Curriculum Vitae

Conference Organising Committees

2010-2012	Organising Committee, 14^th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology 2012, in conjunction with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 63^rd Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012 Sydney, Australia
2010	Organising Committee & Scientific Program, Breast Imaging Course, “Evolving Guidelines in Breast Cancer”. Asian Breast Diseases Association, in conjunction with Tata Memorial Cancer Centre Mumbai, India
2010	Organising Committee, 1^st International Conference on Medical Imaging and Philosophy University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2009	Organising Committee & Scientific Program, Advanced Breast Imaging and Diagnosis Course Asian Breast Diseases Association, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society Tianjin, China
2009	Session Coordinator for Liver Imaging, 19^th Asia-Pacific Society for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Annual teaching course of the society Hong Kong
2008	Organiser, Yttrium-90 SIRT Training Workshop Teaching course with demonstration and live cases. 17 participants attended from Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore National University Hospital, Singapore
2007	Organiser, Yttrium-90 SIRT Training Workshop Teaching course with demonstration and live cases National University Hospital, Singapore
2007	Chairman, Joint Asian Breast Diseases Association and BreastScreen Singapore (ABDA-BSS) Breast Cancer Conference This meeting saw the 5^th Annual ABDA conference come to Singapore and join with the regular BreastScreen Singapore Update in breast cancer screening and diagnosis. ABDA is an Asia-wide organization, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hong Kong, of radiologists, surgeons, pathologists and oncologists who meet annually to conduct CME and scientific sessions around Asia. A comprehensive programme is planned around the theme “Controversies in Breast Screening, Diagnosis and Management”. Orchard Hotel, Singapore, November 16-18 2007
2007	Organiser, Second Asian Course on Breast MRI The course was run in tandem with the Joint ABDA and BreastScreen Singapore breast cancer conference Orchard Hotel, Singapore, November 15 2007
2007	Organiser, Singapore-London Biomedical Imaging Research Workshop The University of Western Ontario Radiology Department and researchers from the Lawson and Robarts Institutes in London Ontario, Canada were visitors to NUS in Singapore. A joint workshop with presentations on research imaging from Singapore and London scientists was conducted at NUS. National University of Singapore, July 5, 2007
2007	Co-chairman, “Bioimaging of Cancer” session, GEM4 Conference on Cancer The Global Enterprise for Micromechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM4) conference is aimed at bringing together state-of-the-art topics and issues at the intersections of engineering, technology, life sciences, medicine and public health in the context of cancer and human health. Suntec City Conventional Centre, Singapore, July 1-6, 2007
2006	Scientific Committee, First Singaporean-French Biomedical Imaging Workshop This course was the first joint meeting between Singapore (NUS, NTU and A*STAR) and French (Alpes-Rhône, CNRS, Inserm, INSA Lyon) meeting on biomedical imaging research. It was well-attended, well-received and will be repeated in September 2007 in France. Biopolis, Singapore, 12-13 October 2006
2006	Convenor, First Asian Course in Breast MRI This course was the first regional course in this increasingly important field of Breast Radiology. National University of Singapore, 20-21 March 2006
2005-2006	Organising Committee, Asian Musculoskeletal Society Meeting 2006 This course was combined with the Outreach Programme of the International Skeletal Society, the Annual Meeting of the Philippine College of Radiology, and the biennial meeting ASEAN Association of Radiologists. Manila Hotel, Philippines, January 2006
2005	Convenor, NUS-ISMRM Advanced Course in MR of Cancer This was the first ever Outreach education course for the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and the first course in MR Imaging Sciences organized by NUS. National University of Singapore, 18-20 March, 2005
2004	Organising Committee for AOCR 2004 The Asian-Oceanian Congress of Radiology is the largest international meeting of Radiology conducted regularly in the Asia-Pacific region Singapore Expo, 2004
2004-2005	Organising Committee for ISS 2005 The International Skeletal Society, the premier world society of musculoskeletal imaging and pathology, conducts its Annual Refresher Course every year. In 2005 this society will hold its meeting in Singapore, the first time it has conducted its course anywhere in Asia. Raffles City, Singapore, September 28-October 1, 2005
2003	Session Coordinator for NHG Annual Scientific Meeting 2003 This session was on “Advances in Diagnostic Imaging”. I developed the scientific programme and coordinated the speakers for this session. Raffles City, Singapore, October 2003
2002	Organising Committee for 1st Asian Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course This was the first locally organized international course in MSK ultrasound in Singapore. National University Hospital, Singapore, 9-10 Nov 2002
1999-2000	Organising Committee for 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Asian Musculoskeletal Society Songkla and Hatyai, Thailand in March 2000
1999-2000	Organising Committee for Singapore Breast Imaging Course I developed the Scientific Programme for this course. Singapore, May 2000.
1999-2000	Organising Committee for International Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society is the only international society for training and education in musculoskeletal ultrasound. It conducts a hands-on training course every year, alternating between Europe and North America. This highly successful course was held in Singapore, the first time ever in Asia, in 2000. I helped to develop the course programme, coordinated the hands-on ultrasound sessions with imaging vendors, and personally created all the advertising and the CD-based materials for the course. Orchard Hotel, Singapore, July 2000.
1999	Convenor and Scientific Programme Co-ordinator, First Annual Scientific Meeting of the Asian Musculoskeletal Society KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, April 17-18 1999
1998-99	Scientific Programme Co-ordinator, ASDIR Meeting April 1999 The Asian-Oceanian Seminars in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology course on Breast and Musculoskeletal imaging was sponsored by Bracco. I developed the Scientific Programme and invited the key speakers to this highly successful course. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, April 17-18 1999.
1996-97	Organising Committee AMSIG 1998 Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group CME course Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney in May 1998.
1995	Organising Committee, AMSIG 1995 3rd Annual Meeting of the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG)
1995	Organising Committee, ASUM 95 Member of Scientific Programme Committee 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine Sydney, August 1995
1993	Organising Committee, RACR93 Member of the Scientific Program Committee 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists Sydney, October 1993.

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