Lectureships
- College of Physicians Lecture
- Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture
- Chapter of Dermatologists Lecture
- Chapter of Neurologists Lecture
- Chapter of Renal Physicians Lecture
- The Monteiro Lecture
This is an annual Lectureship 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). Distinguished members of allied medical disciplines can be invited from time to time but the lecture given must be medical in content. Invitation of non-medical professionals should not be more than once in 5 years.
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from members of the College of Physicians, Singapore six (6) months before the date of the Annual Scientific Meeting. The College Council will study the nominations, and make final decisions to accept or reject the nomination.
The recipient of this award will be presented with a gold medal and a certificate.
The College reserves the right to publish the College of Physicians Lecture in full in the College Proceeding or the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 2004 | 1st |
Prof Chee Yam Cheng Past Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
The Role of Internal Medicine as a Subspecialty in the Era of Subspecialisation |
| 2005 | 2nd |
Prof Dame Carol Black President, Royal College of Physicians (London) |
Challenges in Medical Education in the Making of Tomorrow's Doctors |
| 2006 | 3rd |
Prof Woo Keng-Thye Emeritus Consultant & Advisor, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital |
Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside and From Bedside to Bench; Incorporating a Clinical Research Journey in IgA Nephritis (1976 to 2006) |
| 2007 | 4th |
Prof Neil Douglas President, The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
Postgraduate Medical Training and Certification - Where Do We Go From Here? |
| 2008 | 5th |
Dr Chew Chin Hin Honorary Fellow, College of Physicians, Singapore Past Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
A Physician's Odyssey: Some Recollection and Reflections |
| 2009 | 6th |
Dr Thamotharampillai Thirumoorthy Senior Consultant, Department of Dermatology, Singapore General Hospital |
Professional Misconduct - Sitting in Judgement of our Colleagues |
| 2010 | 7th |
Prof K Ranga Krishnan Dean, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School |
The Changing Face of Medicine - Past, Present and Future |
| 2011 | 8th |
A/Prof Cynthia Goh Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Centre, Singapore |
Palliative Care in Singapore - Good Medicine Given With Compassion |
| 2012 | 9th |
Prof C Rajasoorya Senior Consultant Physician and Endocrinologists, Alexandra Health Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Adjunct Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School |
Medical Education and Professional Training - Changing the Trajectory
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| 2013 | 10th |
Dr Neil Dewhurst Elected President, The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
The Challenges of Reinventing Medical Generalism in the 21st Century |
| 2014 | 11th |
Prof Lim Shih Hui Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
Delivering the Best and Cost-Effective Healthcare to Patients with Multiple Co-Morbidities: Shall All Physicians be Internal Medicine Accredited Before Specialization? |
| 2015 | 12th |
Prof Neil Dewhurst President, The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
Acute Medicine – Past, Present and Future |
| 2016 | 13th |
Dr Tan Lai Yong Resident Fellow, College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore |
Rural Lessons for Urban Doctors |
| 2017 | 14th |
Prof Michael Chee Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine |
Sleep and Well Being: Why it Matters |
| 2018 | 15th |
A/Prof Toh Han Chong Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
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Immunotherapy Against Cancer - The End of the Beginning |
| 2019 | 16th |
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 |
| 2021 | 17th |
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 |
| 2022 | 18th |
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 |
| 2023 | 19th |
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 |
This is an annual Lecture held 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 scientific in content and be in the field of Internal Medicine. The Lecture should be on a Gastroenterology subject at least once in three years.
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from members of the College of Physicians, Singapore six (6) months before the date of the Annual Scientific Meeting. The College of Physicians, Singapore Council will study and approve the nominations. The name of the Lecturer will be announced before the Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Physicians, Singapore.
The honorarium for the Lecture will be S$2000 and the Lecturer will be presented with a plaque. In addition, a business-class return air passage and accomodation for the Lecturer during his stay throughout the duration of the Annual Scientific Meeting will be paid for by the College of Physicians, Singapore
The College reserves the right to publish the Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture in full in the Journal of the College of Physicians, Singapore or Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 1991 | 1st |
Dr Chew Chin Hin Past Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
Life and Times of Seah Cheng Siang |
| 1992 | 2nd |
Prof James W Lance Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
Clinical Skills in an Age of Technology |
| 1993 | 3rd |
Prof Lawrie W Powell Director & Professor of Medicine, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia |
Research & the Practising Physician - Gastroenterological Perspective |
| 1994 | 4th |
Prof David Todd Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong |
Primary Gastro-Intestinal Lymphomas |
| 1995 | 5th |
Prof Homer A Boushey Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, USA |
HIV and the Respiratory System |
| 1996 | 6th |
Prof John Newsome-Davis Neuroscience Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK |
Autoimmunity and the Nervous System |
| 1997 | 7th |
Dr Ian A D Bouchier Department of Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
The Etiology of Gallstones |
| 1998 | 8th |
Prof Marc Verstraete Professor Of Medicine, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Belgium |
New Anti-Thrombotic Agents |
| 1999 | 9th |
Prof Lam Shiu Kum Chairman of Medicine & Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong |
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| 2000 | 10th |
Prof Feng Pao Hsii Emeritus Consultant, Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Going Places - A Rheumatological Odyssey |
| 2001 | 11th |
Prof Simon D Shorvon Director, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore |
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - The Past, Present and Future |
| 2002 | 12th |
Prof Ng Han Seong Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Singapore General Hospital |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Are we Different From the West? |
| 2003 | 13th |
Dr Alan Colman Chief Scientific Officer, ES Cell International, Singapore |
The Rocky Road From Dolly to Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Has it Been a Worthwhile and Justifiable Scientific Pursuit? |
| 2004 | 14th |
Prof Carol Black President, Royal College of Physicians (London) |
Systemic Sclerosis: State of the Art |
| 2005 | 15th |
Prof Roger Williams The UCL Institute of Hepatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK |
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| 2006 | 16th |
Prof Chia Boon Lock Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore |
Changing Face of Cardiology Practice: Training and Research in Singapore |
| 2007 | 17th |
Prof Napier Thomson President, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
Chronic Disease Management - Lessons Learnt from the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy |
| 2008 | 18th |
Prof Liaw Yun Fan Professor of Medicine, Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan |
Advances in the Management of Viral Hepatitis in the Last Decade |
| 2009 | 19th |
Prof Victor Yu Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA Chief of Infectious Disease Section and Microbiology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, USA |
Past Antibiotic Era: Bad Bugs, No Drugs |
| 2010 | 20th |
Prof Ian Caterson Foundation Director & Boden Professor of Human Nutrition, Boden Institute of Obesity Nutrition & Exercise, University of Sydney, Australia |
Obesity is a Problem - What do we Have to do to Tackle it? |
| 2011 | 21st |
A/Prof Yeoh Khay Guan Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore |
Improving Survival Outcomes for Gastric Cancer |
| 2012 | 22nd |
Prof A Vathsala Head & Senior Consultant, National University Hospital |
Renal Transplantation in Singapore: A Historical Perspective, Controversies, Challenges and Future Directions |
| 2013 | 23rd |
A/Prof Lim Su Chi Senior Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Journey with Diabetes: Lessons from Outliers |
| 2014 | 24th |
Prof Dato' Dr Goh Khean Lee Professor of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Head of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Chief of Combined Endoscopy Unit, University of Malaya Medical Centre |
Seeing Better, Doing Better - Evolution and Application of GI Endoscopy |
| 2015 | 25th |
Prof Tan Eng King Director, National Neuroscience Institute |
Genes & Brain: Changing the Clinical Paradigm |
| 2016 | 26th |
Prof Chng Wee Joo Director, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore |
Multiple Myeloma: A Journey from Biology to Potential Cure |
| 2017 | 27th |
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? |
| 2018 | 28th |
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 |
| 2019 | 29th |
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 |
| 2021 | 30th |
Prof Fock Kwong Ming Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital |
Gastric Cancer Prevention: Progress in the Last Decade |
| 2022 | 31st |
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 |
| 2023 | 32nd |
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? |
This is an annual Lectureship 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).
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from members of the Chapter of Dermatologists, College of Physicians, Singapore six (6) months before the date of the Annual Scientific Meeting. The Chapter of Dermatologists Board will study the nominations, and make recommendations to the Council of the College of Physicians, Singapore for final approval.
The recipient of this award will be presented with a plaque and a certificate.
The College reserves the right to publish the Chapter of Dermatologists Lecture in full in the College Proceeding or the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 2005 | 1st |
Prof Sakari Reitamo Acting Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland |
Current Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases |
| 2006 | 2nd |
Prof Sewon Kang Director, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Centre, USA |
Pathophysiology & Treatment of Skin Aging |
| 2007 | 3rd |
Prof John R Stanley Milton B. Hartzell Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA |
A Novel Method of Drug Delivery Using Pemphigus Monoclonal Antibodies |
| 2008 | 4th |
Prof Virginia Sybert Clinical Professor, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Disorders of Hypo- and Hyperpigmentation |
| 2010 | 5th |
Prof Jean H Saurat Chairman, Western Switzerland Department of Dermatology, Médecin Chef de Service, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Switzerland |
Topical Steroids: Update on Current Uses and Molecular Pathology of Side Effects for Their Prevention |
| 2011 | 6th |
Prof Werner Aberer Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
Drug Hypersensitivity: Much Achieved, But Still More to Do |
| 2012 | 7th |
Prof Herbert Hönigsmann Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
Risks of Photocarcinogenesis in Phototherapy and Sunbed Use |
| 2013 | 8th |
Prof Frank Nestle Mary Dunhill Chair of Cutaneous Medicine and Immunotherapy, St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, UK |
Advances in Targeted Therapies in Psoriasis |
| 2014 | 9th |
Prof Jean-Claude Roujeau Emeritus Professor Universite Paris-Est Creteil (UPEC) |
Epidermal Necrolysis: 60 years of errors and advances |
| 2015 | 10th |
Prof Sean Whittaker Consultant Dermatologist, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guys & St Thomas' Hospital London |
Melanoma: a Paradigm for Cancer Management |
| 2016 | 11th |
Prof Neil Hartley Shear Professor & Chief, Dermatology, University of Toronto |
Biosimilars’ Good news with some cautionary strategies |
This is an Annual Lectureship 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).
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from members of the Chapter of Neurologists, College of Physicians, Singapore four (4) months before the date of the Annual Scientific Meeting. The Chapter of Neurologists Board will study the nominations, and make recommendations to the Council of the College of Physicians, Singapore for final approval.
The recipient of this award will be presented with a gold medal and a certificate.
The College reserves the right to publish the Chapter of Neurologists Lecture in full in the College Proceeding or the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 2004 | 1st |
Prof Samuel F Berkovic Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Epilepsy Research Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
Genetics of Epilepsy |
| 2005 | 2nd |
Prof Lawrence Wong Professor of Chinese Neurology of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
The Vascular Lesions Underlying Stroke in Asia |
| 2007 | 3rd |
Prof Yoshikuni Mizuno Director, Research Institute for Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diseases of Old Ages, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan |
Recent Advances in Genetics of Parkinson's Disease |
| 2009 | 4th |
Prof Vladimir Hachinski Distinguished University Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada |
Cerebrovascular and Alzheimer Disease: Fellow Travellers or Partners in Crime? |
| 2010 | 5th |
Prof Gunther Deuschl Professor, Department of Neurology, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany |
Tremor - The Children's Darling but the Researcher's Wallflower |
| 2013 | 6th |
Prof Tan Chong-Tin Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Update on Henipavirus Infection and Sarcocystosis, An Emerging Brain and Muscle Infection |
| 2015 | 7th |
Prof Craig Anderson The George Institute for Global Health & The University of Sydney, Australia |
Blood Pressure Management in Acute Ischaemic & Haemorrhagic Stroke |
This is an Annual Lectureship awarded by the Chapter of Renal Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore.
The Lecture is open to all distinguished members of the professional community by invitation (local as well as overseas).
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from members of the Chapter of Renal Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore at least one (1) month before the date of the delivery of the Lecture. The Chapter of Renal Physicians Board or a Committee appointed by the Board will make the selection and the Council of the College of Physicians, Singapore will make the final approval.
The topic will be of relevance to nephrology, and the recipient of this award will be presented with a certificate.
The College reserves the right to record and publish the Chapter of Renal Physicians Lecture in full in the College Proceeding or the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 2007 | 1st |
A/Prof Lina Choong Hui Lin Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital |
Developing Hemodialysis in Singapore: Optimizing Therapy and the Challenge for the Future |
| 2008 | 2nd |
Prof Evan Lee Jon Choon Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital |
Once Upon a Time in Nephrology |
| 2009 | 3rd |
Prof Tan Chorh Chuan President, National University of Singapore |
With a Stone for my Pillow |
| 2010 | 4th |
A/Prof Wong Kok Seng President, College of Physicians, Singapore |
Postgraduate Education in Renal Medicine, CPD and MOC - My Perspectives |
| 2011 | 5th |
Dr Gordon Ku Kwok Tai Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre |
My Passion |
| 2012 | 6th |
Dr Grace Lee Siew Luan Gleneagles Medical Centre |
Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow - Lessons from the Art of Nephrology |
| 2013 | 7th |
A/Prof Chan Choong Meng Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital |
The Old and New Challenges |
| 2014 | 8th |
Prof Yap Hui Kim Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, National University Hospital |
"Netball , Birds and the Kidney: What do they have in common?" |
| 2015 | 9th |
Prof A. Vathsala Head of the Division of Nephrology and Director of the Adult Renal Transplantation Programme, National University Hospital |
"Navigating through life: Lessons from Darwin and Sheryl Sandberg?" |
| 2016 | 10th |
A/Prof Marjorie Foo
Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine |
'For better or for worse: Lessons from the Change in Dialysis Paradigm in the Region' |
| 2023 | 11th |
A/Prof Terence Kee Programme & Medical Director, Renal Transplant Programme
Senior Consultant, |
Disaster Nephrology – An Urgent Subspecialty Awaiting Birth |
This is a biennial Lectureship awarded by the Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore.
The Lecture is open to all distinguished members of the professional community by invitation (local as well as overseas).
Nominations for this Lecture will be invited from Fellows of the Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians, College of Physicians, Singapore at least three (3) months before the date of the delivery of the Lecture. The Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians Board or a Selection Committee which comprises 2 Fellows of the Chapter and 1 member of the Society for Infectious Diseases (Singapore) appointed by the Board will make the selection and the Council of the College of Physicians, Singapore will make the final approval.
The topic will be of relevance to infectious diseases, microbiology, epidemiology or public health. The recipient of this award will be presented with a gold medal funded by the Society for Infectious Diseases (Singapore) for a term of 10 years commencing from year 2012.
The College reserves the right to record and publish the Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians Lecture in full in the College Proceeding or the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
| Year | Series | Lecturer | Topic |
| 2012 | 1st |
Dr David M Allen Senior Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital |
Infectious Diseases Physicians: Worthy or Worthless? |
| 2014 | 2nd |
Dr Hsu Li Yang Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital |
Collaborative ID Research: Personal Lessons From a Decade of Observations |
| 2016 | 3rd |
Prof Goh Kee Tai Adjunct Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
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Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Singapore: Personal Reflection on Surveillance and Management |
| 2018 | 4th |
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 |
| 2022 | 5th |
Associate Professor Brenda Ang
Senior Consultant, |
Infection Control, Then, Now and the Future |
