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Clinical Staff
Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
PROFESSOR KUA EE HEOK
pcmkeh@nus.edu.sg
MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, PBM
Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine
National University Health System
Academic and Professional Qualifications:
- M.B.B.S (1973), Malaya
- MRCPsych (1980), United Kingdom
- FRCPsych (1990), United Kingdom
- MD (1991), Singapore
Awards/Honours (Post-PhD):
- Sandoz Research Award for Gerontology (1990)
- First Prize, Asean Psychiatry Research (1993, 1998, 2000)
- National Day Award, Public Service Medal (PBM) (1994)
- Best Teacher Award, Institute of Mental Health (2002)
Career History:
- Postgraduate Training, Oxford University, UK (1978-1980)
- Lecturer, National University of Singapore (1982)
- Geriatric Psychiatry, Harvard University, USA (1984)
- Research Training, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (1990)
- Professor, National University of Singapore (1994)
- Invited Speaker, UN Forum on Mental Health, New York (1999)
Administrative Leadership:
- Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine (1996 -1997)
- CEO and Medical Director, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore (1999 - 2002)
- Chairman, Specialist Training Committee (Psychiatry) (2002 - 2004)
- Head, Department of Psychological Medicine (1995 - 2003) (2006 - 2009)
Professional and Consulting Activities:
- WHO Consultant for Dementia research (1990 - 1995)
- World Psychiatric Association Committee for Education (1994)
- President, Gerontological Society, Singapore (2009 - 2012)
- Editor, Singapore Medical Journal (1997 - 2000)
- Presidentt,
Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (2009 - 2012)
- Editor, Asia-
Pacific Psychiatry Journal (2009 - 2012)
Publications:
200 research papers and 20 books on dementia, alcoholism and schizophrenia
Teaching Areas:
Geriatic Psychiatry, Transcultural Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
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