{"id":626,"date":"2019-12-16T05:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T05:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2021-01-21T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:32:05","slug":"prof-kua-ee-heok","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/faculty-staff\/expert-team-physicianspsychologist\/physicians\/prof-kua-ee-heok\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Kua Ee Heok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-594a0a160bd72\" data-node=\"594a0a160bd72\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<h3 class=\"fl-heading\"><span class=\"fl-heading-text\">Profile<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-594a0a160bce2\" data-node=\"594a0a160bce2\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>Dr Kua Ee Heok was trained as a doctor in the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in (1968 \u2013 1973). His training in Psychiatry was at Oxford University and he obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) in 1980. He was awarded a scholarship for Geriatric Psychiatry training at Harvard University in 1984 and he received an MD for research from the National University of Singapore in 1992. Dr Kua\u2019s psychiatry research training was at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) USA in 1992. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Dr Kua has held multiple titles. While serving as Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore (1998 \u2013 2009), he started the first memory clinic in Singapore in 1990. He was the CEO and Medical Director, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore (1999 \u2013 2002). He is currently Chairman of the SAF Psychiatry Advisory Board (2013 \u2013 2019).<\/p>\n<p>His special interests include psychological disorders in old age including dementia and depression, and he has wide clinical experiences particularly in psychotherapy and stress management. He was a member of the WHO Research Team for the Global Study of Dementia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kua is also involved in international psychiatric organizations and international journals. He was the President of the Pacific-Rim College of Psychiatrists, and the editor of Asia-Pacific Psychiatry. In addition, he has written 270 research papers on subjects ranging from ageing to addiction, along with 23 books on psychiatry, dementia, depression and stress. His novel, <em>\u2018Listening to Letter from America\u2019<\/em> is now used in Harvard University for a course on anthropology. He is one of the Editors-in-Chief (with Professor Norman Sartorius) for the 7-volume <em>\u2018Mental Health and Illness Worldwide\u2019<\/em> to be published by Springer Nature in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He has received multiple awards, including Sandoz Research Award for Gerontology (1990), First Prize in ASEAN Psychiatry Research (1992). He was invited to speak at the United Nations World Forum on depression in 1999. He was conferred the Distinguished Psychiatrist Award 2015 by Singapore Psychiatric Association and Lifetime Achievement Award by the Singapore Gerontological Society in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>C<\/u><u>linical Focus<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geriatric Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li>Transcultural Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li>Stress Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Academic Appointments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tan Geok Yin Professor in Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS<\/p>\n<p>Member of Academic Committee, NUS Mind Science Centre<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Administrative Appointments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine (1996 \u2013 1997)<\/p>\n<p>CEO and Medical Director, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore (1999 \u2013 2002)<\/p>\n<p>Chairman, Specialist Training Committee (Psychiatry) (2002 \u2013 2004)<\/p>\n<p>Head, Department of Psychological Medicine (1995 \u2013 2003) (2006 \u2013 2009)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Honors &amp; Awards<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sandoz Research Award for Gerontology (1990)<\/p>\n<p>First Prize, ASEAN Psychiatry Research (1992)<\/p>\n<p>National Day Award, Public Service Medal (PBM) (1994)<\/p>\n<p>Best Teacher Award, Institute of Mental Health (2002)<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Psychiatrist Award, Singapore Psychiatric Association (2015)<\/p>\n<p>Lifetime Achievement Award, Singapore Gerontological Society (2015)<\/p>\n<p>National Day Award, Public Service Star (BBM) (2018)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHO Consultant for Dementia research (1990 \u2013 1995)<\/p>\n<p>World Psychiatric Association Committee for Education (1994)<\/p>\n<p>President, Gerontological Society, Singapore (2009 \u2013 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Editor, Singapore Medical Journal (1997 \u2013 2000)<\/p>\n<p>President, Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (2009 \u2013 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Editor, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry Journal (2009 \u2013 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Chairman, SAF Psychiatry Advisory Board (2013 \u2013 2019)<\/p>\n<p>Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Professional Education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MBBS, University of Malaya<\/p>\n<p>MD, National University of Singapore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile Dr Kua Ee Heok was trained as a doctor in the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in (1968 \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1547,"parent":619,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"profiledetail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-626","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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