Pre-conference Workshops / Public Forum | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3  
 

  Day One 1st December 2008


AM

 

  08:00 – 08:30

Plenary 1

The State of Men’s Health in Singapore
Dr. Carol Tan-Goh
Senior Consultant Geriatrician
Ambulatory Geriatric Service
K. K. Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Singapore

  08:30 – 09:00 Plenary 2

08:30 - 11:00
The Great Public Debate on Men's Health

Metabollic Syndrome in Men

A/Prof Tai E Shyong
The NUS-GIS Centre for Molecular Epidemiology
Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine
National University of Singapore

 

09:00 – 09:35

Opening Ceremony

09:00 - 09:05
Arrival of Guests

09:05 - 09:10

Opening Music
Welcome Address by Dr Ho Siew Hong, Organising Chairman


09:10 - 09:20

Address by Professor Peter Lim, Congress Chairman,
President, International College of Surgeons, Singapore Section,
President, Society for Men's Health Singapore


09:20 - 09:30

Address by Prof Satkunanantham s/o Kandiah, Director of Medical Services,
Republic of Singapore


09:30 - 09:35

Director of Medical Services Officiates the Opening of Congress


  09:35 – 09:50

Tea Break

  09:50 - 10:15 Keynote Speech - "Men's Health in the New Age – Men's Heatlh –
Past, Present & Future"

Dato Prof Dr Tan Hui Meng
Adjunct Professor
University of Malaya
Past President APSSM, Co-Founder of the Japan ASEAN Men's Health and Aging Conference
Malaysia
  10:15 – 10:45

Special Address – "Promotion for Men's Health – Advocacy or Common Sense?"
Prof Siegfried Meryn
President
International Society of Men's Health & Gender
Austria

  10:45 – 12:15 Symposium 1 – Chronic Medical Problems and Men Symposium 2 – Cancers in Men (Sponsored by AstraZeneca Pte Ltd)
    Recent Advances in the Management
of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

A/Prof Mak Koon Hou
Consultant Cardiologist
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Singapore

Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus
Dr Tham Kwang Wei
Consultant Endocrinologist
Director of Obesity Unit
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore

Testosterone: It's Not All About Sex
Prof Farid Saad
Honorary Professor
Hang Tuah University
Indonesia

Prostate Cancer Among Asian Men - Treatment Updates
Prof Mikio Namiki
Professor & Chairman
Department of Integrative Cancer Therapy & Urology
Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science
Japan

Prostate & Bladder Cancer -
Lessons for Living

Prof Kesavan Esuvaranathan
President
Singapore Urological Association

Advanced Prostate Cancer in Asia - Updates on Palliative Therapy
Speaker: TBC

Are Cancers More Common in Men? - Epidemiology & Screening
Prof Khoo Ee Ming
Professor, Department of Primary Care Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Malaysia

 

  12:15 – 13:45

Lunch Symposium - Erectile Dysfunction, Testosterone,
and Underlying Conditions

(Sponsored by Bayer Healthcare)
Prof Farid Saad, Germany
Prof Michael Zitzmann, Germany
Prof Abdulmaged Traish, USA
Prof Aksam Yassin, Germany

  13:45 – 15:15 Symposium 3: Men and Injuries Symposium 4: Urological Problems
in Men
   

Sports Injuries
Dr Tan Jee Lim
Consultant Orthopaedic Sports Surgeon
JL Sports Medicine & Surgery
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Singapore

Non Illness Related Premature Death & Disabilities in Men

Prof Goh Lee Gan
Senior Consultant
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Workplace Injuries and Safety
Prof Goh Lee Gan
Senior Consultant
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore


Managing the Aging Prostate
Dr Ng Foo Cheong
Consultant Urologist
Department of Urology
Changi General Hospital
Singapore

Incontinence in Aging Male
Incontinence from Overactive Bladder

Dr Toh Khai Lee
Consultant Urologist
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore

Incontinence from BPH
Dr David Consigliere
Consultant Urologist
National University Hospital
Singapore

Post-Surgical Incontinence
Prof Apichat Kongkhanand
Consultant Urologist
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand

  15:15 – 15:30 Tea Break
  PM Plenary 3
  15:30 – 16:00 Big Boys Don’t Cry: What Makes A Man
A/Prof Chirk-Jenn Ng
Associate Professor of Primary Care Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine
University of Malaya
Malaysia
  PM Plenary 4
  16:00 – 16:30 Men, Marriage and Divorce
Dr Maliki Osman
Parlimentary Secretary
Ministry of National Development
Singapore
  PM
Symposium 5 – Mental Health Issues
and Men

Symposium 6 – Men In Society
  16:30 – 18:00 Homosexuality: From a Social Perspective
Dr Ang Yong Guan
Consultant
Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

Risk Factors and Genetics of Suicide
Dr Tan Ene Choo
Principal Scientific Officer
K K Research Centre
K K Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Singapore

Substance Abuse and Men
Dr Muni Winslow
Head of Addiction Unit
Consultant
Institute of Mental Health
Singapore

Men and Violence
Dr Sudha Nair
Department of Social Work
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Women’s Perspectives on
Men’s Health

Dr Balasubramanian Srilatha
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Crime and Men
Mr Subhas Anandan
Senior Consultant, Criminal Law
Khattar Wong & Partners
Singapore


 
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