Nara Multidisciplinary approach for well-being

Speaker

Kwek Tong Kiat

Curriculum Vitae

NAME:Dr Kwek Tong Kiat

Dr Kwek is currently Senior Consultant in the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine and Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Clinical Development) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is Senior Consultant to the Ministry of Health where he is an advisor for the National Deceased Donor Programme in Singapore. His clinical interests include neuroanaesthesia, neurocritical care, general intensive care and deceased organ donation.

Dr Kwek is Assistant Dean (Admissions) and Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore.

He is a regular Examiner for the local Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) Part 1 and 2 examinations and External Examiner for the Primary Examination of the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists. He is an External Faculty and Examiner for the Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Program at the University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.

Current Appointments

  • Senior Consultant

    Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore

  • Assistant Dean, Admissions Adjunct Associate Professor

    Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Nanyang Technological University

  • Clinical Associate Professor

    Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore

  • Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Clinical Development)

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital

  • Senior Consultant, Ministry of Health, Singapore

    For the National Deceased Donor Programme

  • Chairman, Anaesthesiology Residency Advisory Committee

    Joint Committee on Specialist Training Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore

Qualifications

  • M.B.,B.S. (Singapore) – 1988
  • MMed (Anaes) (Singapore) – 1995
  • Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Mayo Clinic Rochester) (USA) – 1998-99
  • Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore – 2000

Involvement in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care:

  • Co-Director, Neurosurgical ICU, NNI – 2001 to 2004
  • Director, Neurosurgical ICU, TTSH – 2004 to 2007
  • Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Singapore) – Vice President (July 2001 to June 2003) and President (July 2003 to July 2005)
  • President, Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists – Nov 2015 to Aug 2017
  • External Invited Faculty for Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Program, University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (since 2006)

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