It will be a fun evening where you can relax, catch up with old friends and make new ones in our community of women doctors.
Themed PHILANTROPHY IN MEDICINE, we have 3 excellent speakers who will be sharing their vast experience in charity work, ranging from raising funds to organising mission trips to first hand experiences in disaster zones.
Our Speakers
Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef, MBBS, FRCS(Edin)(A&E), FAMS(Em Med)
Senior Consultant, Dept of Emergency Medicine and Trauma. Director of Undergraduate Training and Education. Core Faculty, Emergency Medicine Residency Programme. Dept of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital.
Senior Clinical Lecturer,Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
Associate Professor, Core Faculty Capstone Programme,Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Senior Part-time Lecturer, School of Health Sciences Nanyang Polytechnic
Member of Parliament, Marine Parade GRC
Dr Myra Elliott
Dr Myra Elliott is a familiar name to all in the dental profession in Singapore. She is one of the most senior practitioners in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr Elliott practices in Mount Elizabeth Medical Center and is an honorary consultant in several other hospitals in Singapore. She was trained in a major oral surgical unit in Sheffield, UK, after graduating from Singapore with BDS. Over the years she developed interests in cleft lip and palate surgery and is one of few oral surgeons actively engaged in cleft surgery in Singapore.
Since 1997, Dr Elliot has travelled widely in the region performing and teaching cleft surgery. Together with other volunteers, she has traveled to places such as Sabah, the Riau islands in Indonesia, Northern Thailand, Myanmar and Philippines to offer free dental treatment.
Dr Caroline Low
Dr Caroline Low is a Senior Physician in Raffles Health Screeners and Raffles Aesthetics.
Dr Low, the founder and Chairwoman of Kidz Horizon Appeal, is passionate about fund raising. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees, KK Hospital Health Endowment Fund. Since it started, the Appeal has raised over half a million dollars annually to help children with chronic illnesses, including cancer and HIV. Dr Low received the President's Social Service Award (PSSA), a highly prestigious award, conferred by the office of the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2009. She also received Singapore Tatler's Excellence Award for Philanthropy in 2009.
There will also be a short update on cervical cancer awareness & prevention: "Vaccination: Is it for you?" by Dr Chia Yin Nin, Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Gynae Oncology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital.
The evening will be accompanied by classic Italian food from Pontini Restaurant. Expect the sumptuous meal to delight and excite your taste buds!
RSVP today! Please RSVP before last day Sunday, 8th August 2010 by emailing the AWDS secretariat, Madeleine Loh, at secretariat@awds.org.sg
