{"id":679,"date":"2019-12-16T06:40:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2021-01-21T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:36:12","slug":"dr-tsoi-wing-foo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/faculty-staff\/expert-team-physicianspsychologist\/physicians\/dr-tsoi-wing-foo\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Tsoi Wing Foo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-594a1c2f54497\" data-node=\"594a1c2f54497\">\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-594a1c2f5441c\" data-node=\"594a1c2f5441c\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>Dr Tsoi Wing Foo has an experience of 57 years in this field. He currently practices at Tsoi Clinic in Orchard, Singapore. He completed MBBS from University of Malaya, Singapore in 1959 and Diploma of Psychological Medicine from RCPsych, United Kingdom in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tsoi developed an interest in transgender psychiatry in the 1970s, and became one of the pioneers in the local psychiatry scene, dedicated to the needs of transgender people. Since 1971, transgender patients who intend to transition must first pass a battery of psychological tests before being certified fit for hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery. He has extensive experience with transgender patients in Singapore, and has written several scientific papers and a book on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The current Department of Psychological Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH), which is the main teaching hospital of the National University of Singapore (NUS), had its humble beginnings in 1979, mainly due to the efforts of Dr Tsoi. In that year, Tsoi, who was a former medical director of Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore&#8217;s first and only mental hospital, singlehandedly set up the Department of Psychological Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). The department gradually expanded and other psychiatrists subsequently joined it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Clinical Focus<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transgender Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Honors &amp; Awards<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Psychiatrist Award, Singapore Psychiatric Association (2012)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>Fellow (Psychiatry), Academy of Medicine Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Fellow (Internal Medicine), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>Fellow (Psychiatry), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists<\/p>\n<p>Medical Superintendent, Woodbridge Hospital (1971 \u2013 1979)<\/p>\n<p>President, Singapore Association for Mental Health (1973 \u2013 1975)<\/p>\n<p>President, ASEAN Federation for Psychiatry and Mental Health (1987 \u2013 1989)<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson, Chapter of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine Singapore (1988 \u2013 1991)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Professional Education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MBBS, University of Malaya, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Diploma of Psychological Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland<\/p>\n<p>MD, National University of Singapore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile Dr Tsoi Wing Foo has an experience of 57 years in this field. 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