Associate Professor James Alvin Low Yiew Hock

Associate Professor James Alvin Low Yiew Hock
Lead Scientist
MBBS (S'pore), MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin)

Concurrent Appointments:

• Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

• Chairman of the Clinical Ethics Committee and Ethics Consultant, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

• Lead Clinician, Long-Term Care, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

• Programme Lead, Gericare@North, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

• Lead Clinician, Advance Care Planning Programme, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

• Member of the National ACP Steering Committee

• Member, Subspeciality Training Committee, Palliative Medicine

• Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU

• Co-Chairman, Singapore Hospice Council Ethics Committee

• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Associate Professor Low completed his MBBS degree in 1990, moved on to obtain his MRCP (UK) in 1996, and a postgraduate diploma in palliative medicine in 1999. He then became a Fellow, Academy of Medicine in Singapore in 2001, the FRCP (Edinburgh) in 2003 and finally an accredited specialist in palliative care in 2009.

His research interests are in geriatric medicine, palliative care, ethics, telemedicine, nursing homes, spirituality and advance care planning.