Fatimah Lateef

Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef is Senior Consultant, Director of Undergraduate Training and Education as well as Director of Clinical Service and Quality at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital.

She is also Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Yong Loo Lin Medical School, National University of Singapore.

Fatimah teaches part-time at the School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic.

Her area of sub-specialisation include Prehospital Care Medicine, Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Emergencies.

Fatimah has worked in various countries including both the UK and USA and served as an International Consultant to MaxHealthcare, India.

A strong advocate of life long learning and empowerment, she has presented more than 500 abstracts at international conferences and published over 180 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Fatimah is an active volunteer in the area of International Humanitarian Medicine and Acute Disaster Response, where she has led teams to countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Myammar, Africa, Indonesia, China for a variety of causes and assistance.

She has been multiply awarded for her clinical and educational work.

She continues to work full time, with a fulfilling career in Emergency Medicine, balancing clinical work with research and education, as well as her political and community responsibilities as an elected Member of Parliament in Singapore.

For recreation, Fatimah enjoys mountain climbing, cooking, reading and she has completed 15 full marathons.