House System

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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 TutorDr Tanya Tierney[email protected]
House TutorDr Teo Boon See[email protected]
House TutorDr Lee Koon Guan[email protected]
House TutorDr Ranganath Vallabhajosyula[email protected]
House TutorDr Elenore Judy B. Uy[email protected]
House TutorMr Emmanuel Tan Chee Peng[email protected]
House TutorDr Allyson Soon[email protected]
House TutorDr Tan Yan Yuan[email protected]
House TutorDr 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 TutorAsst Prof Endean Tan Zie Hean[email protected]
House TutorDr Angela Tan Qiuli[email protected]
House TutorDr Chen De Quan[email protected] 
House TutorAsst Prof Joseph Leong Jern-Yi[email protected]
House TutorDr Tan Eng Chun[email protected]
House TutorDr Chew Kwei Yong[email protected]
House TutorDr Evelyn Dunston[email protected]
House TutorDr Lee Zheng-Wei, aLex[email protected]
House TutorDr Xiong Jingwei Rachel[email protected]

Lim Boon Keng House

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.
 
House Tutors:
Senior House TutorA/Prof Lawrence Quek Han Hwee[email protected]  
House TutorDr Nelson Chua Ping Ping[email protected]
House TutorAsst Prof Richard Roshan Goveas[email protected]
House TutorDr Su Shengyong[email protected]
House TutorAssoc Prof Tom James Carney[email protected]
House TutorAsst Prof  Siu Wing Yin Vivian[email protected]
House TutorAsst Prof Marie Loh[email protected]
House TutorA/Prof Christina Liew[email protected]
House TutorAsst Prof Yew Yik Weng[email protected]
William Osler House
 
Named after Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (1849-1919), a Canadian pathologist, physician, educator, bibliophile, historian and author. He is known as the "father of modern medicine".
 
House Tutors:
Senior House TutorA/Prof Mary Wong Fong Mun[email protected]
House TutorDr David Lim Hock Kuang[email protected]
House TutorDr Ho Eu Chin[email protected]
House TutorA/Prof Yung Chee Fu[email protected]
House TutorDr Sim Chee Yong Mark[email protected]
House TutorDr Han Siew Ping[email protected]
House TutorDr Ngai Qian Yi[email protected]
House TutorAsst Prof Baptiste Didier Jose Janela [email protected]
House TutorDr Susan Smith[email protected]

Wu Lien-Teh House
 
Named after Dr Wu Lien-Teh (1879-1960), a Malayan physician who was an important figure in early 20th century epidemiology. He was nominated for the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the Pneumonic Plague.
 
House Tutors:
Senior House TutorDr Ng Joon Hwee[email protected]
House TutorDr Erwin Chan Pai Hsuing[email protected]
House TutorDr Lee Oh Chong Leng[email protected]
House TutorDr Yasmin Chamberlain [email protected] 
House TutorA/Prof Navin Kumar Verma[email protected]
House TutorDr Navjot Kaur Uppal[email protected]
House TutorDr Yap Soo Kor Jason[email protected] 
House TutorDr Pau Lai Yin Jessica[email protected] 
House TutorDr Low Tze-Anns' Keynes[email protected]
Brown Bear Franklin
Joseph Lister House

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 TutorAsst Prof Richard Roshan Goveas[email protected]
House TutorDr Freeha Ahmed [email protected]
House TutorDr Julia-Ann LeeJULIAANN. [email protected]
House TutorDr Zhang Hao Tian[email protected]

Orange Sparrow Cynthia
Cynthia Goh House

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 TutorDr Teo Boon See[email protected]
House TutorDr Monali Runa Mukerji[email protected]
House TutorDr Lim Si Chi Tessa[email protected]

Brown Bear Franklin

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 TutorA/Prof Yung Chee Fu[email protected]
House TutorDr Damon Tan Jie Hui[email protected]
House TutorDr Dimpy Gupta[email protected]
House TutorDr Wong Ting Yean Sullivan[email protected]