House System
LKCMedicine House System
We have created a comprehensive House System that allocates personal Tutors to individual students for guidance and mentorship, with the aim of giving students maximum opportunity to succeed in the MBBS programme. The LKCMedicine Houses are named after luminary figures that have impacted the history and profession of medicine, so as to inspire students in their chosen profession. Students are assigned to one of eight Houses at the start of their studies and remain in the same House throughout their period of study at LKCMedicine. Students and their Tutors meet regularly as a group and also in one-on-one meetings.
House Tutors are LKCMedicine faculty committed to helping students succeed in the MBBS programme. Students can discuss their wellbeing and academic progress with House Tutors, while building relationships with fellow students in the same House. Tutors guide students to develop their understanding of higher education, the curriculum, the demands of the medical profession and the satisfaction of achieving their academic, personal and professional goals.
Aims of House System
- Support, guide and mentor
- Build identity and community
- Facilitate relationships
- Inspire
LKCMedicine House Names
The LKCMedicine House System comprises eight different Houses. To inspire the medical students for their chosen profession, the eight LKCMedicine Houses are named after historical figures who have impacted the history and profession of Medicine. Click here to read more about the significance of each House Logo.
Marie Curie House
Named after Marie Curie (1867-1934), a Polish-French physicist and chemist who was a pioneer in research on radioactivity and the use of radium for medical diagnostics. She was the first person honoured with two Nobel prizes in Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911.
House Tutors:
Senior House Tutor | Dr Tanya Tierney | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Teo Boon See | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Lee Koon Guan | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Ranganath Vallabhajosyula | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Elenore Judy B. Uy | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Mr Emmanuel Tan Chee Peng | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Allyson Soon | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Tan Yan Yuan | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Mahwash Jamal | [email protected] |
Alexander Fleming House
Named after Sir Alexander Fleming FRSE FRS FRCS (1881-1955), a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and brilliant researcher. He was known for the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
House Tutors:
Senior House Tutor | Asst Prof Endean Tan Zie Hean | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Angela Tan Qiuli | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Chen De Quan | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Joseph Leong Jern-Yi | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Tan Eng Chun | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Chew Kwei Yong | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Evelyn Dunston | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Lee Zheng-Wei, aLex | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Xiong Jingwei Rachel | [email protected] |
Named after Dr Lim Boon Keng (1869-1957), a Malayan medical doctor, scholar, educator, legislator, entrepreneur, community leader, social reformer and philanthropist. Dr Lim was a powerful orator and prolific writer who promoted education and social reforms in Singapore and China.
Senior House Tutor | A/Prof Lawrence Quek Han Hwee | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Nelson Chua Ping Ping | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Richard Roshan Goveas | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Su Shengyong | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Assoc Prof Tom James Carney | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Siu Wing Yin Vivian | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Marie Loh | [email protected] |
House Tutor | A/Prof Christina Liew | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Yew Yik Weng | [email protected] |
Senior House Tutor | A/Prof Mary Wong Fong Mun | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr David Lim Hock Kuang | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Ho Eu Chin | [email protected] |
House Tutor | A/Prof Yung Chee Fu | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Sim Chee Yong Mark | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Han Siew Ping | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Ngai Qian Yi | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Asst Prof Baptiste Didier Jose Janela | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Susan Smith | [email protected] |
Senior House Tutor | Dr Ng Joon Hwee | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Erwin Chan Pai Hsuing | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Lee Oh Chong Leng | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Yasmin Chamberlain | [email protected] |
House Tutor | A/Prof Navin Kumar Verma | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Navjot Kaur Uppal | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Yap Soo Kor Jason | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Pau Lai Yin Jessica | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Low Tze-Anns' Keynes | [email protected] |
Named after Joseph Lister (1827-1912), a pioneering British surgeon whose work revolutionised medical practices through the introduction of antiseptic surgery. He was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow at 33 and experimented with carbolic acid as an antiseptic, publishing his findings in The Lancet. Lister’s antiseptic techniques are fundamental to modern surgery, reducing the risk of infection. He was made a baronet in 1883 and later elevated to the peerage as Baron Lister of Lyme Regis in 1897.
House Tutors:
Senior House Tutor | Asst Prof Richard Roshan Goveas | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Freeha Ahmed | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Julia-Ann Lee | JULIAANN. [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Zhang Hao Tian | [email protected]. |
Named after Cynthia Goh (21 November 1949 - 13 February 2022), a pioneering figure in palliative care in Singapore. Born in Hong Kong, Goh moved to London to study at St Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London, graduating in 1974. She became one of the first volunteer doctors caring for terminally ill patients at St Joseph’s Home, Singapore, in 1986 and later led the Hospice Care Group (HCG), which became HCA Hospice Care, Singapore's largest home hospice provider. Goh was Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and chaired the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network.
House Tutors:
Senior House Tutor | Dr Teo Boon See | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Monali Runa Mukerji | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Lim Si Chi Tessa | [email protected] |
Rosalind Franklin House
Named after Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958), a British chemist whose work with X-ray diffraction was critical to understanding the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Educated at St Paul’s Girls’ School and Newnham College, University of Cambridge, she graduated in 1941 with a degree in physical chemistry. Franklin's famous X-ray diffraction images of DNA, especially Photo 51, were key in discovering the DNA double helix structure. She continued pioneering work on virus structures at Birkbeck College until her untimely death in 1958.
House Tutors:
Senior House Tutor | A/Prof Yung Chee Fu | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Damon Tan Jie Hui | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Dimpy Gupta | [email protected] |
House Tutor | Dr Wong Ting Yean Sullivan | [email protected] |