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in this issue 02 04 PROF CHIA BOON LOCK RECEIVED SMA HONORARY MEMBERSHIP AWARD UPCOMING PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH RECEIVING THE SMA HONORARY Prof Chia Boon 05 06 07 08 10 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 11 12 13 14 16 18 20 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 FEEDBACK Please direct your feedback to The Editor, PULSE c/o The Heart Institute National University Hospital Cardiac Department Level 3, Main Building Singapore 119074 Tel 6772 5565 Fax 6778 6057 Email The_Heart_Institute@nuh.com.sg EDITOR Dr Poh Kian Keong ABSTRACTS, PUBLICATIONS AND NEW DOCTORS ON BOARD ADVISOR A/Prof Tan Huay Cheem Contents are not to be reproduced without the permission of The Heart Institute “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 THI PULSE | 2
AWARD Lock Dept @ NUH in 2006. Other awards which he has received include the Lee Foundation-National Healthcare Group Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dato Paduka Mahkota Brunei. Remarkably, most of Prof Chia’s achievements have been attained despite a long battle with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma – initially with the treatment 24 years ago and subsequently with the late side-effects arising from the radiotherapy which he had received. This is truly a testimony of his great courage and his indomitable spirit. The award at the dinner was presented to Prof Chia by the Permanent Secretary of Health, Miss Yong Ying-I. THI PULSE | 3
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