2011 July - December - nuhcs

in this issue02 (Clinical Vignettes)04 Hybrid OT for EndovascularSurgeryA/Prof Tan Huay Cheem08 Work & Experience at NUHCS09 What is Optical CoherenceTomography?10 MOH Overseas Expert in VascularSurgery/Limb Preservation:It Takes a Whole Village To DoLimb Salvage12 Cardiac Family Day 201114 GP Symposium 201116 My Fellowship Days at NUHCS:17 ESC 2011Objects in The Rear Mirror18 Singapore’s First AntithromboticPharmacotherapeutics Symposium20 Division of Thoraic Surgery:The New Division within NUHCS21 Happenings23 Publications26 Abstracts28 Directory, New Doctors &Congrats!EditorA/Prof Poh Kian KeongAdvisorA/Prof Tan Huay CheemContents are not to be reproducedwithout the written permission of NUHCSIt was on a wet stormy afternoon on 12 Nov 2011, NationalUniversity Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) hosted its inauguralpublic chinese symposium, “ 健 康 心 脏 , 健 康 生 活 ” at the newauditorium of the National University Health System (NUHS) TowerBlock. The 300 tickets catered were long sold out before the eventbut it did not stop another 80 people from braving the rain in turningup. They had to be housed in an adjacent room to the auditorium withlive audio and video feed.The audience were certainly not disappointed as they were treatedto a lively presentation of current cardiovascular topics of “Women andHeart Disease”, “Palpitation-Harbinger of Sudden Cardiac Death?”,“Coronary Stenting – Past, Present and Future” and “Coronary ArteryBypass and Valve Surgery Update”. All 4 speakers, Dr Raymond Wong,Dr Lim Toon Wei, Dr Jimmy Hon and Assoc Professor Tan Huay Cheemwere able to fully engage the audience with their fluent Mandarin andmultimedia presentation.The event was also supported by the Singapore Heart Foundationwhich conducted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) demonstrationand provided CPR training kits and educational pamphlets to theattendees.Assoc Prof Tan Huay Cheem, Director of NUHCS, also launchedhis Chinese book, “ ” or “Clinical Vignettes”, which containsall the articles that he had published in his regular column in the localChinese newspaper of LianHe ZaoBao for the last 4 years. All 300copies of his book were sold out with Assoc Prof Tan autographing formany at the end of the symposium.At the end of the afternoon, a total sum of about $5000 was raisedand donated to the NUH Patientcare Charity Fund.NUHCS PULSE | 2