Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Head of Surgery at National University Hospital (NUH) and Senior Consultant at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, A/Prof Asim Shabbir (NUS Medicine). At Alexandra Hospital, he oversees general surgery as well. At NUH in Singapore, he finished his basic and advanced surgical training. He received fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Specialist Accreditation Board recognised him as a surgical specialist in 2007. He completed a clinical fellowship in 2009 at the Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea, with a focus on laparoscopic surgery for stomach cancer. He received a Fellowship in 2010 after completing his bariatric and metabolic surgery training at Eda Hospital, I Shou University Kaohsiung, Taiwan. View Profile

A/Prof Mikael Hartman, who is originally from Stockholm, Sweden and trained at the Karolinska Institute, has been in practise in Singapore since 2009. He also obtained his general surgery board certification from there in 2005. He earned his doctorate in epidemiology in 2007, and his areas of expertise include breast cancer aetiology and prognostification as well as cancer prognosis inheritance. In 2002 and 2006, he shared the Breast Cancer Concept Award given by the US Army. He is heading the establishment of the Singapore Breast Cancer Cohort, the Singapore-Malaysia Breast Cancer Working Group, and the Breast Cancer Prevention Program at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. He also directs a research group with more than 10 individuals, including three PhD candidates (SSHSPH). Breast Cancer Research, British Journal of Surgery, European Journal of Cancer, Lancet Oncology, and other journals have all published the research. He holds the positions of Head of the Surgical Clinical Epidemiology Unit at NUHS, Deputy Head of Breast Services in the Department of Surgery at NUH, Research Director of the University Surgical Cluster Research Committee at NUHS, Deputy Director of the Initiative for Research and Innovation in Surgery at NUHS, and Member of the SSHSPH Senior Management Committee and Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee. View Profile

From the University of Bristol in the UK, Asst Prof Chua Wei Jin graduated in 1997. In 2001 and 2003, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Master of Medicine, Surgery (Singapore) awarded him their separate specialisation degrees in surgery. He finished his advanced specialised training in urology in 2006, and as of right now, he serves as the department of urology at the National University Hospital's Senior Consultant, Clinical Director, and Director of Endourology. At the National University of Singapore, he is also an assistant professor. Atty. Prof. Chua Wei Jin earned his degree from the University of Bristol in 1997. In 2001 and 2003, respectively, he earned his specialised degrees in surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Master of Medicine, Surgery (Singapore). He finished his advanced training as a urology specialist in 2006, and he is now a senior consultant, clinical director, and director of endourology in the urology department at the National University Hospital. At Singapore's National University, he is also an assistant professor. View Profile

In 2000, Dr. Bettina Lieske received her degree from Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. She later completed her research at Friedrich Schiller University, earning a doctorate in medicine in 2003, before beginning her surgical training in the UK. She finished both her higher surgical training and her basic surgical training in the UK. She received the FRCS in 2010 and the Certificate of Completion of Study in 2011 after completing her last year of training at the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Oxford University Hospital. She became interested in medical education while training as a surgeon. After receiving an Oxford Educational Fellowship and a Diploma in Medical Education (Dundee) in 2008, she went on to get an MA in Clinical Education in 2011. Dr. Bettina took a break from her Singaporean practise in 2014 and spent three months in Basingstoke, UK, at the National Centre for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. She received training in the technique known as ""Cytoreductive Surgery with Heated Intra-Peritoneal Chemotherapy,"" and she is now authorised to practise it in Singapore. View Profile

Dr. Dennis Hey is a Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon at the National University Hospital's (NUH) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Founding Director of Alexandra Hospital's Motion-preserving and Minimally-invasive Spine Unit (MMSU), Singapore's first themed spine unit. He also works as a research director at the National University of Singapore's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and an assistant professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSoM) (NUS). Throughout his early career, Dr. Hey obtained thorough spinal training from more than 20 regional spine surgeons in Singapore. Then, to receive more extensive training and exposure, he set aside time to go to more than 25 prominent spine clinics in China, Japan, South Korea, India, France, Germany, and the United States. View Profile

Prof. James Hui is an expert in both general orthopaedics and the care of orthopaedic issues in children. His special interests include the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of neuromuscular conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and Muscular Dystrophy as well as musculoskeletal issues that affect infants and children, such as foot deformities, spinal deformities, limb length discrepancies, and hip dysplasia and dislocation. At the National University of Singapore, Prof. Hui earned his medical degree. He then finished his training in surgery and orthopaedics at the National University Hospital in Singapore. He completed a child orthopaedic fellowship in Australia and has training as a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. At NUS, Prof. Hui is actively involved in both undergraduate and graduate instruction. He belongs to many professional organisations, including the Singapore Medical Association, the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, and the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Research in both clinical and fundamental sciences is vigorously pursued by Prof. Hui. View Profile