Mr MUHAMMAD FAIZ Ajum Piperdy

Singapore Civil Defence Force,
Singapore

Muhammad Faiz Ajum Piperdy is a senior paramedic with over 25 years of service in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering with Paramedicine from SUSS. He has led medical response efforts for major events and participated in international relief missions. His contributions to trauma care, mass casualty management, and EMS education has strengthened emergency preparedness and response capabilities. Recognized with awards such as the MHA Star Service Award and Healthcare Humanity Award, he remains committed to advancing SCDF’s operations and mentoring the next generation of emergency responders.

Mr Desmond GOH

National University Hospital,
Singapore

Desmond Goh is an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) in the Emergency Medicine Department (EMD) at the National University Hospital (NUH). With 14 years of nursing experience, he has actively contributed to both departmental as well as hospital-wide nursing initiatives and projects. Desmond demonstrates a strong passion towards care transformation and advocates for the empowerment of nurses to assume greater roles in clinical care delivery. He also has a growing interest in nursing research.

Currently, Desmond is focused on integrating APNs as core members of the emergency observational medicine unit. With expertise in conducting comprehensive clinical assessments and developing treatment plans in collaboration with physicians, he is deeply committed to providing holistic

patient care through health education and empowering patients and their families.

Dr Andrew LI Yunkai

Woodlands Health Campus
Singapore

Dr. Andrew Li Yunkai is a Senior Consultant at Woodlands Health Campus, specialising in Respiratory and Critical Care. He has been serving as Chief Respiratory Service in the Department of Medicine at Woodlands since 2020. In addition, Dr Andrew has been actively involved in the healthcare digital health initiatives since 2018, particularly in the roll-out and implementation of EPIC in NUHS and NHG. He currently serves as the deputy chief medical informatics officer at Woodlands as well as the NHG Cluster lead for the Analytics & Research Informatics Services (ARIS) group. His subspecialty interest resides in critical care medicine, interstitial lung disease and airway diseases. He is actively involved in medical research and clinical education, garnering multiple awards including the Special Recognition award in 2016 and 2019, the Resident Mentor Award in 2018 and the APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Award in 2019.

Clin Asst Prof Shanaz Matthew Sajeed

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Shanaz is a dually accredited Emergency and Intensive Care physician practicing at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital ICU. He chairs the hospital’s life support committee and is actively involved in the crafting and governance of the hospital’s resuscitation protocols. He is also actively involved in education and is Director of the Simulation & Clinical Education Centre at NTFGH.

Dr SIM Hui Wen

National University Heart Centre, Singapore

Dr Sim Hui Wen currently works at an interventional consultant cardiologist in National University Heart Centre and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore. She currently serves as the director of the invasive cardiovascular lab. She is also the designated research director of Ng Teng Fong General Hospital’s Cardiology Division. She has received educational grants and is the PI & site PI of several multicentre clinical trials and registries. Dr Sim has a special interest in women’s heart disease and ischemia/angina in non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

Dr KUAN Win Sen

National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Kuan Win Sen is Senior Consultant and Research Director at the Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Research Officer at the NUHS Value Driven Office; and Council Member for the College of Emergency Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. His research interests are in sepsis, emergency critical care, MedTech and value-based healthcare. Dr Kuan has contributed 120 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of several steering committees locally and internationally. He regularly facilitates at evidence-based medicine workshops and advanced life support courses.

Adj Asst Professor Amanda ZAIN

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), Singapore

Dr Amanda Zain is the Deputy Director at the Centre for Sustainable Medicine and Assistant Dean of Sustainability at NUS Medicine. A paediatric consultant at the Children’s Emergency at National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, Amanda obtained her MBBS and Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) at NUS and completed her paediatrics training at NUH. She is also a clinical tutor for medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate students at NUS Medicine, teaching in general and emergency paediatrics, climate and health, and sustainable healthcare. She leads the Green QI module of the NUH Residency Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Distinction Programme (QIPS), and has been involved in various healthcare sustainability projects. She has a special interest in the implementation of sustainable inhaler prescribing.

Dr WONG Ern Yoong Christopher

Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore

Dr Wong has been practicing Emergency Medicine since entering it as a trainee in 1996. He did a stint in Paediatric Emergency Medicine in his early days of practice. He moved to Australia in 2005, for a less pressured learning environment for his then young daughters. He returned recently to the land of his birth, Singapore, to be part of the adventure of starting a new department that is Woodlands Health Emergency Department. That is where he presently practices.

Dr Wong is an obvious tennis enthusiast; And he literally almost died playing that game – That story he will be sharing.

Prof YIP Chee Chew

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Yip is the Immediate-Past Educator Director and Senior Consultant at Yishun Health Campus, and Head, Oculoplastics Service, National Healthcare Group (NHG) Eye Institute.

He obtained a Master degree in Health Professional Education from Maastricht University in 2020 with Cum Laude designation. His accolades include the Dean’s award for Teaching Excellence (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024) and Special Recognition Award as a role model (2016, 2021) from National University of Singapore, NHG Education Award (2020) and Nanyang Technological University Honoured Faculty Award (2021).

He has an interest in cognition-enhanced learning such as mental rehearsal and cognitive load modulation to improve teaching and learning.

Adj Asst Professor WONG Chen Seong

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Adjunct Assistant Professor Wong Chen Seong is a Senior Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is Director of the National HIV Programme, and the Head of the National HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Division of the Interim Communicable Diseases Agency, Ministry of Health. He is actively involved in HIV clinical care and research, with interests in the socio-behavioural determinants of HIV/STI, HIV/STI prevention, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), innovations in HIV service delivery such as telemedicine, as well as HIV and ageing and co-morbidity. Dr. Wong is also the lead clinician providing ID services to Singapore Prison Services.

Dr Guadalupe Cara VIEGELMANN

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Dr. Viegelmann is a Consultant in the Department of Paediatric Medicine at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). She is currently the Director of the Complex Care and Homecare Service, where she cares for and treats children with medical complexity and multiple co-morbidities. She earned her BSc in Pharmacy from the University of the Philippines, after which she graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from Duke NUS Medical school. She obtained her specialist accreditation upon successful completion of her Paediatric Residency training in 2018, and became heavily involved in medical education. She is also a representative at the Patient Education Council at KKH.

Dr Sorin TAUS FINDER

Radiometer Medical, Spain

2003: MD degree issued by Transylvania University School of Medicine
2003-2007: Internship in OB-GYN medical specialty
February 2007-December 2007: MD at Nuevo Parque Hospital Madrid, Spain
Additional certified training in the acute respiratory failure patient management including NIV.
December 2007-April 2018: POCT Project coordinator at Radiometer Ibérica, Madrid, Spain
April 2018-June 2021: Freelance Medical Consultant working with several international companies.
June 2021-July 2024: Senior Clinical Specialist Radiometer Medical (LATAM)
July 2024 onward: Senior Clinical Support Manager Radiometer Medical

Dr Mohite SHARAD Arvindrao

National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Sharad completed advanced specialist training in Paediatrics Medicine at the National University Hospital, Singapore and obtained accreditation as Specialist in Paediatrics. He was awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award (AMDA) in 2012. He completed Clinical fellowship in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM Fellowship) at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. He has special interest in the use of Ultrasonography as well as pain management in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. He is involved in teaching as well as training of residents, fellows and colleagues in Paediatric emergency. He has been invited as faculty at various national and international courses on ultrasonography in Paediatrics.

Ms RATNASARI Yawieriin

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

Ms Ratnasari has over 12 years of services dedicated in emergency Nursing. She started her nursing career by earning an Accelerated Diploma in Nursing from Nanyang Polytechnic, obtained her Advanced diploma in Emergency Nursing and completed her bachelor’s in nursing from La Trobe University in 2014.

With strong passion in Quality improvement and patient safety, she facilitates department Nursing Kaizens and 5S projects which are presented at both local and international conferences.

Recognized for her dedication, Ratna is appointed as a member of KTPH Patient Safety collaboration workgroup since 2020 and member of Kaizen Faculty in 2024.

Mr Darrell QUEK

MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore

Darrell Quek is an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI Accredited Mediator Level 3) and an Associate Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (“SMC”). He has experience mediating matters at the State Courts Small Claims Tribunal, the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management and various schemes administered by SMC. Darrell is presently with MOH Holdings Healthcare Mediation Unit as Head, Healthcare Mediation Unit, where he promotes the use of mediation to resolve disputes between patients and healthcare institutions. He offers independent support and advice to help patients, their families, and healthcare professionals resolve disagreements about medical care. He also customizes and conducts mediation, conflict de-escalation, and communications training for healthcare professionals.

Dr Joy QUAH Li Juan

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Joy Quah is an emergency medicine consultant at Singapore General Hospital. Her subspeciality is in disaster and humanitarian medicine, and she obtained a Master of Science in Disaster Medicine from CRIMEDIM in 2021. Her other interest is in innovation and technology in healthcare. She has participated in emergency department projects, such as designing a self-assist triage machine, implementing a telehealth consultation service, using computational modelling for rostering as well as casualty regulation using AI in mass casualty disaster scenarios. The CAPE project is a venture into using AI to enhance clinical decision making in the ED.

Dr NORHISHAM bin Main

National University Health System, Singapore

Dr Norhisham bin Main is the Cluster Clinical Lead, Supportive and Palliative Care, at National University Health System; and Head of Division and Senior Consultant at the Division of Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He serves as the current chairman of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine of the College of Physicians at the Academy of Medicine Singapore. Dr Norhisham is also President of the Muslim Healthcare Professionals Association, dedicated to building a network of healthcare professionals who practice medicine guided by Islamic principles. Dr Norhisham has supported the Singapore Hospice Council as a council member from 2016 to 2022 and continues to offer his time and expertise as a valued consultant to the organisation. With more than 10 years of experience in the palliative care field, Dr Norhisham has intimate knowledge of the growth of palliative care in Singapore.

Dr NG Wei Xiang

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Dr Ng Wei Xiang graduated from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2010. He obtained his Masters Of Medicine (Emergency Medicine) in 2015 and was accredited as a specialist in Emergency Medicine in 2017. Dr Ng currently practices in the Emergency Department of Tan Tock Seng Hospital as a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and is the Programme Director for NHG Emergency Medicine Residency. He has a special interest in Emergency Critical Care and believes in pushing the boundaries of the care of the critically ill and injured who present to the ED.

Clin Asst Prof Louis NG

DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Clinical Assistant Professor (Duke-NUS) Louis Ng is a consultant anaesthetist and intensivist from Singapore. He obtained his Masters in Anesthesiology (Singapore) in 2012 and is a fellow with the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthesia (ANZCA) since 2017. He is the Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and leads the Special Blood Services (SBS) in Changi General Hospital Operating Theatre. He also chairs the hospital’s Blood Transfusion Committee and rolled out the hybrid massive transfusion protocol after successfully introducing Viscoelastic-Haemostatic Assay (VHA) guided hemostatic resuscitation to the hospital. He has also recently taken on the role as the Lead for Trauma Task Force in his current hospital to enhance Trauma care in South-Eastern Trauma Cluster. His clinical interests include trauma, emergency preparedness, peri-operative blood management, ECMO, liver failure, complex and chronic ventilation. He is the clinical lead for in-situ high stakes and high-fidelity simulation program in SICU.

Prof NG Kee Chong

Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Professor Ng Kee Chong is the CEO of CGH, Dy Group CMB (Disease Outbreak & Preparedness) Singhealth and the lead for Singhealth SGEMT

Dr Raj MENON

National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Raj Menon is currently the Head of the Trauma Service in NUH, and the Centre Director for the National University Centre for Trauma.

He also serves as the Associate Chair, Medical Board for NUH and is the Director of Clinical Services for the Department of Surgery and the Surgical High Dependency Unit.

A Trauma and Vascular Surgeon, Dr Menon completed his undergraduate training at the National University of Singapore and embarked on specialist training in General Surgery with the Department of Surgery, NUH. He completed his fellowship exams with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and further trained in Trauma and Vascular Surgery.

He is currently also the Director of the National Trauma Unit with the Ministry of Health and has been appointed as the President of the Asian Collaboration of Trauma, an international society of Asia’s various trauma societies for 2025/2026.

Asst Prof Ian MATHEWS

National University Health System, Singapore

Assistant Professor Ian Mathews is an Emergency Medicine Physician at the National University Health System (NUHS) and the co-chair of the Kent Ridge Office of Innovation (KROI), where he leads healthcare innovation initiatives, driving projects that integrate advanced technologies and digital health solutions to improve patient care and medical research.

His entrepreneurial journey began after completing the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship in 2017, and now advises various startups in the medical innovation space.

Ian holds a Master’s degree in Emergency Medicine and an MBBS from the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he continues to contribute to medical education and digital health innovation.

With an avid interest in Global Health, Ian firmly believes that technological solutions can provide access and help reduce inequity in global healthcare delivery.

Ms Haryani binte MAHMOOD

National University Hospital System, Singapore

Haryani is a dedicated nurse educator with over 16 years of clinical experience in emergency nursing. Her passion is in fostering a dynamic learning environment for nursing students and practicing nurses. She is committed to integrate evidence-based practice into curriculum, utilizing simulation-based learning and interprofessional collaboration to prepare and ensure nurses are well-equipped to provide high-quality care in critical situations.

Dr Nathasha LUKE

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr Nathasha Luke is a Lecturer at the Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore, and a Resident Physician at Ng Teng Fong Hospital, Singapore. She is a clinician, educator, and researcher. She teaches undergraduate students in Medicine, Pharmacy, and Life sciences. She has multiple scientific publications in leading medical journals. She takes a lead role in Medical Education research and her key research interest is in artificial intelligence in medical education.

Dr Nicolas LIM

Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore

Nicolas Lim is an Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine consultant working out of Woodlands Health in Singapore. He completed training in the Republic of Ireland and worked as an Intensive Care Medicine consultant in University College Hospital Galway before coming back to Singapore in 2022. He has completed fellowships in Point of care ultrasound, resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine. He teaches and lectures on ultrasound internationally and is particularly interested in remote instruction, curriculum development and faculty development. In his spare time, he travels around the world to fish in the most exotic destinations.

Ms Jasmine LIM

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

Jasmine has been practicing as an Advanced Practice Nurse at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Her clinical focus and area of interest includes sepsis management and critical care within the Emergency Department.

As an Advanced Practice Nurse, Jasmine has actively contributed to the improvement of clinical protocols and patient outcomes, especially in the management of sepsis—a leading cause of mortality in the critically ill.
Her work focuses on optimising care delivery and enhancing patient safety through evidence-based practices and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Dr Ernest LIM

Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore

Dr Ernest Lim is a Consultant Emergency Physician working at Woodlands Health. He graduated from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and completed his residency training at TTSH in 2017. He has done his HMDP training in ultrasound in Taiwan and has a keen interest in this field.

Dr LI Jiahui

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Dr Li Jiahui is head and senior consultant of the paediatric infectious disease service in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore. In her talk, she will explore various trends in antibiotic prescription in the paediatric emergency room, briefly touch on point of care tests that have helped guide management and antibiotic prescription in recent years, and lastly, updates on paediatric sepsis as well as the changing landscape of respiratory pathogens post-COVID-19.

Dr Patrick LEUNG

Queen Elizabeth Hospital of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dr Leung Sai Choi, Patrick graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1997. He obtained his Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine (HKCEM) in 2005. He has special interest in Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) and got his Master degree of Clinical Gerontology of Chinese University in Hong Kong in 2020. He is the Chairman of the subcommittee of GEM of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine since 2018 and joined the Special Interest Group of International federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM) since 2019. Dr Leung is now the Consultant of the Accident and Emergency Department in Queen Elizabeth Hospital of Hong Kong and is a part time lecturer of the Accident and Emergency Academic Unit of CUHK.

Dr Jean LEE

Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Jean Lee is a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH). She is passionate in initiatives focused on empowering the elderly with their health management and overall wellbeing.
As Director of the new Department of Transitional Care and Community Medicine at Sengkang General Hospital, she is responsible for overseeing the development and progression of Transitional care and Community Medicine programs to right site health services and focus on upstream preventive measures to bring about optimal social and physical health management of patients in the community.
She believes firmly in addressing the social determinants of health by connecting social care services to the patient care journey and forming the requisite partnerships.
She has won and led Agency of Integrated Care and Singhealth’s Population health Development Funded Nursing Home projects and has done stellar work with the Nursing Homes (NH) in the northeastern region of Singapore.

Dr Ranjeev KUMAR

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

Dr Ranjeev Kumar works as Senior Consultant in the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Emergency Department, where he serves as the clinical lead for Geriatric and Palliative Emergency Medicine. He completed his fellowship in GeriEM at the University of Toronto in 2023 and is currently Vice Chair of the Section of Geriatric EM, College of Emergency Physicians. In addition, he is the ED lead for KTPH@Home, an initiative to manage patients in the comfort of their homes. He will share with us his insights on this program today.

Dr Kelvin KUAN Kaibin

Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Kelvin Kuan is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH) and clinical assistant professor with the Duke-NUS medical school. Dr Kuan completed his specialist training in 2015 and trained as a clinical toxicologist with Austin Health and the Victorian Poisons Information Centre. He is a clinical toxicologist with the Singhealth Toxicology Service, providing expert consultation and advice for acute poisonings.

Dr Stephanie KO

National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Stephanie Ko is a Consultant in Advanced Internal Medicine at the National University Hospital and at NUHS@Home, the hospital-at-home program in NUHS. She pursued her Masters of Public Health degree in the prestigious Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health in 2017. Her areas of clinical and research interest include the development and evaluation of new care delivery models, including hospital-at-home models and telehealth enabled programmes. She is one of the founders of NUHS@Home in 2020, and is currently the Lead of NUHS@Home as it scales up over the next few years. She is also an affiliate at the Behavioral and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), National University of Singapore as her work has been primarily exploring alternatives to existing healthcare models, and straddles both implementation and the evaluation of the implementation of these care models.

Mr Haizad IMRAN

Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Dedicated and compassionate Community Psychiatric Nurse with 15 years of experience providing holistic care to individuals with mental health conditions. Currently working in the Mobile Crisis Team, collaborating with counsellors and doctors to deliver timely support to community members in need.

Adj A/Prof HENG Wei Jian Kenneth

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Dr Kenneth Heng is a senior consultant at the Emergency Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was the Life Support Chairman of the hospital. He has had training stints in the Medical College of Wisconsin, USA and The Alfred, Melbourne. As part of education work, he has a Masters in Health Professions Education. His extracurricular interests include tennis, sprinting and, lately, the more sedate pickleball.

A/Prof Rick GOH

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Associate Professor (Adj.) Rick Goh is Director of Computing & Intelligence at A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Associate Professor (Adj.) at Duke-NUS Medical School, Co-Director of A*STAR-EVYD Joint Lab, Senior Principal Investigator (Adj.) at Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), and Co-Director of SERI-IHPC Joint Lab. He co-organised the inaugural AI Health Summit in 2022 with SingHealth and Ministry of Health. Rick has co-authored 150+ peer-reviewed papers in renowned clinical journals such as Nature Aging, Nature Genetics, The Lancet Digital Health, and other top-tier AI and computing journals and conferences such as Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Communications, IEEE TPAMI, TNNLS, TPDS, Computers, Cybernetics, Transactions on Medical Imaging, Medical Image Analysis, CVPR, CACM, AAAI, IJCAI, MICCAI, and Supercomputing Conference (SC). He has recently secured multiple highly-competitive AI Singapore Tech Challenges and Grand Challenge grants, received best paper awards, Healthcare AI project awards, and has been recognised with a National Award (COVID-19) Commendation Medal.

Mr Edmund CHEONG Zhi Yang

Singapore Civil Defence Force,
Singapore

Edmund is a Staff Officer for Community Management at SCDF’s Volunteer and Community Partnership Department. He took on the role of Product Owner for the new MyResponder app, which was recently launched at the SCDF Workplan Seminar on 4 July 2024, providing over 190,000 responders with an enhanced tool for emergency response. He also led the revamp of the Responders Plus Programme, SCDF’s emergency preparedness training programme, which equips learners with core lifesaving skills, namely First Aid, CPR-AED, and Fire Fighting.

Dr Shahridan FATHIL

Gleneagles Hospital Johor,
Malaysia

Dr Shahridan bin Mohd Fathil obtained his MBBS from the University of Malaya in 1996. He underwent anaesthesia training initially in Malaysia, and then Ireland and England. He has also completed a Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship in Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was appointed as a consultant and later senior consultant with Alexandria Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore for nearly six years until April 2017. He was also appointed as clinical senior lecturer with NUS Yoong Loo Lin School of Medicine and was the trainer for the basic and advanced regional anaesthesia modules of the NUHS Anaesthesiology Residency at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He is a consultant anaesthesiologist in Gleneagles Hospital Medini Johor, Malaysia. His passions are ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia and point-of-care ultrasound. He was the Past Convenor for the Special Interest Group in Regional Anaesthesia (SIGRA), College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia and is the member of the executive committee of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and also the Past President for the Society of Critical and Emergency Sonography, Malaysia. He has been on humanitarian relief work in post-natural and complex disaster missions in Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Iraq and Bangladesh as well as quality assurance relief work in Malawi.

Mr Edmund CHEONG Zhi Yang

Singapore Civil Defence Force,
Singapore

Edmund is a Staff Officer for Community Management at SCDF’s Volunteer and Community Partnership Department. He took on the role of Product Owner for the new MyResponder app, which was recently launched at the SCDF Workplan Seminar on 4 July 2024, providing over 190,000 responders with an enhanced tool for emergency response. He also led the revamp of the Responders Plus Programme, SCDF’s emergency preparedness training programme, which equips learners with core lifesaving skills, namely First Aid, CPR-AED, and Fire Fighting.

Dr Hope ANG

Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore

Dr Hope Ang is a Consultant Anaesthesiologist in Tan Tock Seng Hospital and is Head of the Acute Pain Service. He has special interests in Regional Anaesthesia as well as Chronic Pain management. Dr Ang is a member of the Regional Anaesthesia Mobile Block (RAMBO) Service in TTSH, performing nerve blocks to manage acute pain, as well as to facilitate surgery in the perioperative setting. Dr Ang believes timely and appropriate pain relief for patients in the acute care setting is important to improve the quality of clinical care. As a Clinical Lecturer and EnRICH Clinical Mentor at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, as well as Adjunct Clinical Teacher at the NUS Lee Kong Chien School of Medicine, Dr Ang also contributes actively to clinical education and is mentor to Residents in the NHG Anaesthesiology Residency Programme.

Prof Brett WILLIAMS

Monash University,
Australia

• Professor of Paramedicine and founding Director of International Engagement for the School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. He is committed to professionalising paramedicine, and building capacity for paramedics and allied health personnel internationally.
• Brett is Professor of Paramedicine and founding Director of International Engagement for the School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University.  Brett has been an academic leader in paramedicine educational research, scholarship and mentorship for over 20 years.  Brett has won numerous national university teaching awards and has published 340 peer-reviewed publications, over 11,000 citations, presented conference work over 190 times, 20 book chapters and co-edited 3 textbooks. He is committed to professionalising paramedicine, and building capacity for paramedics and allied health personnel internationally.  He has supervised 14 PhDs to timely completion and is currently supervising 10 PhD students

A/Prof Patrick SC LEUNG

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital,
Hong Kong

As a dual fellow in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Dr. Leung is currently serving as Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the Out-patient Centre of the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Previously he worked for The University of Hong Kong as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Practice, and the subject coordinator in Emergency Medicine for undergraduate medical students. His clinical interests are clinical toxicology, resuscitation, critical care, focused ultrasound imaging, and exploration of any medical innovations. After transition to private practice, he continues to contribute to medical education and research in the capacity of honorary staff of The University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof Franz BABL

University of Melbourne,
Australia

Professor Franz Babl is the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Melbourne and a paediatric emergency physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne Australia. He is the head of emergency research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia.

His research focus is on pragmatic clinical research questions affecting children across emergency departments and other acute care settings. He conducts most research in multi-centre randomized controlled trials and large observational studies via PREDICT, the paediatric emergency research network in Australia and New Zealand, and PERN, a global collaboration of emergency research networks.

He has sourced >$60 million in grant funding and published >400 peer-reviewed papers.

Prof Salvatore DI SOMMA

University “La Sapienza”, Italy

Professor Salvatore Di Somma is a Clinical cardiologist and Internist and Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome Italy; where he is the scientific Director of Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine at Faculty of Medicine and Psychology University or Rome La Sapienza Rome Italy. From 2000 until 2016 Prof Di Somma has been Director of Department of Emergency Medicine, Sant’ Andrea Hospital Rome, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. and from 2017 until 2023 director of Community Health system and Telemedicine University Programme, Latina- Polo Pontino University of Rome Sapienza.

He is also visiting Scholar Professor in Emergency Medicine at UCSD Health Center UCSD USA and Expert Professor at the Department of Medicine Lund University Sweden.

Prof. Di Somma has published more than 300 papers in the field of acute cardiac care, cardiology and Emergency Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine and of Translational Medicine Section in The Journal “Medicina” and President of GREAT Global Research on Acute Conditions Team, the Academic Research and Educational Organization http://www.greatnetwork.org/int/ gathering experts operating in the management of acute clinical conditions in the field of Emergency Medicine and Cardiology in 78 countries Worldwide. Moreover, is President of GREAT Network Italy.

He is also the founder of a Great Health Science a Start up in Innovation in Medicine.

He is also considered a worldwide expert in Heart failure and Utility of Biomarkers and New Technology innovations in Acute Diseases. Moreover, he is the Chairman of Scientific committee of the Italian Association of patients with Heart failure (AISC), member of ACCA ESC working group of Acute Heart Failure, Directive Council Member of Italian Association of Heart Failure (ITAHFA) and of World Academy of Emergency Medicine (WACEM).

A/ Prof Salvatore BABONES

University of Sydney,
Australia

A/Prof Salvatore Babones is a quantitative comparative sociologist whose current research focuses on the political sociology of democracy. In the past, he has also published on economic development in post-socialist transition economies and quantitative methods for cross-national comparisons. He is the author or editor of fourteen books and several dozen academic research articles. He writes extensively on public policy issues and is a widely-cited commentator on Australian higher education. His short book The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts was named “Best on Politics 2018” by the Wall Street Journal. He is currently researching a book on Indian democracy.

Mr Adam GOODCOFF

MedFluencers,
USA

• As the founder and CEO of MedFluencers, I lead the first and largest HCP Influencer social media marketing agency that helps healthcare brands communicate their message through compliance-trained influencers with highly targeted niche audiences. I have over 8 years of experience in creating and managing engaging medical education content for millions of followers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
• In addition to my role at MedFluencers, I am also an emergency medicine physician who completed my residency at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2023. I currently work as an attending physician, where I apply my skills and knowledge to provide quality care for patients in critical situations. I am passionate about medical education, social media, and digital marketing, and I aim to leverage these domains to improve health literacy and outcomes for the public.

Dr James Alford FLIPPIN

OSF Healthcare, United States

Dr Ford is a trauma surgeon and medical director for clinical research at OSF Healthcare, a level 1 trauma center in Illinois USA. He is also an instructor at the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness and has been successful in designing and surge and mass casualty plans for MetroHealth Office of Emergency Management Emergency Services in Ohio and OSF Healthcare in Illinois.

A/Prof Shaun GREENE

Austin Health, Australia

A/Prof Shaun Greene is a specialist emergency physician and clinical toxicologist working at Austin Health in Melbourne, Victoria. He is the current Medical Director of the Victorian Poisons Information Centre (VPIC) and Director of the Austin Hospital Clinical Toxicology Service. He is also the principal investigator for the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria (EDNAV study) which is a clinical registry focused on the collection of high-quality clinical and analytical data from ED presentations involving illicit drug intoxications and has published widely in peer reviewed journals.

Dr Alzamani IDROSE

Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Datuk Dr Alzamani Mohammad Idrose is the current President of College of Emergency Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Malaysia. He is the Consultant Emergency Physician and Deputy Head 1 at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). He was previously Head of Paediatrics Emergency Department at Hospital Tunku Azizah. He was also the founder member of Malaysian Resuscitation Association (MyRES). He was previously appointed as a team of personal physicians to His Majesty, Yang Dipertuan Agong. He served previously as expedition doctor for Everest climbers in the Himalaya.

Academic wise, he obtained his MBBS from University of Malaya in 1998 and obtained Master of Medicine (Emergency) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2006. He is a Fellow in Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound and Fellowship of Emergency Medicine Critical Care programme. He also completed Bachelor of Jurisprudence (External Law Programme) from University of Malaya. He obtained Master in Information Technology Management (MITM) from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) from University of Eastern, Piedmonte, Italy and PhD in Sports Science and Recreation from Universiti Teknologi MARA in 2020. 

His areas of interest include disaster medicine, critical care ultrasound, critical care in emergency medicine, medicolegal management, wilderness medicine specifically, high altitude emergency, medical information technology, administrative emergency medicine and crisis management. He had published multiple papers in Q1 journals, authored books and book chapters, the editor of disaster plans for the hospital and Ministry of Health. He is also a social media influencer and writes regularly on sociology, education, poetry and humour with most centred upon emergency medicine and humanity issues.

Prof Taku IWAMI

Kyoto University,
Japan

• Professor, Dept Preventive Services, Kyoto University. Executive member of AED foundation, Japan.
• International Resuscitation Council International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Task Force, Research & Registry Working Group Chief
• Member of the Joint Committee for the Preparation of Japanese Emergency Resuscitation Guidelines, Editorial Committee Member of the Section Related to Education and Dissemination
• Chairman of the Review Committee for the Introduction of BLS Education to Schools of the Japanese Society of Clinical and Emergency Medicine
• Vice President (Secretary General) of the NPO Osaka Life Support Association, and Representative of the Association’s PUSH Project (aiming to spread a simple workshop consisting of chest compression + AED)
• 10th Year of AED Introduction Project Reduce Sudden Death – Let’s Use AED – Executive Committee Member (Secretary General)

Dr NICKEL, Christian Hans

University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Dr Christian Nickel is known for his passion and special interest in improving care for older patients attending the emergency department. He was Chair of the Section of Geriatric Emergency Medicine of EUSEM for 5 years and an editorial board member for the European Journal of Emergency Medicine. He has a keen interest in education and his achievements include participation in the curriculum commission for teaching of emergency medicine and development of a longitudinal curriculum in emergency medicine to Masters level. Along with an interprofessional team including nursing, physiotherapy, as well as social services, the ED of the University Hospital Basel achieved gold level status Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) in June 2024 from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP); the ED of the UHBS is the first center outside the United States to receive this award. This program was established to acknowledge emergency departments that deliver excellent care to older adults.

Dr Adi OSMAN

Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Malaysia

Dr Adi Osman is currently a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and ED Critical Care in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Malaysia. He obtained his M.Med (EM) in 2003 and fellowship in Critical Care /Critical Care Ultrasound from Milan Italy in 2011. Dr Adi has been a WINFOCUS board of directors and editor for The Ultrasound Journal since 2014. He is one of the appointed supervisors for European Diploma in Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography (EDEC) organized by European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). His current research interests include non-invasive ventilation, airway ultrasound, resuscitative TEE in critical care and ultrasound-guided procedures. Dr Adi Osman is currently a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and ED Critical Care in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Malaysia. He obtained his M.Med (EM) in 2003 and fellowship in Critical Care /Critical Care Ultrasound from Milan Italy in 2011.Dr Adi has been a WINFOCUS board of directors and editor for The Ultrasound Journal since 2014. His current research interests include non-invasive ventilation, airway ultrasound, resuscitative TEE in critical care and ultrasound-guided procedures.

Dr Charmain HEAH

Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore

Dr. Charmain Heah is the Clinical Director of the Clinician and Patient Engagement Office (CPEO), Tan Tock Seng Hospital. As an SAB- accredited Emergency Physician, she also completed a Masters of Law (with Distinction) in Healthcare Law and Ethics in 2022. She juggles her clinical work as a consultant in the busy TTSH Emergency Department and looks after the medicolegal and engagement needs of the hospital, striving to strengthen the hospital’s institutional capacity for alternative dispute resolution. She also serves as a council member in the Medicolegal Society of Singapore and is a faculty member in the Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism.

Dr NG Yih Yng

Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore

Associate Professor Ng Yih Yng is the Director of the Digital and Smart Health Office at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation, NHG. He is actively involved in AI and digital health transformation efforts in NHG. He is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Preventive and Population Medicine at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Prof Ng trained as both an Emergency Physician and Public Health Specialist and served in the Singapore Armed Forces in operational and staff roles and as Chief Medical Officer of the Singapore Civil Defence Force and Ministry of Home Affairs and transitioned to NHG to run Digital Health Transformation and most recently, Health Empowered by AI Launchpad (HEAL), an initiative to accelerate adoption of AI in healthcare.

He is the clinical director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital Health and Health Education and an implementation lead at the Centre for AI Medicine at Lee Kong Chian-Nanyang Technological University School of Medicine, and has adjunct roles in Duke-NUS Prehospital Emergency Research Centre and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Mr Brendan SHANNON

Monash University, Australia

Brendan Shannon is the Deputy Head of Department in the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University and registered Paramedic in Australia. He is the Implementation lead for the Victorian Paramedic Practitioner Program in collaboration with Ambulance Victoria and Victorian Department of Health. Brendan’s expertise includes curriculum development, postgraduate research supervision, and advancing alternative care pathways. He is a health services researcher with a focus on innovative models of care that aim to improve healthcare access for underserved communities.

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