Professor Sir Sabaratnam ARULKUMARAN
Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
St George's University of London;
President, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO);
Honorary Secretary, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges;
President-elect, British Medical Association; and
Immediate-Past President, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG)
United Kingdom
Email: sarulkum@sgul.ac.uk

Vicki ASHWORTH
Senior Consultant Psychologist, Work Psychology Group
University of Cambridge
Email: v.ashworth@workpsychologygroup.com

Alison Carr
MBBS FRCA MSc Cert Med (Dist)
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist,
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and
Director, Postgraduate Education and Associate Professor Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
United Kingdom
Email: alison.carr@pcmd.ac.uk

CHAN Li Chong
Chair Professor, Department of Pathology
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong; and
Co-Director, The Centre for the Humanities and Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong S.A.R.
Email: chanlc@pathology.hku.hk

Madawa CHANDRATILAKE
Lecturer in Medical Education
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Email: madawa@hotmail.co.uk

 Dr. Madawa graduated MBBS from the University of Colombo and is a lecturer in medical education at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He graduated with his Masters degree in medical education from the University of Dundee, UK  gaining distinction. Madawa currently carries out his PhD project, which looks at the assessment of professional culture. In addition, he has been involved in developing self-learning and self-assessment tools of professionalism. He has conducted medical education workshops both locally and internationally on the topic. He has several publications in leading medical education and clinical journals, and he has co-authored book chapters.

Cees van der VLEUTEN
Professor of Education
Chair, Department of Educational Development and Research; and
Scientific Director, School of Health Sciences Education
University of Maastricht
The Netherlands

Cees van der Vleuten came to the University of Maastricht in 1982. He was appointed as a Professor of Education in 1996 at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and chair of the Department of Educational Development and Research. In 2005 he was appointed as the Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education (www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/she). His area of expertise lies in evaluation and assessment. He has published widely on these topics, holds numerous academic awards for his work, including several career awards. He has frequently served as a consultant internationally. He is a mentor for many researchers in medical education and has supervised more than 50 doctoral graduate students in the past. In 2010 he received a Dutch royal decoration for the societal impact of his work. A full curriculum vitae can be found at: http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/cees/CV/.

Henri COLT
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Irvine
USA
Email: henricolt@gmail.com

Dr. Henri Colt is an internationally recognized physician leader, award winning medical educator, and ethicist. He is committed to global medical education and overcoming obstacles that prevent the implementation and competent performance of medical procedures. His lectures encompass topics ranging from pulmonary medicine to lung cancer, ethics, grief, physician behaviors, and the use of film, art and aesthetics in medical education. His publications include more than 150 peer-reviewed research articles, dozens of review papers and book chapters, the textbook A patient-centered approach to central airway disorders (Elsevier 2012), and essays pertaining to portrayals of physicians in feature films, and the book The Picture of Health: Medical Ethics and the Movies (Oxford University Press 2011).

Peter G.M. de JONG, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Medical Science Educator
(nline journal of International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)), USA and
E-Learning Staff Adviser, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Email: P.G.M.de_Jong@lumc.nl

Peter de Jong is an E-Learning staff adviser at the Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands. In this position at the Center for Innovation in Medical Education, he has been managing several major programs within Medical School in the field of development, application and evaluation of educational technologies. Peter has a Master degree in Medical Technology from Eindhoven University and a PhD in Biophysics/Physiology from Maastricht University. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (NVMO), he has been Chair of their national Special Interest Group on E-learning in Medicine and he chaired the 2000 NVMO Annual Meeting. For over five years now, Peter is involved in the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), an international organization with a focus on advancing medical education through faculty development while ensuring that the teaching and learning of medicine continues to be firmly grounded in science. He has served the organization as Vice-President, and in 2009 as Program Chair and Site Host for the first IAMSE Annual Meeting outside North America. Currently he holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of Medical Science Educator, the online journal of IAMSE.

Allys GUERANDEL
Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Tutor and Senior Clinical Lecturer; and
Director of Psychiatry Education
St Vincent’s University Hospital and University College Dublin
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
E-mail: a.guerandel@svuh.ie

Frederic W. HAFFERTY Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Education
Associate Director, Program in Professionalism & Ethics
Mayo Clinic, USA
E-mal: hafferty.frederic@mayo.edu

Frederic W. Hafferty is Professor of Medical Education and Associate Director of the Program for Professionalism & Ethics at the Mayo Clinic.  He received his undergraduate degree in Social Relations from Harvard in 1969 and his Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from Yale in 1976.  He is the author of "Into the Valley:  Death and the Socialisation of Medical Students" (Yale University Press); "The Changing Medical Profession:  An International Perspective" (Oxford University Press), with John McKinlay; and “The Sociology of Complexity: A New Field of Study” with Brian Castellani.  He is currently working on a volume tracing the hidden curriculum in medical education.  He is past chair of the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association and associate editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. He currently sits on the Association of American Medical College's Council of Academic Societies and the American Board of Medical Specialties standing committee on Ethics and Professionalism.  Research focuses on the evolution of medicine’s’ professionalism movement, mapping social networks within medical education, the application of complexity theory to medical training, issues of medical socialisation, and disability studies.

Ronald M HARDEN
OBE MD FRCP (GLAS.) FRCS (ED.) FRCPC
General Secretary and Treasurer
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
United Kingdom
Email: r.m.harden@dundee.ac.uk

Professor Ronald Harden graduated from the medical school in Glasgow, UK.  He practised as an endocrinologist before moving full time to medical education.  He was formerly Professor of Medical Education, Teaching Dean and Director of the Centre for Medical Education at the University of Dundee. Professor Harden is currently Editor of Medical Teacher and General Secretary and Treasurer of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). Professor Harden is recognised as one of the leading international authorities in medical education and has received numerous prizes and awards recognising his achievements. He brings to medical education a unique blend of theory and practical experience. He has written extensively in his areas of interest and has published more than 400 papers in leading journals.  He is co-editor of the best-selling book – “A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers”.

Wayne HAZELL
Emergency Physician
Prince Charles Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
Email: wchazell@bigpond.com

Originally from Melbourne Australia, Wayne won the 1995 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Buchanan prize. Wayne moved to New Zealand (NZ) to assist EM development. In NZ Wayne had roles of Director EM Training, Chair Auckland Regional Training Program, Head of EM Education and Research, University of Auckland EM undergraduate co-ordinator, ACEM NZ Censor, ACEM Chair Credentials and ACEM Censor in Chief (Chair Board of Education). Wayne has completed a UoA Masters in Clinical Education with “direct observation” research and worked for CMHSE (the UoA medical education unit). Wayne has moved back to Australia as an Emergency Physician and Deputy Director of Clinical Training at Prince Charles Hospital Brisbane.

Marcus HENNING
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
New Zealand

Julie K. HEWETT
Journal Production
International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)
USA

Julie Hewett, owner of JulNet Solutions, is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelors Degree in Entrepreneurial Management. She has over 25 years of office management experience working with small organizations in the services and manufacturing industries. This broad work experience allowed Julie to develop JulNet Solutions, offering management support services to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and eventually professional non-profit associations. Since 1998 Julie has been involved in IAMSE for Association Management and Meeting Planning. Since 2010 JulNet Solutions also took over the production of IAMSE’s online journal Medical Science Educator.

Brian D. HODGES
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Education (OISE/UT), University of Toronto;
The Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair in Health Professions Education Research, Wilson Centre for Research in Education; and
Vice President Education, University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, Princess Margaret and Toronto Rehab Hospitals)
Canada
email: Brian.Hodges@uhn.ca
www.brianhodges.ca

Brian D. Hodges is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Education (OISE/UT) at the University of Toronto, the Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair in Health Professions Education Research at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education and Vice President Education at the University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, Princess Margaret and Toronto Rehab Hospitals). He leads the AMS Pheonix Project: A Call to Caring, an initiative to rebalance the technical and compassionate dimensions of healthcare.

ROGAYAH Jaafar
Professor
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia
Email: rogayah@kb.usm.my

Paul JONES
Programme Director, Graduate Entry Medicine Programme,
Swansea University
United Kingdom
Email: p.k.jones@swansea.ac.uk

Paul has a background in clinical examination and consultation skills teaching.  He was Deputy Director of Clinical Teaching prior to taking up the post of Programme Director for the Graduate Entry Medicine course in Swansea in June 2011.  Paul qualified as a nurse in 1988 and has worked in a wide variety of hospitals both in the UK and abroad, including a 2 year period in Riyadh for the Riyadh Al Kharj Hospital from 1994 until 1996.  He worked as an advanced nurse practitioner (1997-2011) prior to entering medical education in 2004, which he continued to do until taking up the Programme Director role last year.  He has a strong background in training, hospital management and leadership, gained primarily from working in senior clinical, advanced practice roles.

Paul teaches on Masters courses in Medical Physics and for other Universities on postgraduate radiography courses in image appreciation and clinical examination.  His research interests lie predominantly, but not exclusively, in simulation, assessment and innovative teaching methods. Publications include mental workload measurement during student consultations, social learning theory, the predictive value of self-assessed clinical skills in medical students and an evaluation of the use of experiential learning in teaching clinical skills to trainee physicians. 

Indika KARUNATHILAKE
Director
Medical Education Development and Research Centre
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
Email: karunathilake@hotmail.com

Dr. Indika Karunathilake is the Director of Medical Education Development And Research Centre (MEDARC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the University of Colombo. Dr. Karunathilake received his training in Medical Education at the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, Scotland, where he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma and subsequently a Masters Degree in Medical Education.  Dr. Karunathilake has conducted extensive research and authored many publications in medical education. His research interests include assessment, e-learning and curriculum development. He has been a resource person in Medical Education for many national, regional and international forums. In addition to his responsibilities in Medical Education, Dr. Indika Karunathilake serves as the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), the apex body of medical professionals in Sri Lanka.

Máire KERRIN
Director, Work Psychology Group
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom

Dr Máire Kerrin, BSc, MSc, PhD, C.Psychol., is a Director of the Work Psychology Group, a research led consultancy specialising in assessment, development and innovation. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at City University, London, Senior Consultant with the Institute for Employment Studies, Brighton UK and Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK. She retains her academic links and is a Visiting Lecturer at City University where she contributes to the Psychology of Creativity and Innovation module on the Masters in Innovation, Creativity, and Leadership http://creativity.city.ac.uk. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Máire has worked with a range of public and private sector organisations including Department of Health, NHS Education for Scotland, the Royal College of Surgeons (Eng), UK National Recruitment Office for General Practice. She has recently co-authored articles on Situational Judgement Tests in Medical Education and International Journal of Selection & Assessment.

LE Van Dong
Doctor
Vietnam Military Medical University, Vietnam
Email: levandong@yahoo.com     
           levandong@vmmu.edu.vn

Graduated from Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU) as champion of Class 1995, I was honorably offered the researcher and lecture post at Immunology Department VMMU where I gave practical lecture and did immunology researches from 1995 to 2000. From January 2000 to 2004 I did PhD at Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, NUS under Prof. Gopalakrishnakone’s and Prof. Khoo Hoon Eng’s supervision to develop immunoassays for snake venom and toxin detection. Since 2005 to now I am giving immunology lectures to undergraduate and post graduate students at VMMU and also at other universities in Vietnam. I have taken part as member of various final examination boards for medical doctors/masters and PhD within VMMU and also at other medical universities in Vietnam.

Paul K LEUNG, M.D
Clinical Professor and Medical Director of  Psychiatry
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
USA

Paul K. Leung, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He is also the Medical Director of Psychiatry at the OHSU University Hospital, where he has worked for over 25 years. Dr. Leung began working at OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program (IPP) in 1985 and became its director in 1995. IPP was established by Dr. David Kinzie in 1978 at the height of the influx of Indochinese refugees in order to address their severe mental & emotional problems resulted from multiple losses and traumatic experiences. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) awarded this program the Gold Achievement Award in 1986. In 2003, The American College of Psychiatrists gave the Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education to IPP. In 2008, OHSU Center for Diversity & Multicultural Affairs gave IPP the Outstanding Program Award. Dr. Leung is also the Medical director of the Chinese Mental Health Clinic, a clinic he established in 1984 which is now focusing on providing mental health care to Chinese and Korean immigrants. Dr. Leung received his BS from Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, his MD from The Medical College of Virginia, and completed psychiatry residency training at OHSU.  Dr. Leung has contributed to the areas of cultural psychiatry, psychiatric education, forensic psychiatry, and the interface of psychiatry and the Chinese Christian community through his presentations and publications over the years. He has been on the board of directors of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists from 2006 to now. He is on the board of directors of the Society for the Study of Culture and Psychiatry from 1996 to now. He was the chair of the APA-Asian American Psychiatrists Committee from 1994 to 1995. Dr. Leung is the recipient of the 2011 APA Kung Po Soo Award.

Judy MCKIMM
MBA, MA (Ed), BA (Hons), CertEd, DipH&SW, SFHEA, FAcadMed
Dean of Medical Education, Swansea University; and
Visiting Professor of Healthcare Education and Leadership, University of Bedfordshire
United Kingdom

Email: j.mckimm@swansea.ac.uk

Judy has recently been appointed as the inaugural Dean and Professor of Medical Education at Swansea University, returning to the UK from New Zealand where she was Pro Dean, Health and Social Practice at Unitec Institute of Technology and Director of Interprofessional Education, University of Auckland. She initially trained as an orthopaedic and general nurse and moved into medical education in 1994. From 1997 to 2004, she was Director of Undergraduate Medicine and Head of Curriculum Development at Imperial College, co-ordinating the development and implementation of the MBBS/BSc programme.

From 2004 to 2005, she was Senior Adviser (Accreditation and Standards) for the Higher Education Academy, developing new professional standards for teachers in higher education. In 2006, she was appointed as Associate Dean, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Postgraduate Medical School, running leadership and faculty development programmes. She was network co-ordinator for a national interprofessional project involving stakeholders, academics and practitioners to develop the higher education responses to the Integrated Children’s Service agenda.

Judy has been an accreditor for the ILTHE, a subject reviewer in Medicine for both the English and Welsh Funding Councils, a GMC visitor in the QABME (Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education) programme and co-leads the MEDEV Staff and Educational Development Special Interest Group. She leads the ASME international Developing Leaders Faculty (running courses in Australia and the UK), is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators and was awarded a prestigious Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2009. She runs a flagship programme for Academic Foundation trainees in Emergency Medicine, Leadership and Management through the University of Leicester in the UK and leadership programmes for junior doctors in New Zealand with Unitec and Waitemata District Health Board.

Gayle GLIVA-MCCONVEY
Director, Professional Skills
Sentara Center for Simulation & Immersive Learning
Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
Email: GlivaGA@EVMS.EDU

Emory MORRISON
Director Policy Research Studies
Research and Data Programs
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington DC, USA
Email: emorrison@aamc.org

phone202 862 6250

Emory Morrison has been recently appointed Director of Policy Research Studies (PRS) a newly formed sub-unit within Research and Data Programs at the American Association of Medical Colleges.  As the first Director of PRS, Dr. Morrison has been tasked with leading efforts across the AAMC in coordinating a research agenda consist with the priorities and mission of AAMC. Dr. Morrison received his doctoral degree in Sociology from the University of Washington and subsequently joined the faculty in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University.  He has also maintained a research faculty affiliation with the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) at the University of Washington where he had served as a Post Doctoral Fellow.  With CIRGE he has published extensively on the intersection of careers, education and family of recipients of doctoral degrees from U.S. graduate schools.  This work compliments his interests in research in the life course, in the transition to adulthood, and in school to work transitions.  Dr. Morrison has also worked ‘on-loan’ from Mississippi State with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) at the National Science Foundation.  At NCSES, Dr. Morrison has specialized in issues pertaining to the science and engineering workforce.

Hiroshi NISHIGORI, MD, MMEd, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Medical Education
Kyoto University, Japan
Email: hiroshi.nishigori@gmail.com

Dr. Hiroshi Nishigori is an Associate Professor at the Center for Medical Education, Kyoto University. He graduated from Nagoya University School of Medicine in 1998. He completed his residency training at Maizuru Municipal Hospital in Kyoto (1998-2001) and became a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (2004). He received his training in Medical Education at the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee and obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education (2008). He also holds a PhD degree (general medicine) from the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine (2008). He is now teaching history taking and physical examination to medical students, conducting medical education research (mainly action research / qualitative research), and practicing general internal medicine as an active clinician. His research interests include teaching and learning (especially about physical examination), professionalism, and international medical education.

Fiona PATTERSON
Director, Work Psychology Group
University of Cambridge
Email: f.patterson@workpsychologygroup.com

Professor Fiona Patterson, BSc, MSc, PhD, C.Psychol.,FRCGP,  is a Director of the Work Psychology Group and Principle Researcher at the University of Cambridge  http://www.sdp.cam.ac.uk/contacts/staff/profiles/fpatterson.html. She is also an Honorary Professor in Medical Education at the University of Nottingham and remains a Visiting Professor at City University London where she previously held a Chair in Organisational Psychology. Fiona’s research in medical selection began whilst a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham, focusing on GP selection and is now a well established long-term research programme. Her programme of research uniquely involves the development of theoretical models of important non-cognitive attributes and skills required by doctors (such as empathy, communication and integrity) and the related design, implementation and validation of assessment methodologies. Fiona’s activities have provided evidence for the introduction of innovative selection methodologies in medical selection such as situational judgement tests (SJT) and selection centres. In May 2012, Fiona was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of General Practitioners in recognition of her ongoing contribution to the UK selection process for GP specialty training.

Wojciech PAWLINA M.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Medical Education

Dr Pawlina earned his medical degree from the Copernicus Medical School, Krakow, Poland, where he was appointed as lecturer and instructor in Gross Anatomy. Since 1986 he worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Florida College of Medicine before joining the faculty of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. In 1999 he relocated to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and is appointed as the Professor of Anatomy and Medical Education.  He serves as the Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Assistant Dean for Curriculum Development and Innovation. His research interest in medical education is directed towards strategies to implement professionalism, leadership, and teamwork in the early medical curriculum. Recently he employs social network analysis to evaluate teamwork and professionalism in anatomy course. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Anatomical Sciences Education, a new journal of American Association of Anatomists.

Gominda PONNAMPERUMA
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
Email: gomindap@hotmail.com

Dr. Ponnamperuma has served as an invited speaker cum resource person in many international symposia and conferences. Author of several journal articles and books, he is a peer reviewer of many international journals. He sits on the editorial board and severs as the subsection editor on assessment in the journal Medical Education Online. He is a postgraduate tutor, examiner, and resource material developer in national and international medical education courses. Gominda has also carried out consultations for educational projects. His research interests include assessment (including selection for training), and curriculum development and evaluation.                                             

Jan-Joost RETHANS, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of the CORE (COnsultational and Reflective Skills Programme,
Director of the Simulated Patient Programme and coordinator of the Master Phase Skillslab programme, Faculty of Health Medicine & Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University
The Netherlands
Email: j.rethans@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Jan-Joost Rethans studied medicine at Maastricht University. After finishing specialist training in family practice he worked 17 years part-time as a family physician and as a researcher at the Research Institute ‘Extra’ of Maastricht University. During this period he also worked three years in Norway, both as a clinician and as a researcher. He has a PhD in Medical Education from Maastricht University (1990, ‘cum laude’- rating). He delivered 8 PhD students who all conducted studies in the field of performance assessment of physicians, mostly using the methodology of incognito standardized patients. In 1998 he joined the Skillslab of FHML, Maastricht University. He was elected as chair (1998-2004) of the Executive Board of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN). In 2004 he joined the Board of Directors of ASPE (Association of Standardized Patient Educators), where he was initiator and first chair of the Committee ASPE-International. He held positions as visiting professor at Gifu University, Medical Education Development Centre, Japan and at Osaka Medical School, Osaka during a three months stay in Japan (2008). In 2010 he received the Outstanding Educator Award 2010 by ASPE as first person outside North America. He was nominated for the Maastricht University Education Award 2011. Dr. Rethans is author/co-author of more than 70 publications in international peer reviewed medical journals. The majority of his papers deal with simulated or standardized patient methodology.

Charlotte RINGSTED
Professor, Director of Centre for Clinical Education
University of Copenhagen and Capital Region, Denmark
Email: Charlotte.Ringsted@regionh.dk

Charlotte Ringsted (CR) graduated as MD in 1978, and became specialist in Anaesthesiology in 1991. She left clinical medicine in 1993 for a career in medical education. Obtained a Master degree in Health Professions Education (MHPE) in 1997 and a PhD degree in 2004, both from Maastricht University. CR established the first Skills Lab in Denmark in 1995 at University of Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet. In 1997 CR was appointed the leader of a new Postgraduate Medical Institute for the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, a position she served until 2004, where she became the leader of Centre for Clinical Education. This centre was a merge of the Skills Lab and the Postgraduate Medical Institute. CR contributed to the establishment of the Danish Association of Medical Education in 1999 and was member of the executive board in the years 1999-2005, president during 2003-2005. During 2004-2011 CR was member of the executive board of Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). One contribution was introducing courses in research in medical education connected to the annual conference, Research Essential Skills of Medical Education (RESME course) that has been run annually since 2007. CR was associate professor during 2004-2007 and appointed full professor of Medical Pedagogy at University of Copenhagen in 2007. CR is honorary appointed lecturer at Maastricht University since 2006. CR is vice-editor for Medical Education and Advances in Health Science Education, and member of Editorial Board for two international journals, International Journal of Medical Education and Perspectives on Medical Education. Current research interest includes: Training and assessment of clinical skills in clinical and laboratory settings; VR/simulation-based training, inter-professional teamwork; work-place based assessment; using students and patients as teachers and instructors.

Vincent RUSSELL MB BCh. BAO, MSc, MRCPsych, LMCC, FRCPC
Head, Department of Psychiatry
Penang Medical College, Malaysia

Janette SAMAAN, Ph.D,
Director, Global Health
Learning Opportunities (GHLO
Association of American Medical Colleges
USA

Dr. Samaan joined the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) as founding Director of         Global Health Learning Opportunities (GHLO) in June, 2010. In recognition of the demand for global engagement on the part of medical schools and their students, the AAMC launched a network of collaborating institutions globally to facilitate clinical and research electives for final year students. Dr. Samaan brings 30-years of experience as an international educator to GHLO. She has provided leadership and vision to numerous universities in developing international programs, partnerships, and strategies.  With a passion for cross-cultural and cross-functional collaboration, she strives to build globally-minded institutions.

Albert Scherpbier
Professor of Quality Promotion in Medical Education; and
Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Maastricht University
The Netherlands
Email: a.scherpbier@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Professor Scherpbier is Professor of Quality Promotion in Medical Education and Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University (Maastricht, The Netherlands). His key interests in medical education are quality assurance, professionalisation of medical education, career prospects for medical teachers, involvement of medical students in improving the quality of education, and medical education research. He has published extensively on medical education (research) and was editor of the Dutch Journal of Medical Education for 20 years. He also has been very active in the board of the Dutch Federation for Medical Education as secretary and chairperson. He teaches courses on medical education research for the Maastricht School of Health Professions Education, supervises national and international PhD students and has been a consultant to medical schools in various countries, including Indonesia, Uganda, Nepal and Ghana. He has been a driving force for curriculum innovation aimed at promoting integration of basic science and clinical science and teaching in realistic contexts.

Lambert SCHUWIRTH
Professor. Dr
Department of Educational Development and Research
FICE, Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia and
Adjunct Professor, Innovative Assessment Maastricht University
The Netherlands
Email: lambert.schuwirth@flinders.edu.au

Lambert Schuwirth obtained his MD from Maastricht University. In 1991 he joined the department of Educational Development and Research there, taking up various roles in student assessment: chairman of the inter-university and the local progress test review committee, the OSCE review committee and the case-based testing committee. Since the early 2000s he has been chair of the overall task force on assessment. He has been advisor on assessment to medical colleges in the Netherlands and the UK. In 2010 he chaired an international consensus group on education research the results of which were published in Medical Teacher. Since 2007 he is a full-professor for Innovative Assessment at Maastricht University – currently as adjunct; since 2011 he is a strategic professor for Medical Education at Flinders University in Adelaide Australia.

Diantha SOEMANTRI, MD, MMedEd
Lecturer in Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Email: diantha.soemantri@ui.ac.id
dianthasoemantri@yahoo.com

Avinash Nivritti SUPE, MS, FICS, DNBE, FCPS, PGDME, DHA, MHPE (UIC)
Head, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital
Mumbai, India
Email: avisupe@gmail.com

Professor Avinash N Supe heads the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and is the President of International Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Association - Indian Section. He is also the Director of GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute.  He is a recipient of the International Fellowship in Medical Education and Faimer fellowship. He has been a Consultant for curriculum development for Medical Council of India and National Board of examinations. He has conducted more than 200 faculty development workshops in India, and other countries. He has received more than 20 awards and medals.  Among them is the Silver medal at MS, Surgery Examination, University of Mumbai (1982), First best teacher award, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2002) and National Board of Examinations eminent medical educationist award. He has also published extensively in international and regional scientific journals in field of Surgery and medical education.

David B SWANSON, PhD
Vice President for Program Development and Special Projects
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
Philadelphia, USA
Email: dswanson@nbme.org

Jerry W. SWANSON, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Evaluation
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Email :jwswanson@mayo.edu

Dr. Swanson graduated from Northwestern University Medical School and completed a neurology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.  He joined the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in 1982.  He is Professor of Neurology in the College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic.  His clinical subspecialty is Headache Medicine, and he has written extensively on headache-related topics.  He serves as Assistant Dean for Assessment and Evaluation in Mayo Medical School.  Dr. Swanson has devoted much of his career to medical education.  He has previously been the chair of the Mayo Medical School neuroscience course and has served as neurology residency program director.  He has been a member of several committees of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.   Dr. Swanson has an interest in student assessment and curriculum evaluation.

Karen Szauter, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine   and Office of Educational Development
Medical Director, Standardised Patient Program
Distinguished Teacher Professor
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, USA
email: kszauter@utmb.edu

Karen Szauter joined the faculty at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 1990 and has pursued her academic passion by advancing her understanding of educational theory and practice.   She attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio followed by a residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in both gastroenterology and nutrition. She maintains a clinical practice in gastroenterology, and serves as co-director of the Internal Medicine clinical clerkship. She has served as the medical director of the Standardized Patient Center since 2000 where she works with students and faculty in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Health Profession.   Dr. Szauter was elected as an inaugural member of UTMB’s Academy of Master Teachers, and serves as a faculty advisor and mentor for the Scholars in Education Program, an 18 month faculty development program.   She has held numerous national leadership roles including serving as the chair of the Grants and Research Committee of ASPE, and as the chair of the Group on Educational Affairs through the Association of American Medical Colleges.   Her research interests focus on clinical skills development, advancement of standardized patient methodology, and professionalism.

Andrea THOMPSON
Professional Teaching Fellow
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Email:  andreathompson@auckland.ac.nz

As a Professional Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at the University of Auckland, I am involved in teaching and facilitation of postgraduate courses and workshops offered by the Centre.  I have a keen interest in all aspects of clinical education with a particular focus on exploring ways to enhance support in the clinical setting for both the learners, and practitioners who have a teaching/supervisory role. The focus of my current research is the development of learning partnerships (supported by a virtual learning environment) between student medical radiation technologists (MRTs) and their supervisors/teachers (MRTs). 

Danai WANGSATURAKA
Lecturer in Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
Email: danai.w@chula.ac.th
dwangsaturaka@gmail.com

Dr Wangsaturaka's background is in medicine. After obtaining his MD from Chulalongkorn University, he continued his study at University of Dundee’s Centre for Medical Education. He completed Master’s degree with distinction and subsequently PhD in medical education. Dr Wangsaturaka has provided educational consultancy and run faculty development workshops for faculties of medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmaceutical science, and allied health sciences in many universities. He is also a member of educational working groups for the Thai Medical Council and the Consortium of Thai Medical Schools.

Jen-Hung YANG
Dean, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University
Professor, Department of Dermatology, TCU School of Medicine
Vice-Superintendant (Medical Education), Tzu Chi General Hospital
Hualien, Taiwan

Sophia ANG Bee Leng
Associate Professor  and Senior Consultant
Department of Anaesthesia
Vice Chairman, Medical Board (Patient  Safety and Operations)
National University Hospital
National University Health System
Singapore
Email : Sophia_Ang@nuhs.edu.sg

Sophia is a cardiac anesthesiologist by training and the Chair of the Risk Management and Patient Safety Committee and the Patient Safety Officer in NUH. She has been involved in training medical students, medical officers, consultants and faculty in patient safety. Sophia has had grants and participated in a number of patient safety projects including communication of critical results, rapid escalation for deteriorating patients and information dashboard system in the operating theatre for patient safety.  Her work has gained recognition at the national level and she was awarded a public service administration gold award for her role as an activist in patient safety in 2011. Her current interests include patient safety performance measures, accreditation of ward procedures, team training and improving the curriculum and education of patient safety in medical school.

Zubair AMIN
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and
Consultant Neonatologist
National University Hospital
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: zubair_amin@nuhs.edu.sg

Dr Amin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and a Consultant Neonatologist in National University Hospital. Dr Amin has Master in Health Profession Education (MHPE) from University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. His interests in medical education are in faculty development, assessment, and international medical education. He is the lead author of three books: Basics in Medical Education, Profiles of Asian Medical Schools: Part I Southeast Asia, and A Practical Guide on Student Assessment. His books have been translated into Korean and Turkish languages. He is the member of editorial team of Medical Education Online, Anatomical Sciences Education, and Education Research International. He has led an interdisciplinary team to develop a set of consensus statements and recommendations for use of technology in assessment. He is a panel member of ASPIRE (International Recognition of Excellence in Medical Education) and a member of Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Research Task Force. He has conducted faculty development programme in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, and Italy. Recently, he served as a reviewer for the prestigious Karolinska Instituet Prize for Research in Medical Education, 2012 (KIPRME 2012).

Marion M AW
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore

Leonardo D. de CASTRO
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: Leonardo_de_castro@nuhs.edu.sg

Sally Wai-Chi CHAN
Professor and Head
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: nurcwcs@nus.edu.sg

Professor Chan has extensive experience in education and research. Her research focuses on nursing education, mental health, family interventions, and quality of life. She has published over 200 academic and professional papers and has obtained numerous research grants. Professor Chan is the convener of the East Asia Forum of Nursing Scholar; President of the Sigma Theta Tau International-Upsilon Eta Chapter; Member of Primary Care Consultation group, Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders, World Health Organization; Co-chair of the Nurses Shared Interest Group, International Psychogeriatic Association; and member of the Executive Council, Singapore Nurses Association. She is the co-chair of the Interprofessional Education Committee and Advisor to the Healthcare Simulation Centre at the National University of Singapore.

CHAN Yiong Huak
Head, Biostatistics Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: yiong_huak_chan@nuhs.edu.sg

Jacqueline CHIN
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Undergraduate Education
Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore

CHIN Jing Jih  
Divisional Chairman, Integrative and Community Care  and
Senior Consultant, Department of Continuing and Community Care
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr Chin is Senior Consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he serves as Chairman, Division of Integrative and Community Care. He is Adjunct Associate Professor with the NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics. He is the Assistant Dean (Care Integration) and Co-Lead for Professionalism and Medical Ethics at the Lee Kong Chian Medical School, a new medical school under the collaboration of Imperial College London and NTU Singapore. He chairs the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee and the National Healthcare Group Research Ethics Committee. Dr Chin is also the President of the Singapore Medical Association.

Vincent CHONG
Professor of Radiology and Chief
Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore

Dr Chong is Professor of Radiology and Chief of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, NUH. Singapore. He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1978 and was trained in the University Hospitals of the University of Malaya and the University of Nottingham. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) in 1984 and MBA (NUS) in 2002. Dr Chong’s interest is in Head & Neck Imaging with a special interest in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). He is a recipient or three NMRC grants (principal investigator) for NPC research. He has published more than 100 articles, 14 book chapters, co-authored a book and edited a monograph on NPC. He is a member of UICC Expert Panel on Head and Neck Cancer (TNM Staging System).

CHOW Yeow Leng
Assistant Professor
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: nurcyl@nus.edu.sg

M Kamala DEVI
Senior Lecturer
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: nurmkd@nus.edu.sg

Kelvin FOONG
Associate Professor and
Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs)
Faculty of Dentistry
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: kelvinfoong@nuhs.edu.sg

Dr Kelvin Foong received his basic dental degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1988, and obtained the Master of Dental Surgery in Orthodontics at The University of Adelaide in 1994.  He went on to receive the Diploma of Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996.  A keen interest in surgical cleft outcomes led to a PhD in 2005 from NUS.  He is a tenured Associate Professor, and holds the administrative appointments of Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs) and Director, Discipline of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS.

GOH Lee Gan
Professorial Fellow
Division of Family Medicine, Department of Medicine
National University Hospital
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: lee_gan_goh@nuhs.edu.sg

Associate Professor Goh's background is in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health. He worked in the tertiary hospital sector and primary care sector before joining the National University of Singapore in 1987 He is presently involved in teaching family medicine at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels. He is a past president of the College of Family Physicians, Singapore, a past President of the Singapore Medical Association, and the immediate past Regional President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Asia Pacific Region. For his work as Chairman of the MOH AIDs Task Force for Singapore he was given the BBM (Public Service Star) in the 2004 National Day Awards. He has received several other awards for his contributions to the medical profession and the community namely the Orator for the Second Henry Lim Lecture in 2009 – “A formula for successful ageing” , Wesley Fabb Oration 2009 –  Connecting care as the next conceptual leap in family medicine and Inspiring Mentor Award – NUS Alumni 2009

GOH Poh Sun
MB,BS(Melb), FRCR, MHPE(Maastricht)
Senior Consultant
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
National University Hospital
National University Health System
Singapore

Medical Education and eLearning Portfolio: http://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.sg/

Dr Goh has been practicing as a clinical radiologist for the last 23 years, been teaching at the National University of Singapore and National University Hospital for the last 19 years, including nursing, dental and medical undergraduates and postgraduates (in the departments of Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Surgery and Anaesthesia). His passions can be summarized in three key words – Technology, Education and Radiology. He has been developing and evaluating eLearning platforms and solutions for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning for the last 11 years, and has presented this work at conferences, and invited symposia locally, and internationally. He completed the 2 year Master of Health Professions Education Program at Maastricht University in April 2012; and is currently working on the research proposal for the PhD program in medical education. Dr Goh is currently a member of the AMEE (Association of Medical Education in Europe) eLearning committee (appointment for a three year term from 2011 to 2014), and will be the incoming Chairman, Organising Committee for the 11th APMEC (Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference) in 2014.

“Passions - Technology, Education, Radiology
Technology as a tool, platform and enabler to support and augment face to face customized teaching and learning; with educational principles as the foundation; and radiology as my academic and clinical focus.”

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Rohan Gunaratna
Head,  Singapore International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research and
Professor of Security Studies
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Rohan Gunaratna is a specialist of the global threat environment, with expertise in threat groups in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He is Head of Singapore’s International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), one of the largest specialist counter terrorism research and training centres in the world. He is also Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Appointed as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Terrorism in 2012, Gunaratna serves on the advisory board of International Centre for Counter- Terrorism in The Hague. He is Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Institute for Counter Terrorism in Israel and a Member of the Steering Committee of George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute. Gunaratna was a Senior Fellow both at Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy and at the United States Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point. He holds a Masters in International Peace Studies from Notre Dame, US, and a Doctorate in International Relations from St. Andrews, Scotland. Invited to testify before the 9-11 Commission on the structure of Al Qaeda, Gunaratna led the specialist team that built the UN Database on Al Qaeda, Taliban and their Entities. He debriefed detainees in the U.S., Asia, Middle East including high value Al Qaeda detainees in Iraq. He chaired the inaugural International Conference on Terrorist Rehabilitation in February 2009. Author and editor of 14 books including “Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror” (Columbia University Press), an international bestseller, Gunaratna is also the lead author of Jane’s Counter Terrorism, a handbook for counter terrorism practitioners. His latest book with Chandler, former Chairman of the UN Monitoring Group into the Mobility, Weapons and Finance is "Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Threat of Global Violence?” A litigation consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice, Gunaratna was United States expert in the Jose Padilla trial.

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Matthew C. E. GWEE
Professorial Fellow and
Chairman, International & Education Programmes
Medical Education Unit, Dean's Office
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System, Singapore

Email: matthew_gwee@nuhs.edu.sg

Professor Gwee is currently a Professorial Fellow and Chairman, International and Education Programmes in the Medical Education Unit of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and a Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy. Professor Gwee also serves on numerous local, regional and international committees, Advisory Boards as well as Editorial Boards, including Medical Teacher, Medical Education and the International Journal of Medical Education. Professor Gwee has been invited as speaker/panelist for several gold standard meetings in medical education in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Professor Gwee is a pioneer in the field of medical education in Singapore. He received the prestigious MILES Award in the 3rd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference in 2006 in recognition of his many contributions to Mentoring, Innovation and Leadership in Educational Scholarship.

Professor Gwee has also served: as a Member of the University Committee on Educational Policy for three terms; as Associate Director, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (1997-2006); as a Foundation Member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of NUS; as the inaugural Co-Chairman of the Nursing Curriculum Committee, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies; as Vice-Dean (1980-1992), and as Head of the Department of Pharmacology (1987-1997) as well as Chairman of the PBL Committee (2000-2006) in the then Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Professor Gwee has served as a Member of the Management Committee of the Association for Medical Education in Asia, and also as a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Medical Science Educators. 

Among his other publications Professor Gwee recently published two key papers in Special Issues to commemorate the centenary year (2010) of the Flexner Report in the Journal of Medical Education (“Medical and Health Care Professional Education in the 21st Century: Institutional, National and Global Perspectives”) and the Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (“Role of Basic Medical Sciences in 21st Century Medical Education.”)

Professor Gwee and two colleagues have also been invited by the Association of Medical Education for Europe to contribute to writing a Guide on “Contextualising Assessment in the Basic Medical Sciences.”

Calvin HO
Assistant Professor
Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore

Rajendran KANAGASUNTHERAM 
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: k_rajendran@nuhs.edu.sg

Rajendran Kanagasuntheram graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 1971 and practiced general surgery before joining the Department of Anatomy in 1979 where he has served for the past 30 years teaching both medical and dental undergraduates as well as postgraduates. His main interest besides medical education has been in the development of multimedia material for the teaching of anatomy. Assoc Professor Rajendran is actively involved in the curriculum development of the medical school.  He chairs the Structure/Development Track for First Year Medicine. He has received the NUS Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards in 1997 and 1998 and the NUS Outstanding Educator Award in 2004.

Gerald Choon-Huat KOH
Associate Professor
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: Gerald_koh@nuhs.edu.sg

KOH Dow Rhoon
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Visiting Senior Consultant, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: dow_rhoon_koh@nuhs.edu.sg

Dr Koh Dow Rhoon is an alumni of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and completed his undergraduate training in medicine in 1981. He then went on to complete his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology.  He has been active in medical education for more than a decade and has been the Vice-Dean (Education) from 2001 to 2010, driving medical education reforms in the school. He is currently associate professor in the Department of Physiology and visiting senior consultant in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS). His current interests are in curricular reforms, medical student selection, educational assessments and the use of technology in medical education.  

Yanika KOWITLAWAKUL
Assistant Professor
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: nuryk@nus.edu.sg

Dr. Kowitlawakul received her Ph.D in Nursing in 2008, from George Mason University, Virginia, USA. Her professional experiences have included critical care nursing and clinical teaching. Dr. Kowitlawakul has been working as an Assistant Professor at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, since July 2011.  She has been involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate nursing program.  Her research areas of interest are patient safety, particularly in critical care units, and health information technology.

LAU Tang Ching
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Assistant Dean (Education), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: mdcltc@nus.edu.sg 

Dr Lau Tang Ching is currently working as a Consultant Rheumatologist in the Division of Rheumatology, University Medicine Cluster in NUHS.  He is the head of the rheumatology division since 2009.  He has being appointed as the Assistant Dean (education) of Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine, NUH and the Assistant CMB (education) for NUH since June 2010.  He graduated in 1991 from the National University of Singapore and obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physician in United Kingdom and the Master of Medicine (internal medicine) degree in 1997.  He started his advance training in rheumatology in the same year and has spent one year of fellowship training in Sydney, Australia on the topic of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.  He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore since 2001 and the Royal College of Physician (Edinburgh) since 2004.  He also holds a Master of Medical Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology (University of Newcastle, Australia), and a graduate diploma degree in acupuncture (Singapore).  His main research interests are in osteoporosis, pharmacoeconomic evaluation and evidence based medicine.  He has helped to coordinate the Health Service Development Program for osteoporosis (HSDP) in 2003 to 2007 in the NHG cluster, which was successful in improving adherence and reducing the recurrent fracture rates of patients who were at high risk of recurrent fractures.  He is currently helping to coordinate the Osteoporosis Disease Management Program (OPTIMAL), which is an extension of the previous HSDP osteoporosis program, involving both the Singhealth and NHG clusters.  He is also interested in clinical process improvement program and has successfully completed and mentored a few projects over the years.

Lim Tow Keang
Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
National University Hospital
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: tow_keang_lim@nuhs.edu.sg 

TK graduated(with distinction) from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and trained in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine(RCCM) at the NUS, YYLSOM. He is Professor of Medicine and former Head of RCCM at NUHs. He chairs the Singapore National Asthma Program, the Ministry of Health Integrated Care Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, the Specialist Advisory Board(Respiratory Medicine) Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defense and the professorial promotions and tenure committee for the NUS, YYLSOM. He coordinates the final year program at the YYLSOM. His is a recipient of the following: 2005 Outstanding Citizen Award National Healthcare Group(Inaugural), 2006 Star Award National University Hospital, 2010 National Medical Excellence Award, 2011 University Medical Center PostGrad Teaching Excellence Award(inaugural) and the 2011 National University Hospital, Master Clinician Award(inaugural).

Paul Ulhas MACNEILL
Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Ethics
Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: medpum@nus.edu.sg
http://cbme.nus.edu.sg/ourstaff.html

Professor Paul Ulhas Macneill is the Director of the undergraduate program in ethics in the National University Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine MBBS program. He is a Professor (Honorary Associate) of the Centre for Values, Ethics & the Law in Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. He is a former President of the Australasian Bioethics Association. Paul is the Co-ordinator of the Arts Bioethics Network within the International Association of Bioethics; was an organiser of the Arts and Bioethics program in the 9th World Congress of Bioethics in Croatia (2008); and an organiser of arts events in the 10th World Congress of Bioethics in Singapore (2010). His recent publications include ‘The arts and medicine: a challenging relationship’; ‘Art and bioethics: shifts in understanding across genres’. He is preparing a book entitled Art and Ethics [Springer forthcoming 2013]. The book includes explorations of theatre, performance and ethics.

Mara McADAMS
Assistant Professor
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Singapore
Email: mara.mcadams@duke-nus.edu.sg

Cherlyn Ong Tze-Mae
Final Year  Medical Student
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore

Miss Cherlyn Ong is a final year medical student at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in the National University of Singapore, and is currently in the midst of the student internship programme. Aside from her studies, she has a keen interest in the arts, and has taken part in numerous plays and cappella performances. In 2010, she was presented with the Medical Society Colours Award for her outstanding contributions, and in 2012, she was awarded the Lee Foundation Professionalism Prize.

Shirley OOI Beng Suat
Senior Consultant and Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine Department, (EMD), and
Designated Institutional Official, NUHS Residency
National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore
Email: Shirley_ooi@nuhs.edu.sg

Dujeepa D. SAMARASEKERA
Deputy Head, Medical Education Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University
Email: dujeepa_samarasekera@nuhs.edu.sg

Dujeepa Samarasekera is the Deputy Head, Medical Education Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining NUS, he was a Medical Educationalist attached to the Centre for Medical and Health Science Education (CMHSE), University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the Medical Education Development And Research Centre (MEDARC), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. After graduating as a medical doctor from University of Colombo he trained further in medical education at University of Maastricht. Dr Samarasekera has been involved in curriculum planning, evaluation, and student assessment at both undergraduate and postgraduate level health professional courses. Recent involvements include faculty representative in the Interprofessional Education Committee at NUS and member of the panel of reviewers for ASPIRE – A Medical School Program For International Recognition Of Excellence In Education anchored by AMEE. He provides educational expertise, staff development to the medical faculties and other health professional institutions and also serves as an educational consultant to Ministry of Health, Singapore. He is the Co-chair for faculty development at the National University Health System (NUHS) Residency program and a member of the Graduate Medical Education Committee of NUHS. He serves as a member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and heads the Continuous Quality Improvement section of the deanery education of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Dr. Samarasekera is in the editorial advisory boards of South East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME), Korean Journal of Medical Education and serves as external faculty to CMHSE, University of Auckland; Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan. His main research interests are in effective teaching/learning behaviours and assessment.   

Joe SIM
Chief Executive Officer
National University Hospital (NUH)
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: joe_sim@nuhs.edu.sg

Mr Joe Sim is currently the Chief Executive Officer of National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. Prior to being CEO of NUH, Joe has held various portfolios in both the public and private sectors outside of healthcare, giving him a wealth of experience and varied exposures to different industries. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Business School where he takes on the academic challenge of sharing his knowledge and experience in health administration with students in the two faculties. In addition, he is also an Adjunct with the Nanyang Technological University’s MBA programme. He was instrumental in the development of the Orientation program and has developed various leadership training programs in the hospital.

Derek SOON
Consultant Neurologist
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine
National University Hospital
National University Health System, Singapore
Email: derek_soon@nuhs.edu.sg 

Dr Derek Soon obtained his basic medical degree at Cambridge University in 1995. Further postgraduate and specialist training was undertaken in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a PhD in neuroscience at University College London, and completed higher training  in neurology at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. Dr Soon has held various positions in education. This includes being neurology teaching fellow for Nottingham University, Association of British Neurologists trainee representative for the East Midlands Deanery and his current position as director of undergraduate education, University Medicine Cluster. Dr Soon is currently completing his MSc in medical education at the University of Nottingham. Dr Soon’s education interests include the neurobiology of learning and how neuroscientific principles can be exploited to augment teaching and learning.

TAN Chay Hoon
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Member, Medical Education Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; and
Consultant Psychiatrist, National University Hospital
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: chay_hoon_tan@nuhs.edu.sg

Dr Tan is an Associate Professor in Pharmacology, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Consultant Psychiatrist, National University Hospital. She served on the Educational Task Force of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, on Curriculum Review as well as faculty Professional Development and coordinates the Mentoring Program. She is a Member of the Medical Education Unit and is actively involved in students and faculty assessment, Objective-Structured-Clinical-Examination and Objective-Structured-Teacher and Examiner Evaluation. She is on the editorial board of Medical Progress and International Journal of Mental Health and an invited manuscript reviewer for various International Neuroscience and Psychiatric Journals. Dr Tan has been active in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and NUHS Residency Curriculum planning. She has received the University Annual Teaching Excellence Awards in 2004/2005 and 2001/2002 and has been awarded Master of Medical Education by University of Dundee in 2011. 

TAN Khoon Kiat
Senior Lecturer
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
Email: nurmkd@nus.edu.sg

Mr. Tan Khoon Kiat, Senior Lecturer in Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, is currently pursuing a doctoral degree with University of Eastern Finland. After completing his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Nursing Studies with King’s College, University of London in 1993, he soon pursued a Master in Education with National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University while working in the acute hospital. His research interest is on community care for older people and simulation-based learning.

Clement Tan
Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist
Department of Ophthalmology
National University Hospital
National University Health System
Email: clement_wt_tan@nuhs.edu.sg

TEO Li San Lynette
Consultant
Department of Diagnostic Imaging
National University Hospital
National University health System
Singapore
Email: lynette_ls_teo@nuhs.edu.sg

Joseph THAMBIAH
Associate Professor  and Senior Consultant, Division of Spine Surgery
Head, Division of Musculoskeletal Trauma
Program Director, Orthopaedics Residency Program, National University Health System (NUHS)
Director, Orthopaedics Postgraduate Education, University Orthopaedics, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Cluster (UOHC)
National University Hospital
Singapore
Email: joseph_thambiah@nuhs.edu.sg

T. Thirumoorthy
 MBBS (Malaya) FRCP (London) FAMS (Dermatology) FRCS (Glasgow)
 Assoc Professor
 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical Schools
Singapore
Email: gmstt@duke-nus.edu.sg

VOO Teck Chuan
Adjunct Research Fellow
Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
National University Health System
Singapore

VOO Teck Chuan is an adjunct research fellow with the NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE). He is involved in the teaching and development of CBmE’s Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism undergraduate programme. His central research interest is examining moral agency in different contexts, drawing on political philosophy and jurisprudence and in light of critical understandings of existing social practices and structures. He has published in various bioethical areas including organ transplantation, medical ethics education, research ethics, and public health. He served as rapporteur for a World Health Organization Technical Consultation in 2009. He was a Visiting Scholar at The Hastings Center, New York, in 2009. He is doing his PhD at The Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation and The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, The University of Manchester, under a Wellcome Trust Studentship.