National University Health System
Associate Professor Benjamin Ong is the Chief Executive of the National University Health System (NUHS). He is also a senior consultant neurologist and Head of the Division of Neurology at the National University Hospital as well as a member of the Department of Medicine, the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore.
He qualified in Medicine from the National University of Singapore in 1981 and trained in Neurology in Singapore and the UK. His training in neurology included the China Medical Board and the Commonwealth UK Fellowships with attachments to the Institute of Neurology (UK) and the Institute for Molecular Medicine (Oxford, UK).
Professor Ong's research interests are in neuroepidemiology and neuroimmunology. He has done work on headache disorders, myasthenia and continues to have active collaborations with colleagues in the Asia Pacific area in the study of demyelinating CNS diseases.
He is active in Neurology Specialist Training and has been applying IT and process improvement in hospital-based patient care delivery initially at the National University Hospital since 1998. In this area, he later led develops in healthcare IT for the National Healthcare Group healthcare in Singapore. He is currently still involved in IT for healthcare nationally and for academic applications at NUHS. Professor Ong received the National Day Public Administration Medal (Silver) for his leadership contributions in 2009.
Professor Ong’s current role is to operationalise the tripartite mission of clinical excellence, medical education and relevant translational medical research at the National University Health System.
