Prof Quek is Chairman, Medical Board, National University Hospital (NUH) where he is also Head and Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics. Prof Quek has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and participated in many international conferences as invited faculty. In recognition of his contributions to cardiology, he was awarded Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology. He is the first Singaporean to be invited to serve as Council Member of the ACC Adult Congenital Heart and Pediatric Cardiology Chapter. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (United Kingdom), Academy of Medicine and College of Paediatricians and Child Health, Singapore.

Amongst his many administrative hats at the hospital, Prof Quek’s role as Director, Healthcare Performance Office is instrumental making NUH the first JCI accredited hospital in Singapore in 2004, as well as its subsequent re-accreditations thereafter, raising the bar of the Academic Medical Centre. Prof Quek is also Senior Consultant to the Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore and the Health Promotion Board's School Health Service. He received the inaugural NUHS-Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Award for Clinical Excellence and the MOH National Medical Excellence Award in 2013 for his contributions.

Presentation Synopsis
Chasing Zero Preventable Harm: An Elusive Target or Achievable Goal?
Healthcare is complex; medical staff work hard in teams to manage patients every day. There areinherent risks of adverse events and complications, some of which are preventable, and others which are unavoidable. It is important for the healthcare team to work together to reduce preventable harm, as well as to continuously strive towards improving the quality of care for patients. This can be done through ensuring the reliability of systems, the constant reviewing of work processes to keep up with the evolving changes in skills, knowledge and technology, and individual responsibility and accountability. The session is focused on preventable harm in healthcare and looks at how healthcare workers can do our best for patients, given the current resources.