Programmes
FY2026 HMDP Visiting Experts
13 April 2026
Programme information about Health Manpower Development Programme visiting experts in 2026
Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) - Visiting Experts
The HMDP VE scheme is made available to all integrated clusters, HPB, HSA and MOH. It provides funds for overseas Experts in medical and health-related fields to be brought to Singapore so as to impart their skills and share their knowledge to help improve and upgrade our medical and health team's expertise in the respective disciplines.
The Experts' visits facilitate the sharing of knowledge and skills among healthcare professionals of similar interest in hospitals and institutions across the public healthcare sector. They are involved in lectures, seminars, workshops and visits to the various departments of hospitals/institutions as part of their HMDP programme.
List of Approved Visiting Experts for FY2026
The table below lists the Approved Experts for FY2026. There will be no Alternate Experts from FY2018 onwards. The dates of visit shall be listed once the confirmation has been given by the individual LCs. Please refer to the Events section for the confirmed date and synopsis of each visit.
Results for FY26 HMDP VE
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Topic | Professional | Specialty | Name | Institution |
Supportive onco-dermatology and complex medical dermatology | Medical | Dermatology | Bernice Kwong | Stanford University, Department of Dermatology |
Onocology Care Excellence in Nursing | Nursing | Onocology | Mikaela Olsen | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Institute |
Artificial Intelligence in Interventional Oncology | Medical | Interventional Radiology | Bradford J Wood | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center |
Osteoporosis Physiotherapy Management | Allied Health | Chronic Disease Management | Karen Louise Barker | University of Oxford |
Real-time Metagenomics for Clinical Application in Infectious Diseases | Medical | Infectious Diseases | Jonathan David Edgeworth | Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Nursing Workforce Transformation-Leading Change and Empowering Middle-Managers and Emerging Leaders | Nursing | - | Shawana B. Burnette | Advocate Health |
Optimising Musculoskeletal Disorders Management in complex medical patients in primary care | Medical | MSK disorders in primary care | Christian Mallen | Keele University |
Orthopaedic Infections, Limb salvage and Reconstruction in Orthopaedic Trauma and Tumours | Medical | Orthopaedics | Nando Ferreira | Stellenbosch University & Tygerberg |
Digital Health and Clinical Informations in Psychiatric and Healthcare Delivery (Nursing) | Nursing | Mental Health | Patricia C Dykes | Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School |
Systems redesign in Opthalmology | Medical | Ophthalmology | Louisa Wickham | NHS England / Moorfields Eye Hospital |
Precision Medicine in Eye Diseases | Medical | Ophthalmology | Fred K. Chen | Lions Eye Institute / University of Western Australia |
Scaling Clinical 3D Printing and Virtual Surgical Planning (C3DP-VSP) | Medical | Radiology, Clinical Engineering, Surgery, Dentistry | Beth Ripley | Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning at US Department of Veterans Affairs |
Advanced Practice in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy | Allied Health | Physiotherapy | Neil Langridge | Health Services University |
Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Theranostics for Precision Medicine | Medical | Nuclear Medicine | Hongming Zhuang | The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania |
Ultrasound Diagnosis and Staging of Gynaecological Cancers | Medical | Gynaecological Oncology | Daniela Fischerova | Charles University |
Medical Physics in Imaging | Allied Health | Radiology | Ehsan Samei | Duke University Health System |
Early Childhood Mental Health and Dyadic Interventions to Promote Family-Centered Care | Allied Health | MSW | Mary Kathleen Martel Connors | School of Medicine |
Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Surveillance with General Movements Assessment (GMA) Expertise and Early Cerebral Palsy Risk Identification. | Medical | Neonatology | Alicia Spittle | The University of Melbourne |
Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery | Medical | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Vinayak Nikanth Bapat | Abbott Northwestern and United Hospital, Minneapolis |
CAR-T Cell and BiTE Therapies | Medical | Rheumatology | Georg Schett | University Hospital Erlangen |
Paediaric Inflammatory bowel Disease and Endoscopy | Medical | Paediatrc Medicine | Thomas Daniel Walters | Hospital for Sick Children |
Primary Care Systems Redesign | Others | Family Medicine | Viviana Sandra Martinez-Bianchi | Duke University Medical Center |
Mobile Inpatient Care@Home | Others | Advanced Internal Medicine | Ron Sabar | Sabar Health |
Supporting Persons with Cognitive Communication Disorders – From Hospital to Home and Beyond | Allied Health | Speech Therapy | Leanne Togher | University of Sydney |