Teaching Faculty

Prof Aaron Ang is Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS-YLL School of Medicine and LKC-NTU School of Medicine, and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychological Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. His professional qualifications include a Master of Medicine (M Med) in Psychiatry as well as the Member of the Royal College Physician (MRCP). His clinical interests are the Psychiatry of Old Age, Mental Capacity Assessment with respect to Shared Decision Making, and the Psychiatry-Medicine interface. From 2011 to 2018, he served as Head, Department of Psychological Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. A keen educator, Aaron has been the Associate Program Director, National Psychiatry Residency Program since its inception in 2009 to 2018. He was appointed director of Institute of Humanistic Medicine (HuMe), NHG since 2025.

Dr Bhavani Sriram is a paediatrician and neonatologist by training with a special interest in the area of disability medicine. She started a new chapter in her career as a physician providing health care and health education for persons with intellectual disability called “The MINDS Developmental Disabilty Medical clinic “in conjunction with MINDS. Prior to that, she was a Senior Consultant in the department of Neonatology at KK Women and Children’s Hospital (“KKH”), which is a large perinatal centre for high-risk deliveries. She has over 20 years of experience in social work. With her clinic providing health care for persons with intellectual disability. This clinic was inaugurated in August 2017 and has provided assistance to nearly 1600 persons with intellectual disability.

Mr. Christopher Chong is a senior partner at Dentons Rodyk, specializing in Litigation and Dispute Resolution as well as Arbitration. He also serves as Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare and Insurance practice groups. With extensive experience in professional malpractice, commercial litigation, and insurance law, Mr. Chong has represented hospitals and medical practitioners in medical negligence cases across both the High Court and State Courts. He has also advocated for professionals in disciplinary proceedings and advised commercial entities in joint venture and contractual disputes.

In addition, Mr. Chong provides expertise in employment law, including drafting employment agreements, handling disputes over wrongful termination, enforcing restrictive covenants, and addressing claims related to industrial accidents. Beyond his legal practice, he contributes to the medical ethics community as a member of the Transplant Ethics Committee, serves on the Ethics Advisory Panel for Assisi Hospice, and acts as Honorary Legal Adviser to the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network.

Dr Colin Ong is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He graduated from National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine in 1999 and attained his Masters in Bioethics in 2011. He has a diploma in Medicine for Older Persons (Geriatrics) and enjoys teaching medical students and improving care for older in the Emergency Department and its transitions of care. He serves as Associate Dean of Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and is involved in teaching medical ethics to specialist trainees under the auspices of Singapore Medical Association Centre for Medical Ethics & Professionalism.

Dr Yeo is a Senior Consultant for Cardiology in Changi General Hospital and Visiting Consultant of National Heart Centre Singapore. His subspecialty interest is in Adult Clinical Electrophysiology. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor Duke-NUS and teaching faculty for Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine where he is actively involved in medical education. His research interest includes lipoprotein(a), arrhythmias, cardiac implantable electronic device and hereditary arrhythmia syndromes.

Dr Kwek is a senior consultant psychiatrist from Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Jurong Health Services. He is involved in the Consultative and Liaison psychiatric service and hence commonly has to deal with challenging situations on the ward involving patients and relatives. He would share with the trainees his experience which could be instructive for their professional career.

Edmund Kronenburg began his legal career in 1996, and is today the Managing Partner of Braddell Brothers LLP, one of Singapore’s oldest firms, founded in 1883. He regular appears as lead counsel before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as in international arbitrations seated in Singapore and elsewhere. His diverse practice spans commercial and corporate disputes, energy and natural resources, media and telecommunications, as well as medical and healthcare law. Edmund also actively sits as an Arbitrator. He has conducted arbitrations seated in Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam and is a Fellow of various arbitral institutes i.e. SIArb, CIArb, MIArb, HKIArb, AMINZ, PIArb and ACICA. Edmund also represents the Singapore Medical Council in disciplinary hearings and private clients in medical negligence lawsuits before the Singapore courts. Several of his cases have set landmark medical law precedents in the Court of Appeal and the Court of Three Judges. He also serves as an Honorary Legal Advisor to the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS), is Vice-President (Legal) of the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore (MLSS) and is a teaching faculty member of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism. A frequent speaker on international dispute resolution, arbitration, and medical / healthcare law, Edmund has also taught medical law at DUKE-NUS as a guest lecturer, as well as cross-examination and trial advocacy at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law since 1998. Edmund has received consistent recognition in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, Asialaw and Who’s Who Legal guides, being variously called “aggressive”, “articulate”, and “master strategist”. ABLJ lists Edmund in its “Singapore A-List: Top 100 Lawyers”.

Mr Eric Tin is a Senior Partner of Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP. He co-heads the Disputes & Specialist Practice of the Firm.

Eric has assisted and defended numerous medical professionals in both the public and private sectors in a variety of medico-legal cases and inquiries. He is also a Panel Prosecuting Counsel for statutory boards such as the Energy Market Authority, the Council for Estate Agencies and the Singapore Tourism Board, in addition to undertaking criminal defence work. He has been an Adjudicator of the Financial Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) since 2009.

Prior to joining private practice in 2008, Eric served in the Singapore Judiciary from 1996 to 2005, holding appointments of District Judge, Magistrate, Coroner, Deputy Registrar of the Subordinate Courts (now known as the State Courts). He was also a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel of the Attorney-General’s Chambers from 2005 to 2007.

Besides being a Faculty member of the SMA CMEP, Eric is an Adjunct Lecturer with the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, and a Guest Lecturer of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (IPSQ).

Felicia is an Associate Director at Legal Clinic LLC. She graduated from King’s College London in 2013 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor in 2014. She has been with Legal Clinic LLC since 2014, accumulating a wealth of medicolegal experience over the years. She is presently a member of the Institute of Mental Health Clinical Ethics Committee where she contributes to the ethical oversight of patient care and clinical decision-making.

Felicia has extensive experience in advisory and dispute-resolution work, specialising in medical and healthcare law. She has acted for a wide range of clients, including public and private healthcare institutions, healthcare professionals and private individuals. She has appeared before all levels of the Singapore Courts and has played a pivotal role in numerous high profile medicolegal proceedings in Singapore.

Dr Giles Tan Ming Yee is a Psychiatrist and Senior Consultant with the Department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). He provides leadership on clinical quality and patient safety as the hospital’s Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Clinical Quality and Value) and chairs the IMH Clinical Ethics Committee. He is also a member of the National Medical Ethics Committee (NMEC) and SMC Ethics Committee.

He is President of the College of Psychiatrist (Academy of Medicine Singapore), Associate Director of the SMA Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism (CMEP) and holds teaching appointments with the three local medical schools. He volunteers with social service agencies and charities supporting people with disabilities.

Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah MBBS MMed MSc PhD, is a Senior Consultant Anesthesiologist at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He revolutionized patient preparation for surgeries in SGH by founding the Perioperative Medicine service and its Preoperative Assessment Centre in 2014. His leadership in developing various programs like Patient Blood Management, Prehabilitation Service, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has garnered both national and international recognition.

Honoured with Singapore’s prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship in 2022 and listed among the top 2% of globally cited scientists in his field, Assoc Prof Hairil was also awarded the Clinician Scientist Award by the National Medical Research Council in 2023. He currently leads the Value Based Healthcare Office in both Singapore General Hospital and the wider SingHealth healthcare cluster. He was awarded the “Distinguished Champion of Change Leader Award” by SingHealth in 2022 for his transformative contributions to healthcare.

Qibin is an associate director at Coleman Street Chambers LLC who specializes in dispute resolution.

Regularly acting for clients in complex disputes across the State Courts and Supreme Court of Singapore, Qibin is experienced in handling a broad range of disputes including arbitration, building and construction, company and shareholder, contract and investment, criminal defence, defamation, employment, insolvency, intellectual property, and professional negligence.

Beyond his legal profession, Qibin serves on the board of Executive Council of the Association of Trade and Commerce (“ATC”) and is the chairman of ATC’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Working Committee.

Dr Jamie Zhou is a Consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore. She has experience in both community and hospital-based palliative care. Her special interests are in pain management, palliative care in intensive care units, and communication skills training. She is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, and is particularly interested in using innovative approaches in education.She has been actively involved in various national projects including Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care website development, and Community Engagement. Future projects include improving communication skills in healthcare.

Dr. Jason See is a Consultant Cardiologist and Physician with more than 20 years of experience. He was fellowship trained at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London and has US board certifications in Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. He is also a Certified Cardiac Rehab Practitioner.

Assoc Prof Assoc Prof Jason CH Yap, Public health physician with over 38 years of experience in the public and private healthcare sectors with diverse responsibilities across public policy, health informatics, healthcare marketing and health professionals education, he is now a practice track Associate Professor and Vice Dean (Practice) in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in the National University of Singapore. His Practice Office supports policy formulation and programme implementation for various agencies like the Ministry of Health and the Health Promotion Board. He is also the Programme Director of the National Preventive Medicine Residency.

Clinical A/Prof Jonathan Choo is Head and Senior Consultant with the Cardiology Service at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He completed his paediatric cardiology training in 2009 as been with the KK Cardiology Service since then. He is the clinical lead for the Cardiology Service Fetal Cardiac Programme and runs the Cardiac Genetics Clinic at KKH. Dr Choo has been regularly involved in regional medical missions since 2003. He is a member of the KKH Hospital Ethics Committee and is also serving on ethics consultations with the National Organ Transplant Unit. He holds a Masters of Heathcare Law and Ethics from the University of Manchester and Masters in Public Health from the University of London, UK. 

Ms Boon Theng is the Managing Director of Legal Clinic LLC.

Appointed Senior Counsel in January 2018, her experience spans the full spectrum of legal work in the healthcare industry, from advising healthcare institutions, professional bodies and healthcare professionals, representing clients in mediation and legal proceedings, and serving on various hospital committees. She has been recognized for her volunteer work on the National Cancer Centre Medifund Committee. She is also Honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Medical Association and the Academy of Medicine.

Boon Theng served as a member of the Committee of the Review of Medical Litigation Regime, whose work culminated in the implementation of the High Court Protocol on Medical Negligence Cases in 2017. In 2019, she served as the co-Chairperson of the Ministry of Health Workgroup tasked to make recommendations on informed consent practices and to propose changes to the Singapore Medical Council complaints and disciplinary process. She also served as a member of the SMC Sentencing Guidelines Committee in 2019.

Boon Theng co-chaired the National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) Guidelines Workgroup set up by the Ministry of Health to develop guidelines to help users of NEHR. The Workgroup aims to do so by setting out core ethical principles and propose reasonable professional standards to adopt when contributing to, accessing or using NEHR.

Dr Lai is Senior Consultant and Associate Professor, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH and Vice-Chair (Education), SingHealth Duke-NUS Pathology Academic Clinical Programme. He was pioneer residency director for pathology at SingHealth from 2008 to 2016. He was also Lead for Phase 1 of the MD programme at Duke-NUS Medical School and Assistant Dean for pre-clinical integration until 2016. In 2022, Dr Lai was appointed Chair of the SingHealth Centralised Institutional Board. As director of the SingHealth Tissue Repository, he was involved in the cluster transition into the Human Biomedical Research Act from 2016 to 2019. Outside of the institution, Dr Lai is President of the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore.