Dr Chellappa is involved in the development of international clinical consultancy activities, especially in the area of clinical care program development, quality systems implementation and utilization of information technology in health care.

Dr. Chellappa is one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Medicine International. He has been instrumental in globally securing and establishing various Johns Hopkins Medicine clinical, management and enterprise developmental initiatives. In addition, he is also the chief executive of Amcare Labs International, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medicine International.

A surgeon by profession, he is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of the American College of Surgeons. He also holds a business degree. He has wide surgical experience, having worked in countries such as India, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Dr. Chellappa pioneered laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery in Asia and subsequently provided training in laparoscopic techniques to many surgeons from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.

Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM is currently the founding director of the Emory’s Critical Care Center (ECCC), which integrates ICUs throughout the Emory Healthcare system. He is Professor of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Biomedical Informatics at Emory University. He is a member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. Before joining Emory, he served as the Edison Professor of Surgery and Director of Acute and Critical Care Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to his 15 years on the faculty at Washington University, Dr. Buchman directed the surgical intensive care unit and founded the trauma service at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he completed his surgical training. He is Editor-in-Chief of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr Jason Cheah graduated with a Medical Degree and Masters of Public Health (with Distinction) from the National University of Singapore. After his clinical training in general internal medicine, he completed his Masters in Health Care Management from University of Wales (Swansea) and a obtained a MBA from Warwick University in 1998. In 2001, he was awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore.

In July 2009, Dr Cheah was appointed by the Ministry of Health Singapore as CEO of a newly established National Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). This Agency is charged with integrating care for the patients with chronic medical conditions across the continuum from acute hospitals to community hospitals, nursing homes and home care. The AIC is also tasked to develop the long term care sector in Singapore and co-develops innovative new care models which enable patients to transition from hospital to home.

In February 2014, he was appointed to lead in the planning and development of a 1800 bedded integrated health campus in the northern part of Singapore. This campus is the first greenfield health facility project which combines an acute general hospital with a rehabilitation and sub-acute care facility and a long term care residential facility and hospice all within one location. The campus will be operational by 2022.

Dr Cheah has published widely in a number of international peer reviewed journals and remains active in teaching at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in the National University of Singapore. He also teaches regularly at the University of Berkeley School of Public Health and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences on healthcare quality, integrated care and chronic disease management. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) since March 2011.

Group Chief Executive Officer, National Healthcare Group (NHG)

Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Adjunct Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Professor Philip Choo is Group Chief Executive Officer of the National Healthcare Group (NHG) since 10 January 2015. He leads in the transformation of care, as NHG evolves in its continuing journey as the Regional Health System (RHS) for Central Singapore. This is to prepare the healthcare system for the ageing population by providing the right care for all segments of the population, from the living well to the moderately ill to the frail elderly.

Professor Choo is recognised as an international Geriatrician with over 25 years as a practising Clinician. He was awarded the TTSH Doctor of the Year in 1996.

Professor Choo’s contribution during the SARS epidemic, heading the medical team, earned him the National Day Public Service Star Award in 2003. Professor Choo was awarded the National Day Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2011, and the National Day Long Service Medal in 2015.

Professor Choo serves on several Boards which include the NHG-Johns Hopkins Singapore Institute Pte Ltd, Ren Ci Hospital, The Courage Fund Limited, and Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital. He also sits on various Ministry of Health Committees, and a member of various committees eg Medical Advisory Board to MINDEF and SAF, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education Advisory Board NTU, Community for Successful Ageing Advisory Committee and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Governing Board.