Assoc Prof Jason Phua is Deputy Chief Executive (Clinical Transformation) of the National University Health System (NUHS), Chief Executive Officer of Alexandra Hospital (AH), and a respiratory physician and intensivist practicing at AH and National University Hospital (NUH). He is the Co-Chair of the National Intensive Care Unit Repository (NICUR) and the Secretary of the Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials (ACCCT) Group. He previously served as the Head of the Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at NUH, the President of the Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SICM) Singapore, the Co-Chair of the National COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Committee, and the Chair of the Asia Ventilation Forum.
Presentation Synopsis
HM3: Leadership in Healthcare – Personal Thoughts and Reflections
Leadership is not about chief executives lording over others from their ivory towers, or about senior managers ensuring compliance through sticks and carrots. Leadership is about everyone in an organisation – from the highest floors to the deepest basements, from the front lines to the back offices – rolling up their sleeves for a common cause, not because they have to but because they want to. And leadership matters, for today’s world in general and for tomorrow’s healthcare in particular, for our patients and population in general and for our healthcare workers in particular. In this talk, the speaker will share some personal thoughts and reflections on what it means to be a leader in healthcare.