defended his thesis leading to a Doctorate in Medicine. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and participated in many international conferences, both to present papers and as invited faculty. In recognition of his many contributions to cardiology, he was awarded Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology. Prof Quek is the only Singaporean and Asian to be accorded the honour of being a Council Member of the Adult Congenital and Paediatric Cardiology Section of the American College of Cardiology for an extended tenure over 3 terms. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (United Kingdom), Academy of Medicine and College of Paediatricians and Child Health, Singapore. In 2015, he was honored with the Singapore Cardiac Society Lectureship, and conferred the College of Paediatricians and Child Health Lectureship in 2024.
Prof Quek led many administrative and leadership roles such as Head of Medical Affairs (Clinical Governance), Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee and Clinical Directors' Committee at National University Hospital (NUH). He was Chairman of the Medical Board, National University Hospital, and Member, Executive Group of NUHS from 2016 to 2024. He also served on board the National Neuroscience Institute Health Research Endowment Fund (HREF) Board for 12 years, providing guidance and supporting initiatives which transform patient care. He was also a Director of the National University Health System Fund, and member of the NUH HREF Board of Trustees. He continues as a visiting senior consultant to the Ministry of Health, Singapore, and to the Health Promotion Board, Singapore.
For his immense contributions to healthcare, Professor Quek was awarded the inaugural Mochtar-Riady Pinnacle Award for Clinical Excellence by NUHS, and the National Medical Excellence Award by the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2013. In August 2022, he was conferred the prestigious National Day Award (PPA) by the President of Singapore, and the Covid Resilience Award and Public Administration Award in 2023 from the Ministry of Health, Singapore.
