Thiru Thirumoorthy MBBS

Dr T Thirumoorthy graduated in 1972 from the University of Malaya (UM) as the Best All Round Graduating Student. After spending more than two years of his professional life in UK, he decided to come to Singapore, and his first job was Registrar in Dermatology and Venereology at the then-Middle Road Hospital. He was appointed Consultant dermatologist and venereologist in 1985 before finally leaving the National Skin Centre for private practice in 1990. Dr Thiru has been a member of the Academy of Medicine since 1981, and has served in the Chapter of Physicians as a committee member from 1987 to 1989. He has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London since 1989 and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow since 1990. He has been a member of the Ministry of Health National Medical Ethics Committee (NMEC) since 2005, and an elected member of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) from 2005 to 2008. He has been a member of the Ethics Committee since 1988, and served on the SMA Council from 1997 to 1999, during which he chaired the Ethics Policy and Review Committee. He was the Organizing Chairman of the SMA Annual Ethics Convention from 1997 to 2002, and played a pivotal role in establishing the SMA Centre for Medical Ethics and Professionalism (SMA-CMEP) in 2000. He served as the Director of the Centre from 2000 to 2003, and continues to serve as a Board Member till today. In 2004, he was conferred the SMA Merit Award, for his outstanding leadership and contributions in the area of medical ethics and professionalism.