News and Activities

CME Seminar: The Next Era of Severe Asthma Management
Venue: ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay Hotel, Clover 4 & 5 Room
Speakers: Prof Ian Pavord

CME Webinar: Tightening Asthma Control: GINA 2023 & LOCAL PRACTICE
Speakers: Dr Alvin Ng Choon Yong

CME Webinar: INTERNATIONAL SEVERE ASTHMA FORUM Physicians
Speakers: Prof David Price, Prof David Jackson, Prof David Lanton

CME Webinar: GINA 2023 – Updates for the ED Physician
Speakers: Dr Fua Tzay-Ping, Prof Helen Reddel, Dr Andrew Li

CME Webinar: International Respiratory Leaders Forum: Translating GINA & GOLD in clinical practice
Speakers: Prof Roland Buhl, Dr Alberto Papi

CME Seminar: Triple Therapies In COPD – What’s New?
Venue: Shangri La Singapore, Tower Ballroom
Speakers: Dr See Kay Choong, Prof Augustine Tee, Dr Richard Russell, Prof Omar Usmani

CME Webinar: COPD in 2023: An Update For Primary Care Physicians
Speakers: Dr See Kay Coong

CME Seminar: Updates on Latest Asthma Management
Venue: Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Singapore Marriot Tang Plaza Hotel
Speakers: Dr Lee Yeow Hian, Mr Anand Nndakumar

CME Webinar: Putting Anti-inflammatory Reliever into Practice
Speakers: Prof Peter Barnes, Dr Peter Lin

CME Seminar: Changing Tides In COPD Management
Venue: Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Singapore Marriot Tang Plaza Hotel
Speakers: Dr Christopher K.M. Hui

CME Seminar: Healthy Lung 2.0 Symposium
Venue: Regent Hotel, Cuscaden Room
Speakers: Clin A/ Prof John Abisheganaden, Dr Lim Hui Fang, A/Prof Helen Reddel, A/Prof Mariko Koh Siyue, A/Prof Tan Ngiap Chuan

CME Webinar: Diagnosing Asthma – New Approaches to an Old Problem: Guidelines, Tools and Treatments
Speakers: Prof Eric Bateman, Prof Gang Wang

CME Seminar: Chronic Care Management From Childhood to Adulthood
Venue: Carlton Hotel
Speakers: Dr Jenny Tang, Dr Andreas Rajnakova, Dr Edwin Chng

CME Seminar: Update on Asthma Management and Guidance
Venue: Chui Huay Lim Teochew Cuisine, Chui Huay Lim Club
Speakers: Dr Low Teck Boon

CME Webinar: More Than a Decade of Protection with PCV13
Venue: https://www.sgpfizervaccines.com/
Speakers: Dr Philip Eng, Dr Chong Jin Ho

CME Webinar: Importance of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Vulnerable Populations
Venue: https://www.sgpfizervaccines.com/
Speakers: A/Prof Dr Lee Bee Wah, Dr William Kristanto

CME Seminar: Clinical PEARLS in Asthma & GERD Management
Venue: Jurong Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel
Speakers: Dr Suraj Kumar, Dr Alvin Ng, Dr Desmond Wai

CME Webinar: Real World Effectiveness of Stereotype Coverage by PCV13
Venue: https://www.sgpfizervaccines.com/
Speakers: Dr Ong Guan Hong

CME Webinar : A Novel Project in Restarting Lung Function Testing During And “After” the Pandemic
Speaker- Dr Tan Tze Lee, Dr Ong Kian Chung, Dr Akash Verma, Sumit Khemani

CME Seminar: Burden of Pneumococcal Disease and Risk Groups in Adults, and the Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccines
Speakers: Prof Antonio Anzueto

CME Seminar: Co-infection of Viral Pathogens & S. pneumoniae in Respiratory Infection with Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers: Prof Octavio Ramilo

CME Seminar: Review of the International Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccines among Adults with Comorbidities
Speakers: Prof Charles Feldman

CME Seminar: Science is no illusion: Extra-fine Combination Therapy in Asthma and COPD
Speakers: Dr Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Dr Alvin Ng

CME Seminar: PCV Catch-Up Strategies in the Pediatric Population
Speakers: Victoria A Statler

CME Seminar: Pneumococcal Disease Burden and Vaccination Strategies among Adults with Respiratory Diseases
Speakers: Antoni Torres Marti

CME Seminar: Pneumococcal Vaccination – Why Don't We Follow the Recommendations?
Speakers: Dr Akash Verma

CME Seminar: Novel Mucolytic for the management of COPD and respiratory tract infections
Speakers: Professor Wisia Wedzicha, Prof Clive Page

CME Seminar: Moving Forward in Inhaled Therapy
Speakers: Dr See Kay Choong, Prof. Dr Omar Usmani, Dr Chan Tiong Beng

CME Seminar: Incidental Lung Nodule Reported. What do I do Next?
Speakers: Dr Akash Verma, Dr Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: Do More for your Symptomatic COPD patients
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung, Dr Dave Singh, Dr Alvin Ng, Dr Perng Diahn Warng, Dr Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Assess, Suspect, Refer
Speakers: Dr Philip Eng

CME Seminar: The Shift in COPD Treatment Paradigm in Singapore. COPD: Treating Early to slow Disease Progression
Speakers: Dr See Kay Choong, Dr Dave Singh

CME Seminar: Asthma Beyond the Inhalers
Speakers: Dr Yip Hwee Seng

CME Seminar: Covid-19 for Primary Care
Speakers: Dr Yen-Fu Chen, Dr Steve Yang, Dr Lo Yu Lun

CME Seminar: The role & timing of Triple Therapy in COPD Management, Clinical Cases
Sharing: Triple Therapy
Speakers: Dr Yen-Fu Chen, Dr Steve Yang, Dr Lo Yu Lun

CME Seminar: Extra-fine and The ATLANTIS study: revealing the small airways hidden world
Venue: Wan Hao Restaurant, Singapore Mariott Tang Plaza Hotel

CME Seminar: Trelegy Launch Symposium - Lead Change by Rethinking Triple Therapy
Venue: Fullerton Hotel Level 4, Straits Room

CME Seminar: Are We Doing Too Little Too Late in COPD Management
Venue: Wan Hao Restaurant, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

CME Seminar: Management of Challenging Respiratory Conditions in Primary Care
Venue: Long Beach IMM Jurong
Speakers: Dr Jim Teo Yeow Kwan, Dr Yip Hwee Seng

CME Seminar: The Respiratory Practice GP Lung Symposium (Uncommon Respiratory Conditions - What a Family Physician needs to know)
Venue: Shangri La Hotel Jurong Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Speakers: The Respiratory Practice

CME Seminar: Small Airway in Asthma and COPD: Time to Rethink
Venue: ATOUT
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung, Dr Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: Enhancing COPD Management in Primary Care
Venue: Man Fu Yuan Restaurant, Intercontinental Hotel

CME Seminar: Small Airway in Asthma and COPD: Time to Rethink
Venue: ATOUT
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Challenges and Changes in Asthma Management
Venue: Long Beach IMM Jurong
Speakers: Prof. Dr David Halpin

CME Seminar: COPD101
Venue: Grand Salon, Conrad Centennial Singapore
Speakers: Prof. Dr Tan Tze Lee, Dr Ong Kian Chung

Event Title: The use of Fluoroquinolones (FQ) in CAP in TB endemic areas
Venue: Tung Lok Signature, Orchard Parade Hotel
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Management of Challenging Respiratory Conditions in Primary Care – Case base discussion
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel
Speakers: Dr Jim Teo, Dr Alvin Ng

Event Title: Optimising Treatment in Asthma and COPD: An evidence-based approach
Venue: Crystal Jade Paragon
Speakers: Professor Jadwiga Wedzicha

CME Seminar: COPD Diagnosis: Current GOLD Guidelines & New Treatment Options in Primary Care
Venue: Carton Hotel Empress Ballroom 2
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Symposium: COPD Stay Updated!
Venue: Sheraton Towers Ballroom
Collaboration with SGH

Event Title: The Importance of COPD Management for Primary Outpatient Care
Venue: Lei Garden Restaurant, CHIJMES
Speakers: Dr Alvin Ng

Event Title: Maximizing Asthma Control In Primary Care
Venue: Taste Paradise, Ion Orchard
Speakers: Dr Jim Teo

Event Title: Assessing Inhaler Use & Accessing Small Airways in Asthma Treatment
Venue: Summer Palace, Regent Hotel
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

Event Title: What's New In Asthma Therapy
Venue: Peach Garden Restaurant, Orchid Country Club
Speakers: Dr Amy Stebbings

Event Title: Assessing Inhaler Use & Accessing Small Airways in Asthma Treatment
Venue: Peach Garden Restaurant, Orchid Country Club
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

Event Title: Revised GOLD 2017 Guideline and role of LABA/LAMA and personalized medicine in COPD
Venue: Summer Palace, Regent Hotel
Speakers: Prof Alvar Agusti (Director of Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic in Barcelona)
Chairman: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Refresher on obstructive airway diseases, Peak Airflow meter in your practice, Spirometry workshop: hands on & interpretation, Managing your Asthma patients
Venue: Four Points by Sheraton Elgin Room (Level 2)

CME Seminar: Assessing Inhaler Use & Accessing Small Airways in Asthma Treatment
Venue: Garden View Restaurant, Tanah Merah Country Club

CME Seminar: Assessing Inhaler Use & Accessing Small Airways in Asthma Treatment
Venue: The Silk Restaurant, Singapore Island Country Club

CME Seminar: Management of Symptomatic Asthma in Primary Care
Venue: St. Regis, Embassy and Consulate room

CME Seminar: Next generation LABA/LAMA therapy –
Building a better COPD treatment foundation
Venue: Summer Palace, Regent Hotel

CME Seminar: Poor Asthma Control? It's SAD (small airway dysfunction)
Venue: East Coast Seafood International

CME Seminar: Heritage meets Innovation in COPD
Venue: St. Regis

CME Seminar: Small Airway Trapping Control

CME Seminar: Update on Acute Bronchitis

CME Seminar: Top Tips in Asthma Management

CME Seminar: Persistent Cough – Is it GERD or Asthma?

CME Seminar: Challenges in Childhood Asthma Management

CME Seminar: Is it Asthma Cough

CME Seminar: Challenges in Managing Childhood Asthma

CME Seminar: Persistent Cough – Is it Asthma, GERD or other conditions; Can lung cancer be treated better in 2015?

CME Seminar: Get SMART with Asthma

CME Seminar: Dual LABA / LAMA Bronchodilation in COPD

CME Seminar: Help them stay ahead of Asthma

CME Seminar: Get SMART with Asthma

CME Seminar: Optimizing Asthma in Primary Care. Practical Tips for the Busy Clinician
Venue: Peach Garden, Orchid Country Club (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Kenneth Chan

CME Seminar: Challenges in Asthma Management
Venue: Summer Palace, Regent Hotel (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Philip Eng

CME Seminar: Updates in Asthma Management
Venue: Imperial Treasure, Changi Airport (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Lee Yeow Hian

CME Seminar: Cases in Respiratory Management
Venue: Fu Lin Men, Jurong Country Club (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Noel Tay

CME Seminar: Addressing Unmet Medical Needs in COPD
Venue: St. Regis, Embassy and Consulate Room
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Loo Chian Min, Dr Gerald Chua, Dr Tomas M. Realiza, Dr Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: Managing Asthma and Assessment of Asthma Severity
Venue: Fu Lin Men, Jurong Country Club (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Lee Kang Hoe

CME Seminar: Treatment strategies in Asthma
Venue: Peach Garden, OCBC Centre (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Lee Yeow Hian

CME Seminar: Continuity of Care in Asthma – Do we understand the future risks?
Venue: Lei Gardens, CHIJMES (6:00-7:00pm)
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Ricardo C. Zotomayor, University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Centre, Philippines

CME Seminar: Continuity of Care in Asthma – Do we understand the future risks?
Venue: Gaia, Goodwood Park Hotel (6:00pm-7:00pm)
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Ricardo C. Zotomayor, University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Centre, Philippines

CME Seminar: Treatment strategies in Asthma
Venue: Wo Peng Restaurant, myVillage, Serangoon Gardens (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Lee Yeow Hian

CME Seminar: Clearing the air on Asthma and COPD
Venue: Min Jiang, Goodwood Park Hotel (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Clearing the air about Asthma
Venue: Tung Lok Classic, Chinese swimming club (1:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: What have the large-scale trials of COPD taught us?
Venue: Summer Palace Restaurant, Regent Hotel (6:30pm-8:30pm)
Speakers: Prof Robert Wise, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

CME Seminar: COPD: PATHOS – utilizing real world evidence in COPD management
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung (COPD Epidemiology & Diagnosis), Prof Matthew Peters (Respiratory Physician, Head of Respiratory Medicine, Concord Hospital, Sydney & Pharmacological & Non-pharmacological Management of COPD 2013)

CME Seminar: Optimizing Asthma management with the use of ICS/LABA
Venue: Fu Lin Men, Jurong Country Club (12:30-2:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: A New Option in the Management of Adult Asthma
Venue: Lengkuas Room, Level2, Marriott Hotel (12:00pm-2:00pm)
Speakers: Prof Ronald F. Grossman, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

CME Seminar: A New Option in the Management of Adult Asthma
Venue: Equinox Private Dining Room 3 & 4, Swissotel The Stamford (1:00pm-3:00pm)
Speakers: Prof Ronald F. Grossman, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

CME Seminar: Improving Asthma Control: Challenges in Practice
Venue: Cuscaden Room, Regent Hotel Singapore (1:00pm-3:00pm)
Speakers: Adj. Asst. Prof Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: New Advances in COPD and Asthma?
Venue: Summer Palace Restaurant, Regent Hotel (6:30pm-9:30pm)
Speakers: Dr René Aalbers, Respiratory Physician, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, Martini Hospital, Groningen

CME Seminar: Optimizing Asthma & COPD management with the use of ICS/LABA
Venue: Lei Garden, CHIJMES (1:00pm-4:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Optimizing the Use of ICS/LABA for Asthma in Primary Care
Venue: Equinox Private Dining Room 3 & 4, Swissotel The Stamford (1:00pm-3:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Jim Teo Yeow Kwan

CME Seminar: COPD: women may be more susceptible to smoking-related lung damage
Venue: Tung Lok Classics Restaurant, Orchard Parade Hotel
Speakers: Dr Tan Tze Lee, Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Do we underestimate the benefits of combination therapy in COPD?
Venue: Singapore Marriot Hotel (6:00pm-8:00pm)
Speaker: Prof Christine Jenkins, Clinical Professor & Head of Respiratory Discipline, Thoracic Medicine Concord Hospital, University of Sydney

CME Seminar: Implications of the new GOLD guidelines for Primary Care
Venue: Ballroom 1, Lower Lobby (1:00pm-4:30pm)
Speakers: Dr Tan Tze Lee, Prof Antonio Anzueto (Professor Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care, University of Texas Fullerton Hotel)

CME Seminar: Improving primary care COPD management
Venue: The Fullerton Waterboat House (1:15pm-3:45pm)

CME Seminar: New global guidelines on management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Venue: Ritz Carlton Summer Pavilion (12:30pm-3:00pm)
Speakers: Dr Tan Tze Lee

CME Seminar: Extra-fine combination for better asthma control
Venue: Imperial Treasure, Paragon
Speaker: Dr Ong Kian Chung

CME Seminar: Management of COPD in GP Clinical Practice - Diagnosis & Treatment Options
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore (12:45pm-3:30pm)
Speakers: Prof Claus Vogelmeier, Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

CME Seminar: Respiratory devices in the 21st century - a respiratory workshop for clinicians
Venue: Philips Healthcare Amphitorium (1:00pm-5:00pm)

CME Seminar: The role of inflammation in airway diseases: differentiating treatment by patient type
Venue: Shangri La Hotel (6.30pm-8.30pm)
Speakers: Prof David Brendan Price, Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK

CME Seminar: Airways School Asia Pacific Singapore Course 1
Venue: Goodwood Park Hotel (9:30am-4:30pm)

CME Seminar: Current Issues in the Year of the Lung 2010: COPD & Smoking Cessation
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel (1:00pm-4:30pm)

CME Seminar: EMPOWER COPD Symposium
Venue: Fullerton Hotel, The Straits Room (3:00pm-5:30pm)

CME Seminar: CAT: a primary-care tool to assess treatment success in COPD
Venue: Park Hotel, Clarke Quay (4:00pm-6:30pm)

CME Seminar: Confronting COPD in 2010
Venue: Trader's Hotel, Cuscaden Road, The Gallery Ballroom (12:30pm-4:00pm)

CME Seminar: GP COPD Workgroup 2010
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel (1pm-5pm)

COPD Awareness Programme 2009 - Spirometer Collection and Hands-On Training
Venue: The Pines (1pm-3pm)

CME Seminar: "COPD Early Detection with Intervention and Therapy (COPED with IT) Programme"
Venue: Fullerton Hotel (1pm-4.30pm)

CME Seminar: "COPD Early Detection with Intervention and Therapy (COPED with IT) Programme"
Venue: Royal Plaza on Scotts (1pm-4pm)

CME Seminar: "Steering the Future of COPD - A new look at an old disease"
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel (1:00pm-4.30pm)

CME Seminar: "Smoking Cessation - What Every Doctor Should Know"
Venue: Raffles Town Club (1:00pm-2:00pm)

CME Seminar: "Smoking Cessation - What Every Doctor Should Know"
Venue: Serangoon Gardens Country Club (1:00pm-2:00pm)

CME Seminar: "Confronting COPD in Primary Healthcare 2007"
Venue: Meritus Mandarin Hotel (1:30pm-4:30pm)

CME Seminar: Prospects for Disease Modifications in COPD: the evidence for Tiotropium
Venue: Marina Madarin Hotel (1:30pm-5:00pm)

CME Seminar: Confronting COPD in Primary Healthcare
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore

CME Seminar: Early Diagnosis and Treatment Will Benefit your Patients!

Inaugural COPD Association Meeting

Video: "Preventing Pneumonia" - in conjunction with WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY 2021 & WORLD COPD DAY 2021
For More Details : WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY 2021 & WORLD COPD DAY 2021 | PREVENTING PNEUMONIA - YouTube

Video: What's Wrong with Social Smoking? Learn The Harmful Effects on your Health – in conjunction with World No-Tobacco Day
Full Video : What's Wrong with Social Smoking? Learn The Harmful Effects On Your Health - YouTube

Public Seminar: Lung Cancer & COPD
Speakers: Dr Ong Kian Chung, Dr Akash Verma, Dr Loh Jiashen
Snippets: Lung Cancer & COPD livestream | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Association (Singapore) - YouTube
Full Video: https://fb.watch/3sLfgNDYEf/

Public Seminar: "Healthy Lungs For Life" Video in Conjunction with WORLD LUNG DAY
For more details: WORLD LUNG DAY 25th September 2020 | Love Your Lungs - YouTube

Public Forum: Healthy Lungs For Life

World COPD Events - Public Screening

World COPD Events - Public Screening
12th & 13th Nov: "Love OUR LUNGS" - Public Screening
Venue: Hougang Mall
16th Nov: "Are You Short of Breath?" - Public screening
Venue: Tampines One
19th Nov: "Care for your Lungs, Care for your Life - World COPD Day 2011" - Public Carnival
Venue: Nee Soon South Community Club
20th Nov: "Silver Carnival Day" - Public Carnival
Venue: Amphitheater in front of Toa Payoh Library.

First Ever World Spirometry Day

Media Conference
Venue: Mandarin Hotel (11:45am-2pm)

Public Forum: "Love Our Lungs" Public Forum
Venue: Health Promotion Board, Lecture Hall Level 1 (2pm-5pm)

Home Nursing Foundation Charity Walk
Venue: East Coast Park (7.30am-11am)

NHG COPD Roadshow
Venue: Outside Toa Payoh Central Public Library (9am-6pm)

Save Your Breath Singapore! 2009 - Press Media Coverage

Official launch of the Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines on COPD.
Venue: Raffles Hotel (1:30-5:00pm)

Beauty & Healthcare Fair 2006
Venue: Suntec City (11am-5pm)
Free Spirometry for the first 100 persons

“Save your Breath, Save your Health”
Venue: Health Enlightenment, The Majestic, Chinatown (12-6pm)

World COPD Day 2004: "Don't Ignore COPD!"

The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Association (Singapore) officially launched its website.