SICM - Rapid Response Systems Chapter (RRS)

Title/Name:
Ms Joanna Phone Ko

Biography:

Joanna is an Advanced Practice nurse in Acute Care (Medical ICU). Her experiences in managing ICU patients include both ends of the spectrum- Aggressive and urgent interventions for the critically ill, as well as supportive and palliative approaches for dying patients and their loved ones.

Her latter role is where Medical Humanities comes alive and is ever relevant. Joanna actively facilitates the weekly meetings in ICU with the palliative medicine team, to provide holistic care and emotional support for patients in the medical ICU.

Joanna is also an SGH Scholar, graduating with a Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) at National University of Singapore and a Master in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Programme at University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about training and mentoring junior staff in the MICU.

https://www.singhealthdukenus.com.sg/acp/medicine/medical-humanities-about-the-team

Title/Name:
Dr Chua Wei Ling

Biography:

Dr Chua Wei Ling is a Research Fellow at the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She pursued her PhD degree was provided for by the NUS Research Scholarship.

Dr Chua’s research interests can be summed up using the acronym “”STORM””: i) Sepsis Care; (ii) Teamwork and patient safety; (iii) Older people; (iv) Rapid response system and clinical deterioration; and (v) Measurement theory. She is passionate about improving the recognition and response to deteriorating hospitalised patients, as well as raising sepsis awareness and knowledge among patients, public and healthcare professionals. She has presented her research work in National and International Conferences.

https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/nursing/our-people/our-faculty/research-fellows/dr-chua-weiling/

Title/Name:
Dr Faheem Ahmed Khan

Designations:
• Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
• Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital

Qualifications:
MBBS (Mahadevappa Rampure), MCEM (UK), European Dip (Intensive Care), FCEM, FFICM (UK)

Specialties:
Emergency Medicine Sub-Specialties:
Intensive Care Medicine

Special Interests:
Clinical Audits, Clinical Research Training
https://www.ntfgh.com.sg/for-patients-and-visitors/Pages/Find-a-Doctor-Details.aspx?docid=Faheem_Ahmed_Khan

Title/Name:
Adj Assoc Prof Augustine Tee

Biography:

Augustine Tee is a Senior Consultant and accredited respiratory physician, intensivist and general physician at Changi General Hospital (CGH). He is also a deputy chairman, Medical Board (Medical Disciplines) at CGH since January 2019.

He is the current vice-president of Asthma & Allergy Association S’pore, and has previously served two terms as chair of Chapter of Respiratory Physicians and as an exco member at the Singapore Thoracic Society. He is a member of many Ministry of Health working committees advising on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), haze, respiratory therapy services, home palliative care services, healthcare financing, respiratory drug evaluation and medication safety. Dr Tee is an active investigator in clinical trials and a reviewer for many respiratory journals, being recognised with certificates of reviewing with distinction from the Singapore Medical Journal (2009-10 & 2013-14).

As a dedicated educator, he has received awards in 2014 and 2015 for teaching excellence from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singhealth Advanced Internal Medicine Senior Residency programme, and CGH. Dr Tee is also a recipient of the Eastern Health Alliance Silver, Gold and Star Caring Awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively.