Very often the question is asked, “What is a clinician-scientist (CS)?” The definition is muddled. The NMRC will give you one definition; our own doctors will give you another. Is it embedded in the qualifications of the individual, type of research that he or she performs, or the practice that the individual is in? For..

Dr Teo Ee Der, Ada BA, MBBChir (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) Background: Cambridge A*STAR MBBS-PhD Scholar, current NUHS Internal Medicine R2 Resident Why I have chosen to do science and medicine Having embarked on research in various labs in Singapore since the age of 14, I am certain of my passion for research and the curiosity..

Dr Chan Wee Lee, William MD (Duke-NUS), MBiochem Hons (Oxon), PhD (Cantab), MRCP My journey My name is William Chan Wee Lee. I am a final year junior resident in Internal Medicine.    My somewhat unusual journey into medicine began when I was reading Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. The undergraduate curriculum at Oxford has..

A/Prof Ng Siok Bian Department of Pathology, NUHS My journey I was trained in Pathology in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in 1997 after obtaining my MBBS from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1995. The Head of Pathology department at that time was A/Prof Ivy Sng, a haematopathologist with a keen interest in T- and..

Dr Yeo Tee Joo MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med), MCI (S’pore) My journey I count myself extremely fortunate to work in the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) where over the years I have encountered many selfless supervisors and mentors. All of them had no qualms in supporting a junior staff like myself in..

Dr Anand D. Jeyasekharan MBBS, PhD (Cantab), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Medical Oncology) My journey I completed my undergraduate medical degree from Christian Medical College Vellore, India (2003). I then received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship towards a PhD in Oncology (2008) at the University of Cambridge UK (Gonville and Caius College), under the mentorship of Professor..