Dr Tor Phern Chern

Dr Tor Phern Chern 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, Dr Tor distinguished himself by obtaining the Eli-Lilly 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 80 peer reviewed articles and being an adjunct assistant professor in psychiatry for the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School and NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. He underwent advanced research and neurostimulation training at the Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales and Toronto Western Hospital.