Bio
Clinical Associate Professor Yoke Hwee Chan is the Chairman, Medical Board at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She is the former Chair, SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Program (ACP). With her role as the Chairman, Associate Professor Chan is passionate in the shaping of the delivery of Child Health in Singapore. She was a core member of the Transformation of Pediatric Services Taskforce commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Singapore. She is also member of the Regional Health Systems at the Singapore Health Services.
As a pediatric intensive care physician by training, Clinical Associate Professor Chan has special interest in paediatric home ventilation and played an important role in the establishment of the paediatric homecare programme in Singapore. Clinical Associate Professor Chan was the Director of the KKH Home Care Program from 2006 to 2017 during which the program benefited more than 1500 technology dependent children and expanded to include other patient with complex medical needs. Clinical Associate Professor Chan also established the Neonatal-Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Programme at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She also has special interest in extracorporeal therapies in the intensive care unit, namely continuous renal replacement therapies and ECMO. She is also passionate about patient safety and clinical quality.
Education
Master of Business Administration
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore