We are proud to introduce our guest-of-honour:

PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER CHEN

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

He is actively involved with the International College of Surgeons, holding the following offices:
1. World President, International College of Surgeons, from January 2009 to date.
2. World President Elect, International College of Surgeons, from November 2006 to December 2008.
3. World Corporate Secretary, International College of Surgeons, October 2004 to October 2006.
4. World Treasurer, International College of Surgeons, 2000 to September 2004. (twice elected)
5. Chairman, Finance, Auditing and Budget Committee.
6. President and Chairman of Scientific Organising Committee, International College of Surgeons 2009 Beijing Conference held in Beijing, China between 13 and 16 November 2009.
7. Congress President, International College of Surgeons Singapore Congress 2006. The International College of Surgeons Singapore Congress 2006 held in Singapore from 1 – 2 April 2006, Pre & Post Congress Workshop 30 Mar – 6 Apr 2006 was a great success.
8. Congress President, XXXII World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, October 2000. The XXXII World Congress of the International College of Surgeons held in Singapore from 8 – 12 October 2000 was a great success.
9. President of the Singapore Section of the International College of Surgeons, 1991 to 2000, and 2002 to date.
10. One of the 16 Vice Presidents of the International Board of Governors, 1992 to 2000.
11. Member of the Nominating Committee from February 2000 to date.
12. Member, Corporate Alliance Committee from 1999 to date.
13. Member, Research & Scholarship Committee from 1999 to date.
14. Co-Editor and Member of the Editorial Board, INTERNATIONAL SURGERY, Journal of the International College of Surgeons 2002 to date.
15. Guest Editor, Supplement On Reproductive Medicine & Surgery (September-October 2006), Journal of the International College of Surgeons, International Surgery.
16. Chairperson, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2007-2008.
17. Honorary Fellow, International College of Surgeons Japan Section, 2007.
18. He has been a Fellow of the ICS since 1978.

PROFESSORSHIPS

He was conferred Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia as of December 2006 onwards.
He was also conferred Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, as of February 2005 onwards.
He was made Honorary Professor, Department of O&G, Sri Ramachandra University (Harvard Medical International) from February 2005 onwards.
He was also made Honorary Professor, Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru South America from October 2005 onwards.
He was awarded Doctor of Medicine (MD) by The University of Queensland, Australia in 2009.
He was bestowed the highest honour of Doctor Honoris Causa, Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru, South America on December 2006.
Christopher Chen graduated MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from the University of Singapore in 1964 and obtained his postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the prestigious Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as well as in Glasgow, the UK, obtaining the higher O&G Specialist degree of MRCOG from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London in 1969. He then returned to join the University of Singapore and taught from 1969 as a Professor. He was credited to have successfully achieved sperm cryopreservation from his infertility research and established Asia’s and Singapore’s first Sperm Bank in 1976. He subsequently proceeded to an academic position of Senior Lecturer at Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, Australia from 1978 to 1987.
There, in Australia, he continued his infertility research and distinguished himself by achieving the world's first IVF triplet pregnancies in 1983, obtaining another world’s first by being the first person to successfully freeze the human egg, with the delivery of twins derived from these frozen eggs, in 1986. This was fully documented in the prestigious journal, Lancet. He was then awarded the coveted William Blair Bell Memorial Lectureship by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK) for his pioneering work on human egg freezing in 1987.
At the end of 1987, he returned to Singapore to establish and Head the Department of Reproductive Medicine at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital for Women, as well as performing both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training at the University as a Professor. He was also an examiner to the University for the MBBS and M.Med (O&G) degrees and to the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for the MRACOG degree.
He proceeded in 1993 with the development of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Gleneagles Hospital, to serve not only the needs of Singaporeans but also those of the surrounding region, comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong and even India and Pakistan. The Centre offers a one-stop facility for the management of both female and male fertility problems and includes such procedures as IVF, GIFT, ICSI, cryopreservation of sperm and fertilized eggs, pelvic microsurgery for repair of the female reproductive tract, laparoscopic surgery for diseases of the female reproductive system, laparoscopic varicocoelectomy for male infertility, sperm banking, and ovulation induction. He is its Medical Director, CEO, and Infertility Specialist, as well as Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. He is also the Director of Gleneagles IVF Centre and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to Gleneagles Hospital. He is a Medical Consultant to the Embassy of the USA (Singapore), and a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences since 1987, in recognition of his research.
Being actively involved in clinical and research work in Reproductive Medicine (female and male infertility), he continues to publish scientific papers and to speak at many International and local Meetings and Conferences. In 1998, he was credited with producing Asia's first IVF sextuplets in Singapore, which made history as the most advanced in recorded history. He is the author of many publications (N=150), including books (N=7), and is on the editorial board of several international medical journals, including International Surgery, the Journal of the International College of Surgeons. He is the Co-Editor of the journal International Surgery.
He was Chairman of the Chapter of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore from 1989 - 1992, and a Council Member of the Academy of Medicine Singapore from 1990 - 1992. He was Chairman of the 22nd Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine Singapore, August 1988, which was a very successful Congress.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK (FRCOG); a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRACOG); a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG); a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS); a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS); and a Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS).