Established in 1971, the Oration is open to distinguished members of the medical profession and the public by invitation. The Oration is held biennially in conjunction with the Congress of Medicine in Singapore.
26th Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2024
Professor Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
“Can Humanity Rise Up to Face its Next Existential Challenge?”
25th Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2022
Professor Joseph Sung
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
“Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives”
24th Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2020
Mr George Yeo
Former Cabinet Minister
"Human Solidarity in a Fragmenting World"
23rd Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2017
The Honourable CJ Sundaresh Menon
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Singapore
"Law and Medicine: Professions of Honour, Service and Excellence"
22nd Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2015
Professor James Best
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
“Is Medicine Still an Art?”
21st Gordon Arthur Ransome Orator 2013
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Singapore
"A Fair and Just Society: What Stays, What Changes?"
Established in 1982, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation. It is held biennially in conjunction with the Congress of Medicine in Singapore.
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture 2024
Professor Dame Lesley Regan
Head of Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College London, UK
“Why We Need a Women’s Health Strategy”
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture 2022
Professor Teh Bin Tean
Deputy Medical Director (Research), National Cancer Centre Singapore
“Biodiversity Medicine (BD-MED): Rekindling Relationship with Plant Biodiversity for Health and Wellness”
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture 2017
Professor Wong Tien-Yin
Medical Director, Singapore National Eye Centre
"Strategies and Lessons in Tackling Diabetic Retinopathy in Singapore and Globally"
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture 2015
Prof Soo Kee Chee
Director, National Cancer Cancer
“Scientific Basis of Cancer Care”
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture 2013
Dr Ng Huck-Hui
Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore
“Clinical Applications of Stem Cells in Medicine: 21st Century and Beyond”
Instituted in 1959 in memory of the late Sir David Galloway, the Lecture is open annually to all Academicians and practitioners of Medicine and its allied fields. The Lecture is delivered biennially in conjunction with the Congress of Medicine in Singapore.
Galloway Memorial Lecture 2024
Professor Yong Eu Leong
Emeritus Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University Hospital
“Beyond BMI: The Janus-like Effect of Muscle Versus Fat on Midlife Women’s Health”
Galloway Memorial Lecture 2022
Professor Pierce Chow
Senior Consultant, National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital
“The Co-existence of Multiple Molecular Subtypes and Onco-fetal Re-programming in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Impact on Tumour Recurrence after Surgical Resection”
Galloway Memorial Lecture 2017
A/Prof Christopher Chen
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore
The Brain-Heart Connection: Revisiting Sydenham's adage that "A Man is as Old as His Arteries"
Galloway Memorial Lecture 2011
A/Prof Chong Siow Ann
Associate Professor & Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
"What Ails the Populace: The Singapore Mental Health Study"
Held annually at an event organised by the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Singapore, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas). The subject offered for the Lecture must be educational in content and be in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
19th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2024
Prof Catherine Williamson
Professor of Women's Health at Imperial College London; Consultant in Obstetric Medicine at Queen Charlotte's, St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals; Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science; NIHR Senior Investigator
"Bile-ology; the impact of translational research on clinical management of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy"
18th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2023
Prof Laurent Salomon
Senior Consultant, Dept of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital
Full Professor, Paris Descartes University
"MRI in Obstetrics - Present Applications and Future Directions"
17th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2022
Prof Tim Draycott
Consultant Obsetetrican, North Bristol NHS Trust VP for Clinical Quality & Strategy, Royal College of Obsetricians & Gynaecologists
"Making Childbirth Safer Together"
16th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2019
Prof John Hyett
Clinical Professor and Head of High-Risk Obstetrics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
"First Trimester Screening - Does It Have a Future?"
15th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2018
Prof Alan Flake
Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
"Baby in the Bag - The Artificial Womb"
14th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2017
Mr Lek Siang Pheng
Deputy Managing Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP
"Clinical Practice in the New Age of Consent"
13th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2016
A/Prof Chong Yap Seng
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
"Good Public Health Begins With Informed Obstetric Care"
12th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2015
A/Prof Goh Lee Gan
President, Gerontological Society of Singapore
"Women's Health from a Physician's Perspective"
11th College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lecture 2014
Prof Sturla Eik-Nes
Professor & Director, National Centre for Fetal Medicine, Trondheim, Norway
"The ISUOG Outreach Program - A Founder's Perspective"
Held annually at any of the College Meetings during the calendar year (Jan-Dec), the recipient of this award will deliver a lecture at one of the College’s Meetings as notified and invited.
8th College of Ophthalmologists Lectureship 2018
Prof Srinivas R. Sadda
"Unlocking the Secrets of the Choroid: What We have Learned from Advances in Imaging"
7th College of Ophthalmologists Lectureship 2017
Prof Robert Ritch
"The Coming of Age of Exfoliation Syndrome"
6th College of Ophthalmologists Lectureship 2015
Prof Samuel Masket
"Understanding Dysphoyopsias"
5th College of Ophthalmologists Lectureship 2014
Prof Paul Mitchell
"Atrophic AMD – recent advances in our knowledge and in the potential for intervention"
4th College of Ophthalmologists Lectureship 2013
Prof Aung Tin
Head & Senior Consultant, Glaucoma Service (Research, Education & Development), Singapore National Eye Centre
Deputy Director, Singapore Eye Research Institute
"Why Do People Get Angle Closure Glaucoma"
Established in 1995, the Lecture is held biennially in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Singapore. The Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas). The subject offered for the Lecture must be scientific in content and be in the field of Paediatrics.
17th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2024
Prof Quek Swee Chye
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Phuat-National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital
"Evolving Trends in the Practice of Paediatric Cardiology"
16th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2023
Prof Victor Samuel Rajadurai
Emeritus Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women Women's and Children's Hospital
"Lessons Learned from Randomised Controlled Trials in Neonatology: KKH Experience"
15th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2022
Dr Allen Yeoh
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medcial Institute, NUH
"Finding Chemo: Improving Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Outcomes through Ma-Spore Collaboration"
14th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2019
Prof Yip Chin Ling William
Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore
"Be Ye Steadfast in the Midst of Change: Changing Practice of Medicine & the Unchanging Principles"
13th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2018
Prof Ivy Ng
SingHealth Group Chief Executive Officer
"Journey In Thalassaemia – Insights & Leadership Lesson"
12th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2017
Dr June Lou
Medical Director and Consultant Paediatrician, Ovspring Developmental Clinic
"Beyond Hospital To Community – Is There A Role For The Paediatrician?"
11th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2016
A/Prof Roy Joseph
Emeritus Consultant, Department of Neonatology, Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital
"Contemporary Ethical Paediatric Practice"
10th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2015
Dr Lee Bee Wah
Adjunct Professor, Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore
"SG50: Paediatric Allergy & Immunology – Lessons & Insights"
9th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2014
A/Prof Lim Sok Bee
Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Child Development, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore
"Beyond Neonatology"
8th College of Paediatrics and Child Health Lecture 2013
A/Prof Wong Keng Yean
Senior Consultant Paediatrician, KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore
"Paediatric Cardiology - Two and a Half Decades of Change"
Held annually during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Physicians, Singapore, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas).
19th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2023
A/Prof Marjorie Foo
Senior Consultant & Director, SGH Peritoneal Dialysis Program, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
"Artificial Wearable Kidney - Dialysis of the Future, Made in Singapore"
18th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2022
Prof Tan Chorh Chuan
Chief Health Scientist, Ministry of Health, Singapore
Executive Director, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
"Clinical & Translational Research in Singapore: Looking Back, Looking Forward"
17th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2021
Prof Leo Yee-Sin
Executive Director, National Centre for Infectious Disease
Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
"History of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Singapore"
16th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2019
A/Prof Christopher LH Chen
Director, Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Visiting Senior Consultant, Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
"How can we make dementia but a distant memory"
15th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2018
A/Prof Toh Han Chong
Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
"Immunotherapy Against Cancer - The End of the Beginning"
14th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2017
Prof Michael Chee
Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
"Sleep and Well Being: Why it Matters"
13th College of Physicians, Singapore Lecture 2016
Dr Tan Lai Yong
Resident Fellow, College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore
"Rural Lessons for Urban Doctors"
Held annually in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Physicians, Singapore, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas). The subject offered for the Lecturer must be in the field of Internal Medicine. The Lecture must be on a Gastroenterology subject at once in three years.
32nd Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2023
Prof Joseph Sung
Distinguished University Professor, Senior Vice-President (Health & Life Sciences) & Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
"Will Doctors be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence?"
31st Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2022
Prof Lo Yew Long
Group Director, Research Integrity, Compliance and Ethics, Singhealth
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Medical Affairs & Quality Management) & Senior Consultant, National Neuroscience Institute
"Intraoperative Monitoring: Role of the Physician in Surgery"
30th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2021
Prof Fock Kwong Ming
Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital
"Gastric Cancer Prevention: Progress in the Last Decade"
29th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2019
Prof Stuart Alexander Cook
Professor, Imperial College London & DUKE-NUS Medical School
"Cardiometabolic Disease: A Journey in Singaporean Academic Cardiology from Target Discovery to First-In-Class Drug"
28th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2018
Prof Cyrus Cooper
Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Vice Dean, Professor of Rheumatology, Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University of Southampton
"Osteoporosis - From Pediatric Days to Geriatric Times"
27th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2017
Prof Francis K L Chan
Dean, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Prescribing NSAIDs to Patients at Risk: Have We Answered All the Questions?"
26th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 2016
Prof Chng Wee Joo
Director, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
"Multiple Myeloma: A Journey from Biology to Potential Cure"
Held annually during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Chapter of Dermatologists, College of Physicians, Singapore, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the Dermatological Profession by invitation (local as well as overseas).
11th Chapter of Dermatologists Lecture 2016
Prof Neil Hartley Shear
Professor & Chief, Dermatology, University of Toronto
"Biosimilars’ Good news with some cautionary strategies"
10th Chapter of Dermatologists Lecture 2015
Prof Sean Whittaker
Consultant Dermatologist, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guys & St Thomas' Hospital London
"Melanoma: A Paradigm for Cancer Management"
Held annually during a Scientific Meeting of the Chapter of Neurologists, College of Physicians, Singapore, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the neuroscience community by invitation (local as well as overseas).
7th Chapter of Neurologists Lecture 2015
Prof Craig Anderson
Professor of Stroke Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience Medicine, The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney
"BP Management in Acute Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Stroke"
Awarded by the Chapter of Renal Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore, and held annually, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the professional community (local as well as overseas). The topic must be of relevance to Nephrology.
11th Chapter of Renal Physicians Lecture 2023
A/Prof Terence Kee
Programme & Medical Director, Renal Transplant Programme
Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Transplant Centre
"Disaster Nephrology – An Urgent Subspecialty Awaiting Birth"
10th Chapter of Renal Physicians Lecture 2016
A/Prof Marjorie Foo
Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine
Singapore General Hospital
"For better or for worse: Lessons from the Change in Dialysis Paradigm in the Region"
9th Chapter of Renal Physicians Lecture 2015
Prof A. Vathsala
Head, Division of Nephrology and Director, Adult Renal Transplantation Programme, National University Hospital
"Navigating Through Life: Lessons from Darwin and Sheryl Sandberg?"
Awarded by the Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore, and held annually, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the professional community (local as well as overseas). The topic must be of relevance to Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Epidemiology or Public Health.
5th Monteiro Lecture 2022
Associate Professor Brenda Ang
Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Centre for Infectious Diseases
"Infection Control, Then, Now and the Future"
4th Monteiro Lecture 2018
Adjunct A/Prof Koh Tse Hsien
Adjunct Associate Professor, DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School
Head, Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital
"My Journey with the MDRO's"
3rd Monteiro Lecture 2016
Prof Goh Kee Tai
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
"Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Singapore: Personal Reflections on Surveillance and Management"
Dr Khoo Fun Yong is well recognized as the ‘Father’ of Radiology in Singapore. He was the first local radiologist to head the Department of Radiology at the Singapore General Hospital. During his long and illustrious career, he has trained numerous radiologists, many of whom have been or are in leadership positions today. To honour Dr Khoo for his numerous achievements and the influence he has had on radiology in Singapore, the College of Radiologists, Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Radiological Society, has decided to establish the F Y Khoo Lectureship.
The lecture will be held annually and delivered during the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Singapore Radiological Society (SRS) and the College of Radiologists, Singapore (CRS). The topic of the lecture must be of professional, academic or scientific content that is related to Radiology. The lecturer must preferably be a prominent local member of the radiological community, although an overseas lecturer can be appointed every 3 years.
11th F Y Khoo Memorial Lecture 2015
Dr Chua Eu Tiong
Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Singapore
"Physics, Physicians and Philosophies"
10th F Y Khoo Memorial Lecture 2014
Prof Lenny Tan
Emeritus Consultant, National University Hospital
"Personal Reflections on Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology"
9th F Y Khoo Memorial Lecture 2013
Prof David Townsend
A*Star-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Singapore
"Imaging the Invisible - From Physicist to Physicians"
This Lectureship would be organised annually at any of the College Meetings during the calender year (Jan – Dec). Nominations will be received from the College Council Members for confirmation by the College Council.
17th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2024
Prof Ng Wai Hoe
Group Chief Executive Officer, SingHealth
"From Operating Room to Board Room"
16th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2023
Prof Joseph Sung
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
"Future of AI in Surgery"
15th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2022
Prof Christopher W.S. Cheng
Senior Consultant, Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Sengkang General Hospital
"Coaching In The Surgical Pit Stop"
14th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2019
Prof Chee Yam Cheng
President, Singapore Medical Council
"Surgical Practice in Singapore: 2020 and beyond"
13th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2018
A/Prof Kenneth Mak
Deputy Director Medical Services, Hospital Services Group, Ministry of Health, Singapore
"Lessons on Professional Excellence"
12th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2017
Prof Tan Ser Kiat
President, Singapore Medical Council
"Maintaining Surgical Competence - Skills, Experience & Wisdom"
11th College of Surgeons Lectureship 2016
Prof Lee Chuen Neng
Deputy Director, National University Heart Centre, Singapore
"Surgeons as Innovators: Why? How? Support Structure. Dreams. Results"
In recognition of the outstanding contributions to the development of surgery in Singapore by Dr Yahya Cohen, the 1st Chairman of the Chapter of Surgeons and a past Master of the Academy, the 1994 Chapter of Surgeons has decided to establish the Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture in his honour.
The award of the Lectureship shall be given for academic excellence and be given to the main author, who must be the First Author or the principal investigator, of the best scientific paper published in the 24 month period ending 31 st December of the preceding year, as judged by a panel appointed by the College.
The Lectureship will be presented annually and the lecture will take place at an event or activity organized by the College of Surgeons, Singapore. Only Fellows of the College of Surgeons are eligible for the Lectureship.
27th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2024
Dr Lim Chwee Ming
Senior Consultant, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
"Phase I study of expanded natural killer cells in combination with cetuximab for recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma"
26th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2023
Prof Brian Goh
Senior Consultant and Heald of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
"Defining global benchmarks for laparoscopic liver resections: an international multicenter study"
25th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2022
Dr Wong Chin Ho
Consultant, Plastic Surgery, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital
"A Novel Approach to Asian Upper Eyelid Ptosis Correction using the Levator Musculoaponeurotic Junction Formula"
24th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2019
Dr Winson Tan Jianhong
Consultant, Sengkang General Hospital
"A Novel Derivation Predicting Survival After Primary Tumor Resection in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer"
23rd Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2018
Prof Jimmy So
Director & Senior Consultant Division of General Surgery (Upper GI), National University Hospital, Singapore
"Roux-en-Y or Billroth II Reconstruction After Radical Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer - A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial"
22nd Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2017
A/Prof Ng Wai Hoe
Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Singapore General Hospital
Medical Director, National Neuroscience Institute
"Re-do Craniotomy for Recurrent Glioblastoma - Outcomes and Lessons"
21st Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship 2016
Dr Lee Ser Yee
Consultant, Department of Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
‘’Hepatic Resection or Ablation for Isolated Breast Cancer Liver Metastasis” – A Case-Control Study with Comparison to Medically Treated Patients’’