Ian Curran MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FSSH, FRCP, FAMS

Ian Curran is Vice Dean, of Education at Duke-NUS Medical School and Co-Director of Academic Medicine Education Institute (AM.EI), a joint institute of Duke-NUS and SingHealth. Professor Curran has a distinguished track record in medical education leadership, policy, and professional regulation and is recognized as an expert in the field of medical education and transformational leadership.

Professor Curran graduated from King’s College London in 1992 with an intercalated BSc in Basic Medical Sciences with Anatomy. He completed his house jobs in the King’s College Hospital Liver Unit and Professorial Surgical Unit before he explored an academic career as a histopathologist. He trained as an anesthetist and pain physician at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospitals. In the late 1990s, he discovered his true passion and developed pioneering work in healthcare simulation, faculty development, and medical education, while working as a Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He concluded his clinical training by completing a fellowship at the renowned INPUT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Pain Management Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, London before taking up a consultant appointment as an anesthetist and pain medicine physician at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London.

He was appointed as Senior Lecturer (2007) and then Reader (2012) at St Bartholomew’s Medical School in London where he was responsible for Medical School Final Examinations. In 2014, he was conferred the title of Professor of Innovation and Excellence in Healthcare Education by Queen Mary University of London. He has also been Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medicine in London, Director of Education and Workforce Capability at Bart’s Hospital, Head of Innovation, and Postgraduate Dean of Educational Excellence for NHS London, London’s Strategic Health Authority leading major educational workforce and service reforms.

Prof Curran holds ten professional fellowships including the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Educators. He was awarded the President’s Medal by the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2018 for his contributions to medical education, policy reform, and promoting mental health and well-being in the UK.

Prior to joining Duke-NUS, Professor Curran was Assistant Director of Education and Professional Standards at the General Medical Council (GMC), the UK medical professional regulator where he was responsible for education policy, regulatory, and quality assurance in postgraduate medical education across the UK overseeing 55,000 doctors in postgraduate training.