Adjunct Professor

Tel (65) 6253 4455
Email roychan@nsc.com.sg

CHAN Kum Wah Roy

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Adjunct)
  • Director and Senior Consultant at National Skin Centre (Primary)

Research Areas

  • STI, HIV, Pigmentation

Teaching Areas

  • STI, HIV, General Dermatology

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • MBBS (Singapore 1979)
  • Diploma in Dermatology (London, 1983 July -1984 March)
  • Diploma in Venereology (London, September-November 1984)
  • MRCP (UK, 1986)
  • FAMS (1994)
  • FRCP (London, 1997)

Awards/Honours

  • President’s Scholar (1974-1978)
  • Best Cadet, SAF Medical Officers’ Cadet Course (1980)
  • Chesterfield Prize and Gold Medal, Institute of Dermatology, St John’s Hospital London (1984)
  • Paul Harris Fellow (2000) awarded by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International – “in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among the people of the world”
  • NHG – Health Manpower Development Programme Award 2003 & 2004
  • IUSTI Asia-Pacific Senior Fellowship Award 2004
  • AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific–Honorary Member 2005
  • West Midlands Travelling Fellow 2008; Queen Elizabeth II Gold Medal 2009 awarded by Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), London – Outstanding contribution towards public health & health promotion within the Commonwealth
  • WHO Dr Lee Jong-Wook Memorial Prize in Public Health 2010 – awarded to Action for AIDS Singapore; National Day Awards 2013 – Public Administration Medal (Silver)

Career History

  • Medical Officer – Singapore Armed Forces (1980 – 1981)
  • Medical Officer – Ministry of Health Singapore (1982 – 1983 & 1986)
  • Registrar in Dermato-venereology – Middle Road Hospital (1986 – 1988)
  • Consultant – National Skin Centre (1989 – 1997)
  • Deputy Director – National Skin Centre (July 2003 – March 2004)
  • Head, Department of STI Control – Ministry of Health, Singapore (1992 – 2005)
  • Visiting Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Disease – Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (From 1993 to 2008)
  • Part-time Clinical Teacher, Faculty of Medicine – NUS (1992 – 1998)
  • Part-time Senior Lecturer – NUS (1999 – 2003)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of COF Medicine, Faculty of Medicine – NUS (From March 2003 to 2008)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS (From 31 March 2009)
  • Visiting Consultant – Singapore Armed Forces (July 2007 – June 2010)

Administrative Leadership

  • Director, National Skin Centre
  • Chairman Medical Board, Senior Management Member, NHG
  • Chairman, Residency Advisory Committee
  • Programme Director – National STI Control Programme
  • Senior Consultant, Office of Director of Medical Services – Ministry of Health, Singapore
  • Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine – Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health & Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School of Singapore
  • Visiting Consultant & Member, Specialist Medical Board – Singapore Armed Forces

Professional/Consulting Activities

  • Singapore Medical Association (SMA) – Member
  • Dermatological Society of Singapore (DSS) – Member
  • Society for Infectious Diseases Singapore (SIDS) – Member
  • Chapter of Dermatologists, College of Physicians, Academy of Medicine Singapore – Inaugural Chairman (From 23 September 2004 to 15 March 2007) & Board Member (From Apr 2007)
  • AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) – Executive Committee member (1991- 1996, 2001 – present) & President (1996 – 2001)
  • International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) – Regional Executive Committee member (1991 – 2006) & Regional Director Asia-Pacific (2006)
  • International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) – World Executive Committee Counsellor (1991-2003, 2006)
  • International AIDS Society (IAS) – Member of the Governing Council (1995 – 2004), Member of the Executive Committee/Board of Directors (2002 – 2004), Member of advisory group in Treatment as Prevention (from 2012); Global Chinese AIDS Network – Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors (2002 – 2008)
  • National AIDS Task Force, Ministry of Health Singapore – Member (1991 – 2006)
  • National AIDS Policy Advisory, Committee – Member (from 2006)
  • Main Committee for the review of the HIV Prevention and Control Programme, Ministry of Health Singapore – Chairman (23 May 2012 – 31 Mar 2013)
  • Action for AIDS Singapore, – Vice-President (from 1988 – 1997) & President (from 1998)
  • Health Sciences Authority – Expert & Evaluators Panel (from 2001)
  • Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations (APCASO) – Member of council of representatives (from 2004- 2009)
  • JCST Dermatology Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) [Before 10/6/12, it was known as JCST Dermatology Specialist Training Committee (STC)] – Chairman from 2008 to-date, Member from 2004 to 2007;
  • Guidance Group on MOH Medical Excellence Project from June 2006
  • Co-chair of Developed Asia Conf on MSM & HIV
  • Chairman of MSM workgroup on MSM & HIV
  • Curriculum Review Committee, NHG Healthcare Leadership Course (HLC) – Member (from 23 April 2012 – 22 April 2014)
  • International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Dermatology – Member

Major Publications

  • Mee-Lian Wong, Roy Chan, David Koh, Priya Sen, Hiok Hee Tan and Martin Chio; Gender differences in partner influences and barriers to condom use among heterosexual adolescents attending a public STI clinic in Singapore. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2012 Sep 20 pii: S0022-3476(12)00927-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.08.010. The Journal of Pediatrics 2012 Sep 20 pii: S0022-3476(12)00927-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.08.010. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Sin How Lim, Thomas E. Guadamuz, Chongyi Wei, Roy Chan, Stuart Koe. Factors Associated with Unprotected Receptive Anal Intercourse with Internal Ejaculation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Large Internet Sample from Asia. AIDS and Behavior. DOI 10.1007/s10461-012-0233-y
  • R. Chan, K.C. Park, M.H. Lee, E-S. Lee, S.E. Chang, Y.H. Leow, Y-K. Tay, F. Legarda-Montinola, R-Y. Tsai, T-H. Tsai, S. Shek, N. Kerrouche, G. Thomas and V. Verallo-Rowell. A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of a fixed triple combination (fluocinolone acetonide 0.01 %, hydroquinone 4 %, tretinoin 0.05 %) compared with hydroquinone 4 % cream in Asian patients with moderate to severe melisma, British Journal of Dermatology. 2008; 159, 697–703
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