Introduction to Design Thinking & AI in Healthcare Innovations

Name​

Designation​

Biography​

A/Prof Ngiam Kee Yuan​

Group Chief Technology Officer, NUHS Corporate Office​

Other positions:​

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore;​

Senior Consultant, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital Singapore;​

Director, Surgical Research and Development, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital Singapore;​

Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer, National University Hospital;​

Chief Advisor, Center for innovation in Healthcare, NUHS​

Dr Ngiam’s special interests are in thyroid and endocrine surgery, robotic thyroid surgery, and laparoscopic surgery. He was awarded the ExxonMobil-NUS Research Fellowship for Clinicians in 2007 and his research interests include parathyroid surgery, robotic thyroid surgery and thyroid cancer surgery. Digital health is one of Dr Ngiam’s greatest passions and in his role as Group Chief Technology Officer, he has developed and deployed numerous projects and platforms, including the award winning DISCOVERY AI platform, which is a NUHS protected cloud dedicated to research and development of AI tools. He is the recipient of numerous technology awards, including the Singapore Ministry of Health National Health IT Awards 2018 for Champion in Health IT Excellence.

Asst Prof Lee Phin Peng

Acting Programme Director, Singapore Biodesign

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Prior to his current role, Dr. Lee was a Principal Investigator for a medical technology project around cerebrovascular stroke monitoring and detection. Dr. Lee is an experienced speaker who has been invited to speak at numerous events, speaker panels and conferences. He is also an accomplished and certified adult educator – Dr. Lee has trained more than 600 researchers, healthcare professionals, and corporates in Design Thinking and the Biodesign methodology.

In addition to his work in the health and medical technology innovation industry, Dr. Lee is passionate about mentoring the next generation of healthcare leaders and is actively involved in mentoring programmes for startups, projects and young professionals.
Dr. Lee holds a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Francisco – Berkeley and a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Stanford School of Medicine under the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship.

 Public Institutions or Governmental Agencies

 Industry Professionals​

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