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PROF CHIA BOON LOCK
RECEIVED SMA HONORARY
MEMBERSHIP AWARD
UPCOMING PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
ON SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
RECEIVING THE SMA HONORARY
Prof Chia Boon
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MRCP (UK) PREPARATORY
COURSE
CAROTID ARTERY STENTING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY @
THE HEART INSTITUTE
NHG HMDP EXPERT VISIT –
A/PROF DAVID CAMPBELL
1 ST SINGAPORE-ASIA CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY
COURSE
CARDIAC REHABILITATION
PROGRAMME
16 TH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE
ASIAN SOCIETY FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC
SURGERY
A/Prof Tan Huay Cheem, Chief, Cardiac
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WET LAB WORKSHOP
16 TH ASCVTS ENDOVASCULAR
AORTIC STENTING COURSE
SINGAPORE CARDIAC SOCIETY
LECTURER AWARD
FIRST PRIZE – YOUNG
INVESTIGATOR’S AWARD
CHICAGO ACC SUCCESS
GIVING THE SICK HEART A BREAK
NMRC GRANT AWARD
COARCTATION STENTING –
PERCUTANEOUS THERAPY FOR A
RARE PROBLEM
CIT BEIJING MEETING
HAPPENINGS
DIRECTORY AND AWARDS
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“The name Prof Chia Boon Lock, immediately conjures up an image
of a superb clinical cardiologist who can interpret any cardiac
murmur accurately, a dedicated educator who enjoys imparting his
knowledge to the medical students and the younger doctors, a clinical
researcher devoted to the pursuit of the intricacies of the
electrocardiogram and above all, a fatherly figure who is always
willing to lend a hearing ear and who is also always unstinting
with his advice.” This is the citation by Assoc Prof Tan Huay Cheem
for Professor Chia Boon Lock, who was conferred honorary
membership of the Singapore Medical Association for the Year 2008
at the recent SMA Dinner.
One of the early pioneers of cardiology in Singapore, Prof
Chia was in charge of cardiology in Medical Unit II (later known
as the University Department of Medicine II) at SGH from 1975
to 1985 and was also Head of this Department from 1981 to 1983.
After moving over to NUH, he became Head of the hospital’s
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, from 1986 to
1989 and Chief of the Cardiac Department from 1996 to 1999.
Amongst his many achievements, he was one of the first two
cardiologists to introduce echocardiography and the first to
introduce ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Singapore.
Prof Chia is the current Chairman of the Ministry of Health
Workgroup for the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Lipids and a
Member of the Workgroup on Hypertension. He was formerly
President of the Singapore Cardiac Society, Chairman of the
Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine (now the College of
Physicians, Singapore) and a Member of the 17 th and 18 th Council
of the Singapore Medical Association.
An outstanding and inspiring teacher who is a favourite of
the NUS medical students and also registrars training in Cardiology,
Prof Chia has contributed significantly to the training of generations
of doctors and cardiologists in Singapore. For this and other
contributions, the NUS conferred him the title of Emeritus Professor
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