National Neuro Science Institute, Singapore

The National Neuroscience Institute's Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Medical Affairs & Quality Management) is Professor Lo Yew Long. In 1988, he received his degree from the National University of Singapore. He began working in the neurology department at Singapore General Hospital in 1994 and finished his postgraduate fellowship in clinical neurophysiology there in 1998. Since 1999, he has been a fellow of the Singapore Academy of Medicine. Currently, he holds the positions of Head and Senior Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute (SGH Campus), Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Medicine. Clinical Neurophysiology is a field in which Professor Lo is involved. In addition to serving as the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology's representative, he was the founding president of the Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Singapore). In 2005, 2015, and 2010, he was invited to speak at the World Congress of Neurology, the European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, and the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology. He received the Galloway Lectureship in 2007 for his research on cervical myelopathy. View Profile

A/Prof Au received his education at the National Neuroscience Institute after graduating from the National University of Singapore. He undertook a two-year Movement Disorders Fellowship at the Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre in Vancouver, Canada, following the completion of his Advanced Specialist Training. The Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Canada, is where he received more training in electrophysiology for movement disorders. The clinical treatment of individuals with Parkinson disease and movement disorders is A/Prof Au's area of expertise. He has received training in injecting patients with botulinum toxin for a variety of movement disorders, including spasticity, dystonia, hemifacial spasm, and blepharospasm. His areas of interest in the study of Parkinson's disease include electrophysiology and functional neuroimaging. View Profile

Professor EK Tan is Senior Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Academic Affairs), and Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (a joint initiative with Imperial College London). Prof. Tan has worked on numerous committees for the International Movement Disorders Society (MDS) and is a founding member of the MDS Asian Oceanic Section. He is an editor of the European Journal of Neurology, Parkinsonism Related Disorders, and Parkinson's disease Journal. Care of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and other related disorders, is Prof. Tan's area of clinical interest. Additionally, he manages patients with various neurological disorders such as migraines, dystonias, spasticity, facial spasms, etc. at a botulinum toxin clinic. Clinical and neuroimaging studies, functional genomics, and experimental therapeutics for movement disorders are some of Prof. Tan's areas of interest. View Profile

At the National Neuroscience Institute, Assoc. Prof. Ang Beng Ti Christopher is the Head & Senior Consultant for the Department of Neurosurgery and the Deputy Director for Research (Strategic Partnership). He is a member of SGH's multidisciplinary Pituitary Tumour Service, which also includes neurosurgery, endocrinology, and SNEC neuro-ophthalmology. View Profile

In 2005, Dr. Ling received her degree from Scotland's Dundee University. He received his basic training in surgery in Singapore before pursuing specialised study in neurosurgery at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He is currently employed by the National Neuroscience Institute at CGH as Head of Service & Consultant, Neurosurgery. Dr. Ling is becoming increasingly interested in spinal procedures from a clinical and research perspective. View Profile

Assoc Adj Prof. David Low received his training at the Irish Royal College of Surgeons. In 2000, he received his medical degree (MBBCh), and he then went back to Singapore for his basic surgery postgraduate study. His basic surgical training was completed in 2004, and the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh awarded him membership in general surgery (MRCS Ed). He also finished his Master of Medicine in Surgery (MMed), which was awarded to him by the National University of Singapore, during this time. Following his interest in neurosurgery, Adj Assoc Prof Low completed his advanced surgical training at the National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore), where he worked at the Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and KK Women's and Children's. In Edinburgh, after completing his training in neurosurgery, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS). He received a scholarship from the Ministry of Health's Health Manpower Development Program (HMDP) in 2010, and in 2011 he enrolled in a one-year fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery at Toronto, Canada's renowned Hospital for Sick Children. View Profile