Awards Achievements

The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) is dedicated to providing optimal care and outcomes through continuous advancement in patient care, education and training, and research.

Learn more about our various awards and achievements:

World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists 2025 by Stanford University, Elsevier
Career-long Impact: Prof Derek Hausenloy and Prof Carolyn Lam
Single Recent Year Impact: Prof Derek Hausenloy and Prof Carolyn Lam and Assoc Prof Tan Ru San

National Day Awards 2025

Public Sector Transformation Awards
Exemplary Innovation Award – “Prevention of Kinking of Distal Perfusion Catheter (DPC) for Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuit)”

MOH Nurses’ Merit Awards 2025
Aishabi Binte Sidik, Nurse Clinician, Ward 56
Lee Kwee Huey, Nurse Clinician, Ward 47B

SingHealth Excellence Awards 2025
Outstanding Researcher Award
Asst Prof Lohendran Baskaran, Senior Consultant, Cardiology

Outstanding Allied Health Professional & Pharmacist Award
Ms Chiong Siau Chien, Assistant Director, Cardiac Laboratory

Outstanding Administrative and Ancillary Award
Ms Eunice Lau Xuan Ling, Senior Patient Service Associate Executive, Ward 44
Ms Irene Teo Bao Yun, Senior Executive, Cardiac Clinics

Patient Experience Day 2025 Team Award by the SGH Service Excellence Committee
Community Heart Failure Intervention Team (CHeFiT)

SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical School's 2025 Cohort of Master Academic Clinicians
Assoc Prof Lim Soo Teik, Senior Consultant, Cardiology

Conferment of Emeritus Consultant
Assoc Prof Ding Zee Pin, Senior Consultant, Cardiology

Newsweek's World's Best Specialised Hospitals 2025 for Cardiology specialty – ranked 12

Newsweek’s Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific 2025

Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2025
1 Team, 7 Star, 41 Gold and 73 Silver Award winners

Outstanding Social Worker Award 2024
Genevieve Wong, Head, Medical Social Services

Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2024
In Cross-field: Prof Derek Hausenloy, Director, NHRIS
In Clinical Medicine: Prof Carolyn Lam, Senior Consultant, Cardiology

Tan Chin Tuan Nursing Award for Enrolled Nurses 2024
Merit Winner: Cheah Bee Eng, Senior Enrolled Nurse

AMEI Golden Apple Awards 2024 - Generativity Award for Educators
Assoc Prof Kenny Sin, Senior Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgery

National Day Awards 2024
Public Administration Medal (Bronze)
Assoc Prof Chin Chee Tang, Chief Risk Officer and Senior Consultant, Cardiology
Dr Daniel Chong Thuan Tee, Senior Consultant, Cardiology

Commendation Medal
Ang Saw Khim, Deputy Director, Human Resource
Jasmine Lee, Senior Nurse Manager, Ward 44 – Coronary Care Unit

Efficiency Medal
Flores Rexie Deguzman, Assistant Manager, Quality Assurance and Risk Management
Geraldine Lee Cailing, Assistant Manager, Training, Human Resource
Gillian Wee Hwei Li, Advanced Practice Nurse (Acute Care), Nursing Specialty Care Unit
Lin Jiahui, Assistant Manager, Cardiac Clinics
Ng Nga See, Principal Physiotherapist, Cardiac Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services
Sew Sook Wai, Manager, Training, Human Resource
Suriani Binte Zahari, Nurse Clinician, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Tang Shiyan, Manager, Database, National Heart Research Institute Singapore
Xiao Li, Advanced Practice Nurse (Medical/Surgical), Nursing Specialty Care Unit
Yap Chin Yee, Senior Executive, Business Office
Zeng Wenying, Nurse Educator, Nursing Development Unit

Long Service Medal
Chong Soon Moi Candice, Senior Staff Nurse (Clinical), Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
Dahliana Binte Idris, Advanced Practice Nurse (Medical/Surgical), Nursing Specialty Care Unit
Dora Chew Siew Lee, Department Secretary, Local Secretariat - Cardiothoracic Surgery
Esther Magdalane James, Senior Perfusionist, Perfusion
Gillian Wee Hwei Li, Advanced Practice Nurse (Acute Care), Nursing Specialty Care Unit
Lee Hui Ling Angelina, Nurse Clinician, Ward 47B
Mastura Bte Abu Bakar, Senior Patient Service Associate Executive, Ward 44 - Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
Norashikin Binte Sarip, Nurse Clinician, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Tan Suan Choo, Nurse Manager, Cardiac Clinics
Wong Huay Lan, Executive, Finance
Xiao Li, Advanced Practice Nurse (Medical/Surgical), Nursing Specialty Care Unit

SingHealth Nursing Care Support Champion Awards 2024
Thien Siau Peng, Patient Service Associate Executive, Cardiac Clinics
Rahman Bin Omar, Health Care Assistant, Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory

MOH Nurses’ Merit Awards 2024
Yvonne Yeo Hwi Chien, Assistant Nurse Clinician, Cardiac Clinics
Ananthalachumi D/O Vijayaraghavan, Principal Enrolled Nurse, Ward 44

Best Practice Medal (Care Redesign) – National Healthcare Innovaiton and Productivity (HIP) Medals 2024
HEARTS Team – “Prevention of kinkage of Distal Perfusion Catheter for ECMO Circuit”

Inspirational Patient and Caregiver Awards (IPCA) 2024
Inspirational Patient – Mr Ng Kah Yong
Inspirational Caregivers – Nor Binte Yussoff and Badariah Binte Snane

SingHealth Excellence Awards 2024
Outstanding Nurse Award
Ms Yip Yeok Mui, Nurse Clinician, Ward 44

Outstanding Administrative and Ancillary Staff Award
Ms Matsura Bte Abu Bakar, Senior Patient Service Associate Executive, Ward 44 – Coronary Care Unit
Ms Lee Mei Mei Pauline, Executive, Support Services

National Medical Research Council Awards 2024
Clinician Scientist Award – Investigator
Assoc Prof Calvin Chin, Clinician Scientist and Senior Consultant, Cardiology

The Straits Times Singapore’s Best Employers 2024

Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2024
3 Star, 44 Gold and 58 Silver Award winners

COVID-19 Resilience Medal - 1109 NHCS winners

SingHealth Excellence Awards
Outstanding Nurse Award
AD Chong Thye

Outstanding Administrative & Ancillary Staff Award
PCA Pasayan Arlyn Japson
Ms Lay Sock Yee
Ms Soh Li Hua

Recognition of Excellence Award from OpenGov Asia

Distinguished Senior Clinician Award
Assoc Prof Kenny Sin
Asst Prof Gunasegaran Kurugulasigamoney

SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical School's Master Academic Clinicians – Assoc Prof Chua Yeow Leng

Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2023
74 Silver, 34 Gold and 4 Star award winners

Newsweek's World's Best Specialised Hospitals 2023 for Cardiology specialty – ranked 57

National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Awards 2022
Prof Stuart Cook - Singapore Translational Research (STaR) Investigator Award
Asst Prof Angela Koh - Clinician Scientist Award - Investigator
Asst Prof Lohendran Baskaran - Transition Award

SingHealth Publish! Award 2022
Asst Prof Chrishan Ramachandra
Asst Prof Chanchal Chandramouli

National Day Awards 2022
Public Administration Medal (Bronze)
Assoc Prof Yeo Khung Keong, Cardiology
Assoc Prof Ching Chi Keong, Cardiology

Commendation Medal
ADN Foo Lee Lian, Nursing Admin
Angela Ho, HIMS

Efficiency Medal
Suzanne Toh, HR
NC Sun Xia, Ward 44
Jasmine Lim, NHRIS
Chen Hebin, Cardiac Physio Services
Yap Yimei, Corp Planning & Performance
APN Loo Yu Jen, NSCU
Leong Tarn Meng, Corporate Development
Chrishan Julian Alles Ramachandra, NHRIS
Le Thu Thao, NHRIS
Lim Bee Kuan, HR
Stephen Tan, Support Services

Long Service Medal
ADN Chua Lee Kheng, NDU
Linda Xi, Licensing & Data Governance
Haja Mydin s/o Yah Kathier, Cardiac Physio Services
Ohriza Callangan Lappay, Ward 47B
NC Liang Ming, Ward 56
Amber Yeong, COO's Office
Ang Mary, Cardiac Clinics

MOH Nurses' Merit Award 2022
NC (APN) Gillian Wee Hwei Li
NC Suriani Binte Zahari

Best Young Presenter Award 2022 (15th Congress of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging)
Dr Le Thu Thao

SingHealth Excellence Awards 2022
Distinguished Team Award (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation)
Asst Prof Ho Kay Woon
Assoc Prof Jonathan Yap
Ms Sng E-Lynn
Ms Loo Yu Jen

Distinguished Researcher Award
Assoc Prof Calvin Chin

Distinguished Young Researcher Award
Assoc Prof Jonathan Yap

GCEO Outstanding Nurse Award
Ms Jasmine Lee

Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (SHQSA) 2022
249 individual award winners (4 Star, 137 Gold, 108 Silver)
2 Merit Team award winners
1 Best Team award

Master Academic Clinicians (2022 Cohort)
Assoc Prof Ding Zee Pin

Newsweek's World's Best Specialised Hospitals 2022 for Cardiology specialty – ranked 50

AMEI Golden Apple Awards 2021 - Oustanding Educator Award
ANC Zeng Wenying, Nursing Development Unit

National Day Awards 2021
Public Administration Medal (Bronze)
Chong Pang Boon, Chief Operating Officer
Asst Prof Tan Teing Ee, Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Commendation Medal
ADN Chua Lee Kheng, Nursing Development Unit

Efficiency Medal
NC Wong Wei Chi Belinda, Ward 44
NM Ann Chan Sok Theng, Cardiac Clinics
E-Lynn Sng, Cardiac Physiotherapy Services
Ng Jing Kai, Cardiac Clinics
ANC Lim Choon Chai, Nursing Development Unit
Wong Huay Lan, Finance
NC Yang Ruiqin, Ward 56
NC Juraihah Binte Haji Mohamed Saleh, Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
Linda Lim Soo Lee, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Karen S Rivera, Cardiac Clinics
Siti Faridah Binte Mohamed, Business Office
Lee Hwee Kheng Tricia, Casemix Unit
MOH Nurses' Merit Award 2021
NM Ann Chan
NC Norashikin Binte Sarip

SingHealth Excellence Awards 2021
Distinguished Team Award – Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
Assoc Prof Lim Soo Teik
Assoc Prof Cheah Foong Koon
Assoc Prof Tan Ju Le
Asst Prof Victor Chao
(on behalf of our multidisciplinary CTEPH team)

Outstanding Researcher Award
Assoc Prof Zhong Liang

Outstanding Nurse Award
NC Zhang Juxia

Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (SHQSA) 2021
262 NHCS Hero winners

AM-EPIC QI Graduates 2019/2020 (by SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute for Patient Safety & Quality (IPSQ))
Ms Kerk Ka Lee
Asst Prof Ong Boon Hean
Ms Sharon Neo Chia Lee

SingHealth Duke-NUS Research Team Award 2020
2nd Prize Winners: Asian neTwork for Translation Research and Cardiovascular Trials (ATTRaCT)
Prof Carolyn Lam (Lead)
Asst Prof Calvin Chin
Ms Salma Asali

SingHealth Publish! Award 2020
Asst Prof Philip Pang

Tan Chin Tuan Nursing Award for Enrolled Nurses 2020
Ms Siti Nur Eisah Zulkifli

National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Award 2020
Clinician Scientist Award – Senior Investigator (CSA-SI) – Prof Carolyn Lam
NMRC Research Training Fellowship – Dr Chong Jun Hua
MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship – Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) Programme – Dr Huang Zijuan

Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2020
Partners-In-Education Award (Non-Physician Faculty)
Ms Koh Poh Leng

Outstanding Faculty Award
Cardiology
Asst Prof Lim Chun Yih Paul
Asst Prof Teo Loon Yee Louis
Assoc Prof Yeo Khung Keong

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Asst Prof Soo Ing Xiang
Asst Prof Tan Teing Ee

Faculty Appreciation Award
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Asst Prof Tan Teing Ee

National Day Award 2020
Public Administration Medal (Bronze):
Assoc Prof Aaron Wong Sung Lung
Ms Amber Yeong Hor Kwan
Assoc Prof Jack Tan Wei Chieh
Dr Kurugulasigamoney Gunasegaran
Ms Vivian Sim Kim Chew

Commendation Medal:
Ms Chan Tanee

Efficiency Medal:
Ms Clarice Ng Shu Hwa
Ms Jasmine Ho Hui Min
Ms Siti Fidawati Binte Jasman
Ms Tan Boon Lian
Ms Wu Wing Yin

Long Service Medal:
Ms Elaine Ng Swee Ling
Ms Chan Tanee
Assoc Prof Ching Chi Keong
Mr Chua Sau Thing
Mr D Selvarajoo
Ms Foo Lee Lian
Ms Goh Lay Kian
Ms Machinah Bte Jasman
Ms Mashani Bte Kassim
Ms Ng Lay Hoon
Ms Norizan Binte Mohd Noor
Ms Norwati Binte Hussin
Ms Quek Geok Noi
Ms Salawati Bte Zainal
Ms Siti Nur Eisah Bte Zulkifli
Ms Srina D/O Raja Krishnan
Ms Yusniyati Binte Samsudin