Highlights from the Honorary Secretary

Benny Loo Kai Guo

2026 SMA Annual General Meeting

Please see below details of SMA's upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM). Members can attend in person or via Zoom.

  • Date: 26 April 2026, Sunday
  • Time: 2 pm to 4 pm (Lunch at 1 pm)
  • Venue: SMA Office or Zoom 166 Bukit Merah Central #04-3531 Singapore 150166

Please send an email to szeyong@sma.org.sg if you wish to:

  • Confirm your attendance (please indicate if you are attending in person or via Zoom, and provide your MCR number and full name as it appears in the Singapore Medical Council register);
  • Submit resolutions and/or proposed constitution amendments; or
  • Submit nominations to fill the nine vacancies in the SMA Council.

Members who wish to move any resolution or raise amendments to the Constitution and Rules at the AGM are to give notice in writing to the Honorary Secretary by 12 pm on 27 March 2026, in accordance with SMA Constitution Article XI, Section 1, Sub-Section (iii) and Article XII, Section 2, respectively.

Members are invited to submit nominations of candidates to fill the nine vacancies in the Council, in accordance with Article VIII, Section 3a of the SMA Constitution.

Nominations must be signed by two Ordinary/Life/ Spouse Members and contain a consent to act, if elected, signed by the person nominated.

All completed forms should reach us by 12 pm on 27 March 2026.

SMJ Editorial Fellowship 2026

Following a successful inaugural run in 2025, the Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) launched the second edition of the SMJ Editorial Fellowship on 1 January 2026. This one-year programme continues SMJ's commitment to nurturing early clinician researchers through structured mentorship in manuscript review, peer review and editorial processes.

Applications opened on 1 September 2025 and closed on 30 October 2025, with selections made by a committee comprising the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editors and Specialty Editors.

The successful candidates for the SMJ Editorial Fellowship 2026 are:

  • Dr Brian Chan Yuan-Lang, Neurosurgery Resident, National Neuroscience Institute
  • Dr Isaac KS Ng, Senior Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS)
  • Dr Grace Chan Ming Fen, Senior Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, NUHS
  • Dr Huang Juncheng, Senior Resident (Clinician-Scientist Track), Department of Diagnostic Radiology, NUHS

Benny Loo Kai Guo is a paediatrician in public service with special interest in sport and exercise medicine. He serves to see the smiles on every child and athlete, and he looks forward to the company of his wife and children at the end of every day.

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