Dirk F. De Korne BA, PhD, MSc

Dr. De Korne is currently the Deputy Director, Medical Innovation & Care Transformation at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore. He also holds visiting positions as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, and School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Since 2003, he has served in hospitals across Europe, the United States, and Asia. His work focusses on quality and patient safety, business process and systems design, human factors & ergonomics, and performance benchmarking. He holds an MSc in Health Policy & Management from Rotterdam and a PhD in Public Health from Amsterdam.