Bio
Clinical Associate Professor Derrick Aw Chen Wee is a dermatologist and physician in Sengkang General Hospital. Prior to joining Sengkang General Hospital, he was the head of dermatology division in the National University Hospital, Singapore.
As a Senior Consultant, his subspecialty interests are acne, psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, lasers for medical and cosmetic uses, minimally-invasive aesthetic procedures, cosmeceuticals and hospital dermatology. He is highly involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as a clinician-educator, co-chair of Collaborative Learning Cases committee, and associate with the Centre for Medical Education at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. In Sengkang General Hospital, he is the Associate Dean and the Clinical Education Lead (Medical). He sits in the Resident Advisory Committee for dermatology.
With numerous teaching and achievement awards to his record, he has delivered more than 200 lectures to medical students, residents, family physicians, dermatologists, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies, and the public excluding contributions to mass media queries on dermatological problems. He played an instrumental role in training the first advanced practice nurse in dermatology in Singapore as well as co-producing several nurse-led clinic initiatives in NUH. He has written four educational books on clinical medicine (Look and Proceed, Armour 2002), clinical dermatology (Dermatology Picture MCQs, Armour 2005) and self-assessment in internal medicine (Modified Essay Questions for Medicine Finals Vol I and II, World Scientific 2012 and 2016).
He is a reviewer for several medical and nursing journals, Associate Editor for Journal of Dermatology & Cosmetology and sits in the Editorial Board for Journal of Surgical Dermatology. His scientific publications exceed 50 and conference papers exceed 70.
Education
Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Member, Royal Coll of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians, UK, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore
NUS Appointment(s)
Integration Lead Educator
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
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Associate, Centre for Medical Education
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
Currently Active
Co-chair Collaborative Learning Cases, Phases I-II
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
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House Master, Patientia
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
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