Dr Christopher Lien

Dr Christopher Lien
Adjunct Scientist
MBBS (S'pore), MRCP (UK), CCST (UK), MPA (Harvard)

Concurrent Appointments:

• Chairman, Chapter of Geriatricians, College of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

• Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital

• Director, Community Geriatrics, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital

• Director, Board of Directors, NTUC Health Co-operative Limited

• Governor, Lien Foundation

• Member, Management Committee, St Andrew's Community Hospital; Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Aging Research & Education (CARE), Duke-NUS; Advisory Board, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE), Nanyang Technological University; National Dementia Network (MOH)

• Journal Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal, Annals of Academy of Medicine

Dr Lien attained his medical degree in 1988 and MRCP in 1995. He completed his training in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine (CCT UK) in 2001 and then obtained his Masters in Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School in 2013.

He was the Vice President of the Society of Geriatric Medicine Singapore from 2007 to 2011 and has supported various medical communities such as the Medical Advisory Committee in the Agency for Integrated Care (2010 - 2012), National Strategy for Palliative Care, the Medication Reconciliation Workgroup and the HMDP Committee for Intermediate and long-term care (AIC/MOH).

Dr Lien's research interests lie in frailty and nutrition, heart failure and Parkinson's disease in the elderly.