Prof Koo Wen Hsin

Biography

Dr Koo Wen Hsin is the Deputy Director and Senior Consultant (Division of Medical Oncology) at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), as well as the Associate Programme Director for Singhealth Internal Medicine residency and Singhealth Group Director for Education. Dr Koo also holds academic positions in the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. He also set up the Academic Medicine Education Institute (AMEI). As the chairman for the Medical Oncology Specialist Training Committee for several years, he successfully guided the various institutions in transiting to senior residency in medical oncology. It is also with this same collaborative spirit that Dr Koo helped set up and provided oncologic training to physicians at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Changi General Hospital and KKH Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Dr Koo has also initiated many new educational programmes for the upgrading and training for those in the medical profession. He also plays an active role in the education of oncology nurses and lecturers for the Master of Nursing Course at NUS and the Palliative courses at Singapore Hospice Council. Yet despite his busy schedule he still found time to volunteer with the Singapore Cancer Society and is the society’s chairman for many years. For his distinguished and outstanding contributions in developing medical education for doctors and nurses in the area of medical oncology and for the future development of Singapore, Dr Koo Wen Hsin is awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award at the NMEA 2013.

Research Interest

oncology