Charles Chan Wah Hak

Background

Hak, Charles Chan Wah was born on February 27, 1957 in Port Louis, Mauritius. Son of Ting-Khin Chan Wah Hak and Kwee-Lan Chui Wan Cheong.

Education

Doctor of Medicine with honors, National University Ireland, 1982.

Career

House physician City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1982—1983. House surgeon N. Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, 1983. Senior house officer Memorial Hospital, Darlington, England, 1983—1984.

Registrar, clinical lecturer cardiology Aberdeen (Scotland) Royal Infirmary, 1984—1986. Registrar cardiology Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 1986—1988, Singapore General Hospital, 1988—1989, senior registrar, 1989—1991, senior registrar cardiology, 1992—1993, consultant cardiologist, consultant-in-charge cardiac catheterization laboratories Singapore Heart Center, 1993—1998. Senior interventional fellow cardiac department Charles Nicolle Hospital, University Rouen, France, 1991—1992.

Senior consultant cardiologist National Heart Center, Singapore, since 1998, director adult diagnostic and interventional cardiac catherization laboratories, since 1999. Clinical associate professor medicine National University Singapore, since 2001. Advisor Chien Foundation, Singapore, since 2000.

Achievements

• Charles Chan Wah Hak has been listed as a noteworthy cardiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Academy Medicine Singapore, American College Cardiology, Royal College Physicians (Edinburgh).

Interests

• Golf, teaching, trekking.

Connections

Married Chan Paik Poh, July 2, 1986. Children: Chan Wah Hak Yee Sen, Chan Wan Hak Charleen Min Li.