Held over two weekends, our first virtual Annual Scientific Meeting enabled us to interact with the medical fraternity online.
Mr. Melvin See Partner, Dentons Rodyk
Mr. Melvin See has a broad range of experience including employment, corporate and shareholder disputes, and insolvency matters. He also frequently advises doctors and healthcare institutions on regulatory matters and claims by patients. In the area of medical defense, he has appeared before the Singapore Medical Council Disciplinary Tribunal, civil courts of all levels and the Coroner’s Court.
Dr. Manish Taneja Interventional Radiologist
Dr. Manish has been practising as an endovascular interventionist since 1998. After completing his specialist training in UK, he went on to get dual accreditation with fellowships in vascular and interventional radiology and neurointerventional radiology/neurointerventional surgery from Canada and USA respectively. This gives him a unique perspective and experience in managing all vascular and image guided treatments. He performs cutting edge state-of-art endovascular treatments of stroke and other vascular diseases of the brain. He has special interest in treating stroke, cerebrovascular disease, brain aneurysms and vascular malformations. He has been proctoring cases in the region and internationally over the last 15 years on a regular basis.
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Dr. Vina Doshi Consultant Geriatric Physician
Dr. Vina Doshi is a strong proponent of community-based care for the elderly. She formed AgeWell ARTSZ Medical Group Pte Ltd in 2010 to set up several community based services for the elderly. Her interests are in the geriatric syndromes (acute confusion, dementia, falls, incontinence) as well as in geriatric rehabilitation and day rehabilitation services and heart failure in the elderly. One of her passions now in community based elderly care is in management of dementia (especially the behavioural aspects), nutrition in the elderly and most importantly, support and education for the caregivers.
Dr. Ong Sea Hing Cardiologist
Dr. Ong Sea Hing's area of subspecialty is in coronary artery angioplasty and stenting including complex coronary interventions.He also performs transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI). His passion is for holistic patient care as well as teaching and training and he has published numerous research papers including articles in high impact factor journals. He has been invited as faculty member of several Asia-Pacific regional conferences and has presented in international conferences including winning best cases in the TCT Best Challenging Cases competition.
Dr. Simon Chong is trained in procedures such as penile prosthesis implantation, various surgical techniques for Peyronie’s disease, phalloplasty and organ-preserving procedures for penile cancer. He is actively involved in Men’s Health and Andrology in Singapore where he has organized and lectured in GP and public forums, international conferences as well as practical courses for doctors. He is also actively involved in academia as well.
Dr. Joy Chan Ophthalmologist
Dr. Joy Chan is a skilled cataract surgeon and has vast experience with a broad range of cataract surgery techniques and new technology such as femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and computer-guided toric intraocular lens implantation. She has published extensively on a wide range of research topics, which include novel surgical techniques for treating eyelid laxity, novel Ophthalmic imaging techniques and rare eye conditions.
Dr. Paul Mok Otorhinolaryngologist
Dr. Paul Mok's main subspecialty interests are in voice, swallowing and obstructive sleep apnea, he also manages patients with general ENT conditions such as nasal allergies and sinus conditions, hearing loss, giddiness and diseases of the thyroid and salivary glands.
Dr. Asok Kurup Infectious Diseases Consultant
Dr. Asok Kurup has over 85 scientific publications and abstracts to his credit in peer-reviewed and is a regular reviewer of numerous professional and scientific publications. He continues to present his abstracts at major infectious diseases related scientific meetings locally and in the region. He also does community outreach and relief work and was at the forefront of infectious diseases outbreaks including the H1N1 pandemic, the Nipah virus outbreak and SARS pandemic.
