Dr Eugene Shum

Adj A/Prof Eugene Shum

Director, Strategic Community Partnership, Singhealth Office of Regional Health, SingHealth

Dr Eugene Shum is Director, Strategic Community Partnership at the SingHealth Office of Regional Health. He is also Senior Population & Public Health Consultant at Changi General Hospital. Through partnerships with community organisations, he has developed pioneering health-social initiatives such as the Neighbours for Active Living programme and CareLine, a 24/7 nationwide telecare service. These initiatives received the Ministry of Health National Clinical Excellence Team Awards in 2024 and 2022 respectively.Dr Shum has special interests in urban health and the built environment where he has led initiatives such as the Pelatok Art Farm. He was previously Chief Corporate Development Officer at Eastern Health Alliance and Director, Medical Affairs and Innovation at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He has held various portfolios at the Ministry of Health, Singapore.Dr Shum is a public health physician. He obtained his MBBS from the National University of Singapore and his Master of Public Health from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He was awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2020.

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