Professor Feng Pao Hsii
Emeritus Consultant, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Visiting Consultant, Singapore General Hospital, Changi Hospital
Resident Consultant, Healthway Medical Centre
Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine
Chairman, National Arthritis Foundation
Colombo Plan Fellowship, British Government

Prof FENG Pao Hsii obtained his basic medical degree (MBBS) from the University of Malaya, Singapore division in 1960. After rotating through the disciplines of surgery, medicine and psychiatry he was awarded the Colombo Plan Fellowship by the British Government to specialise in Internal Medicine in UK in 1964. While in the UK he obtained the MRCP (Glasgow) in 1965. In 1969 he was awarded the WHO Research Fellowship in Israel. On his return he further his research interests in Lupus and the Rheumatic Diseases and subsequently established the only Department of Rheumatology & Immunology in Singapore at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital and became its first Head. In 1981 and 1986 he was awarded the Ministry of Health, HMDP Fellowship to visit centres of excellence in UK and the USA.

Presently, he holds the following positions in the University and the hospital.

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Emeritus Consultant
Dept of Rheumatology & Immunology
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Hon. Advisor, Clinical Research Unit
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Previous Position held at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Chairman, Medical Board
Chairman, Division of Medicine
Head & Senior Physician
Dept of Rheumatology & Immunology
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

He is a Fellow of the following Academy/Colleges :

Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - FAMS - 1969
Fellow of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow - FRCP (G) - 1973
Fellow of the Royal College of Physician, Edinburgh - FRCP (E) - 1986
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physician - FRACP - 1994
Fellow of the American College of Physician - FACP - 1997
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland - FRCP (I) - 2000

For his thesis on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Singapore he was awarded M.D. National University of Singapore - 1986.

For his service to medicine, teaching and the public in Singapore he was awarded the following medals :

Albert Lim Medal - College of General Practitioner, Singapore - 1981
Public Administration Medal (Silver), Government of Singapore - 1986
Gold Medal - Academy of Medicine - 1989
Public Administration Medal (Gold) - Government of Singapore – 1997
NHG Lee Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award - 2002

Named Lectures

Galloway Memorial Lecture - Academy of Medicine - 1983
Tan Tock Seng Hospital Oration - 4th August 2000
Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture - 6th August 2000
For his services to Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, the Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology (SSIAR) inaugurated the annual "Feng Pao Hsii Lecture" on 5th July 2000.
In 2000 he was conferred the following named lectureship :
1. Tan Tock Seng Hospital Oration 04.08.2000
2. The Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture 06.08.2000
3. The Singapore Medical Association Oration 05.11.2000

He has been Editor of the Singapore Medical Journal for 12 years, a number of Newsletters and currently is the Editor-in-Chief APLAR Journal of Rheumatology and an Editorial member of LUPUS. He is the Past-President of APLAR (Asia-Pacific League of Association of Rheumatology) and was the Chairman, Organising Committee of the World Congress of Rheumatology (ILAR) in Singapore in 1997.

Interests and Activities :

Chairman, National Arthritis Foundation, Singapore
Past-President, Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology
Past-President, Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore)
Past-Member, Singapore Medical Council
Past-Member, National Medical Research Council
Member, Australasian Society of Nephrology
Member, Chapter of Physicians, Singapore
Member, British Rheumatism Association
Past-Member, Civil Aviation Medical Board
Hon. Member, Australian Rheumatism Association
Part-time Medical Advisor, Aventis Pharmaceutical Co.
Fellow, American College of Rheumatology

Publications

He has authored/co-authored over 120 publications in local, regional and international journals and chapters in books.

Presently he is

Visiting Consultant, SGH
Visiting Consultant, TTSH
Visiting Consultant, Raffles Hospital
Part-time Practice, Healthway Medical Centre, Novena Square
Advisor, Clinical Quality Committee, MOH