Dr Tor Phern Chern
Vice-President
Phern-Chern Tor completed his medical degree at the National University of Singapore under the Singapore Armed Forces Local Study Award. In his military career he served as Head Psychological Care (PCC) services in the SAF and was responsible for the provision of psychiatric care for all enlistees and regular staff in the Singapore Armed Forces.
In his psychiatric career, Phern-Chern distinguished himself by obtaining the Eli-Lily gold medal and the Singapore Psychiatric Association Book Prize for his undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatric examinations respectively. He has been active in education and research, publishing more than 90 peer reviewed articles and being an adjunct Associate Professor in psychiatry for the Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine. He underwent advanced research and neurostimulation training at the Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales and Toronto Western Hospital.
He established the first Neurostimulation services at the Institute of Mental Health (Singapore) and was the inaugural Service Head and is now the inaugural Director of the Centre for Interventional Psychiatry at the National University Hospital of Singapore. He is also the immediate past Chairperson of the Section of Neurostimulation, College of Psychiatrists (Singapore), Treasurer of the International Society of ECT and Neurostimulation and Vice-President of the Singapore Neuromodulation Society, a Chapter of the International Neuromodulation Society.