16th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture--the changing face of cardiology practice, training and research in Singapore.

1 Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore, Singapore 2 Cardiac Department, National University Hospital, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Emeritus Professor Chia Boon Lock, Cardiac Department, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074. Email: [email protected] † This lecture was delivered at the 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Physicians Singapore, 22 to 23 July 2006, Singapore. Introduction Professor Seah Cheng Siang was one of the most illustrious physicians of his era. During his professional career, he held the following positions: Head, Department of Medicine, Thomson Road General Hospital (1960-71); Head, Department of Medicine III at the Singapore General Hospital (1971-87); Master of the Academy of Medicine (1970-73); Clinical Professor and Deputy Director, Postgraduate Medical School, National University of Singapore. I was very fortunate to be his medical officer for 1 year at the Thomson Road General Hospital in 1966. Subsequently, we had an excellent working relationship, when I was Head of the University Department of Medicine II at the Singapore General Hospital from 1981 to 1983. Being an excellent clinician, a passionate teacher and an outstanding researcher, I am confident that he would have approved the title that I chose for my lecture – “The Changing Face of Cardiology Practice, Training and Research in Singapore”. “The Changing Face” refers to the 4 decades from 1966 to 2006.