Bernard Chern MBBS, MMed (O&G), FRCOG (UK), MRANZCOG, FAMS

Clinical Associate Professor Bernard Chern is the Chairman of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He is also the Head and Senior Consultant of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit of the hospital.

Clinical Associate Professor Chern graduated from the Medical School, National University of Singapore in 1987. He obtained his specialist degrees from the Royal College of Obstetrician & Gynaecologists of London, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and also a Master of Medicine from NUS, Singapore in 1994. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in 2004. In 1996, he was awarded the HMDP MIS Fellowship with Professor Chris Sutton in the United Kingdom, and also with Dr C.Y. Liu at Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.  He is an active participant in the international circle of MIS Societies and has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific conferences. He has also attended numerous international scientific conferences including the AAGL, APAGE, AGES, ISGE, ESGE, etc over the years.

In addition, he has extensively published articles in peer-reviewed local and international journals. He has been a regular invited speaker and surgical skill instructor at the various regional Asia-Pacific conferences/workshops. In 2010, he successfully organized the 11th Annual Congress of APAGE in Singapore, which helped to bridge ties with the South East Asia countries with its other Asian counterparts.