Adjunct Professor Ngiam Kee Yuan is a clinician scientist with 138 publications and 4439 citations, ranging from clinical science to artificial intelligence. He was awarded the NMRC CIDA award in 2021, which resulted in the development of new AI tools, a patent, and high impact publications in Lancet Oncology [IF 36.418, citied 1041 times] and Nature Digital medicine [IF=15.2]. He is among the world's top 2% of highly-cited researchers by Stanford University-Elsevier survey in 2023. His professional interests are innovations in surgery and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. He has founded numerous platforms and programs, including the DISCOVERY AI, ENDEAVOUR AI, the NUHS Holomedicine and MiSSi cloud robotics programme. He is a recipient of multiple grants including the Ministry of Health Innovation grant, HOIC Enterprise Singapore grant, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) 5G grant. He holds multiple patents in surgery and AI technology.

Professional Qualifications

• Fellow of the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons (Edinburgh)
• Specialist Accreditation in General Surgery, Ministry of Heath, Singapore
• Fully Registered Medical Practitioner with the Singapore Medical Council. MCR: 11425A
• Fully Registered Medical Practitioner with the General Medical Council, UK. GMC reference: 6071609

National University of Singapore

• Adjunct Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2024-present

• Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2020-2024

• Founding Head, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, April 2020-present

• Co-director, WisDM institute, NUS, Apr 2020-present

• Adjunct Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 2020-present

• Examiner, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons (Edinburgh), 2019-present

• Associate Editor, ACM Transactions in Datascience, 2017-present

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Digital Health, 2019-present

• Reviewer, Lancet Digital Health, 2024-present

National University Health System

• Head, Academic Information Office, NUHS Corporate Office, Jul 2024 - present
• Group Chief Technology Officer, NUHS Corporate Office, 2017 – Jul 2024
• Founding Head, Department of Biomedical Informatics, NUHS Corporate Office, 2017 – present
• Chief Advisor, Center for Healthcare Innovation, Alexandra Hospital, 2020- present

National University Hospital, Singapore

• President, ISOPES (International Society of OncoPlastic Endocrine Surgeons), Sept 2023- present
• Senior Consultant, Division of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, 2019 -present
• Head, Division of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, 2021-present
• Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer, 2015 to 2022
• Director, Surgical Research and Development, Department of Surgery, 2014 – 2022
• Mission Chief, SOUL Outreach, Department of Surgery, 2015-present
• Health Evaluation Panel Member, DxD Hub, ETPL, 2014-present

Awards 

• 2025 – Singapore Computing Society – Tech Leader of the Year Award
• 2024 – National Day Awards - The Public Administration Medal (Bronze)
• 2023 - Stanford University-Elsevier: NUS Medicine researchers are among the world's top 2% of highly-cited researchers 2023
• 2022 - Asian Hospital Management awards – Gold award. Research grade Pharmacogenomic Best Practice Advisory implementation in ENDEAVOUR AI
• 2021 - Clinician Innovator Development Award, Ministry of Health, Singapore
• 2021 - Asian Hospital Management Award, Excellence Award (Most Advanced Healthcare Technology category)