I am a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), with a clinical focus in neuro-oncology, haematological malignancies and high-precision techniques such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for metastatic disease. As Head of the Brain and Spine Programme, I lead multidisciplinary efforts to improve the care for neuro-oncology patients. My training includes fellowships in Sydney and Ottawa Cyberknife centre, making me one of the few Singaporeans with formal radiosurgery training. Having undergone proton training at Fred Hutch Cancer Centre, Seattle, I am able to use proton therapy for selected patients. With over 100 peer-reviewed publications and multiple research grants, I am actively involved in translational research and innovation, such as RNA therapeutics for glioblastoma, novel radiation friendly spine implants and the diagnosis and therapy of radiation necrosis. I also serve as an Adj Associate Professor at NUS, where I mentor residents and medical students. Passionate about education and global outreach, I have led regional contouring workshops and spoken at international forums to promote best practices in cancer care.

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Professor Dale Fisher is an Australian infectious diseases physician who first moved to the National University Hospital, in March 2003 during the SARS outbreak. He has had many leadership roles in international outbreak missions and outbreak response trainings in African and Asian countries. He was chair of the steering committee of WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (2018-2022). Additionally, he has supported many WHO guideline efforts and was one of 12 international technical experts who visited China in February 2020 to investigate the COVID-19 outbreak. In Singapore he is the Group chief of Medicine at National University Health Systems and leads many efforts for the Ministry of Health including chairing the National Infection Prevention and Control Committee (2014 - ongoing). He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and given almost 200 invited and plenary presentations at international conferences. Major topics include outbreak preparedness and response, infection prevention and control notably MRSA control, OPAT and melioidosis. He has many awards including Singapore’s National Outstanding Clinician Award, 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic he was significant in risk communications and community engagement co-creating a 38 part webinar series entitled COVID -19 updates from Singapore and 160 cartoon strips known as the COVID chronicles. He engaged the local and international media on 700 occasions through the pandemic. Internationally during the pandemic, he was on an advisory group to the WHO Director General and was approached by many countries and states for various pieces of advice. In Singapore he was on numerous committees for MoH looking at different aspects including the foreign worker dormitories, nursing homes, acute hospital measures and in regular dialogue with the health minister.

I completed my undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, graduating with distinction, and obtained my master’s in pharmacology with First Class Honours. I received my postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the National University Hospital, Singapore, and obtained my postgraduate qualifications from the Royal College of Physicians (UK).

 

I am currently a Consultant with the Department of Haematology-Oncology at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), and serve as the Education Director for the NUHS Medical Oncology Programme. My clinical and research interests are in Lung cancer and Neuro-oncology.

I am a clinician-scientist with a long track record in clinical and basic science research, whose main research goal is translational medicine through the development of technology that addresses the unmet need for faster and more accurate diagnostic testing for precision healthcare of Asian women. I have been actively pursuing technology for the isolation of cell-based fetal DNA non-invasively from maternal blood for prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormality. The technology has resulted in several patents, publications and interest from industry. I introduced and validated non-invasive prenatal testing/screening (NIPT/NIPS) using cell-free fetal DNA in the plasma fraction of maternal blood. This liquid biopsy assay is an excellent screening tool for the three common fetal trisomies (21, 18, 13) and is currently offered to pregnant women in Singapore and the region. My research team and I discovered and subsequently patented the biomarker haptoglobin, present within the ovarian cyst fluid (OCF), which is able to differentiate between benign ovarian tumours and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) with high diagnostic accuracy. We went on to develop and clinically validate an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit, OvaCis™, for rapid detection of haptoglobin in EOCs. The OvaCis™ kit is CE-marked and available commercially, takes five minutes to obtain results and is comparable to frozen section. Collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong has resulted in the development of an Asian-specific preeclampsia risk prediction model and clinical validation in currently underway to evaluate the efficacy, acceptability and safety of first-trimester screening and prevention preeclampsia complications with aspirin prophylaxis. Additionally, my research interest includes fetal medicine, therapy & immunology, origins of high-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary and stem cells.

Dr Marion Aw is a Senior Consultant in the Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, National University Health System. She is also an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and received her post-graduate paediatric training at the NUH. After completing her paediatric specialist training in Singapore, she spent 2 years with the Paediatric Liver Unit at King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Her MD thesis (University of London) is based on clinical and research work done whilst she was there. In 2004, she was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom. She is on the specialist register locally in both Paediatrics and Paediatric Gastroenterology. Dr Aw’s area of clinical expertise is in paediatric gastrointestinal disease, hepatology and liver transplantation. She is a member of the National Liver Transplant Program. She also has an interest in nutrition and feeding issues in children. This led her to start the Interdisciplinary Feeding and Nutrition Clinic at NUH in 2013, and she remains the clinical lead for the program. In 2017, she set up the Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Regional Network and is the Chair of its EXCO. Dr Aw has served as the Vice-President of the Singapore Paediatric Society (2013-2020), as well as in various leadership positions in the College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Treasurer, Vice-President, President). Most recently, Dr Aw was Chair of the Paediatric Gastroenterology Subcommittee for the Asia Pan Pacific Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2019-2023), In addition to clinical practice, Dr Aw is actively involved in the teaching and training of medical undergraduates and post-graduate paediatric doctors. She held various portfolios for the NUHS Graduate Medical Education Committee, including Chair of the Physician Health and Resilience Subcommittee, and was Program Director for Paediatric Residency Training. She has served as the Education Director for NUH, overseeing training for UG medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health students, as well as Assistant Dean (Education) for the Medical School. She is currently the Vice Dean (Students), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

I am currently practicing as a Senior Consultant in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, National University Hospital, Singapore which is mainly focused on High Risk Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine. I am a chief of Fetal Care Centre at National University Hospital, Singapore and in-charge of fetal therapy cases done at Fetal Care Centre. We perform over 3500 scan at Fetal Care Centre in each month and dealing with complex cases related to Maternal Fetal Medicine. My special interests are in the areas of prenatal diagnosis, antenatal ultrasound and Fetal therapy. In 2013, I received the NUHS Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Award as a Master Clinician. I was the President of the College of O&G, Singapore (COGS) from 2015 till 2017. In 2017, was awarded the prestigious National Outstanding Clinician Award by Singapore Govt.

Im holding the following positions:
1. Clinical Director of department of O&G.
2. Member and ex-Chairman of O&G Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) and Ministry of Health, Singapore (which is in charge of O&G Postgraduate training in Singapore)
3. Member of the Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore.