Milestones, Achievements & Awards

2023/08/04

Jul 2024
1. NUHCS Achieves Asia's First International Accreditation For Diagnostic Vascular Lab
  
  Since July 2024, the National University Heart Centre, Singapore’s (NUHCS) Diagnostic Vascular Laboratory (DVL) has become the first and only laboratory in Asia to earn the acclaimed Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) accreditation. This accolade recognises institutes for the quality of diagnostic services and patient care provided.
Apr 2024
1. Personalised Heart Care For Cancer Patients: NUHCS Recognised In Emerging Field Of Cardio-Oncology
  
  In a significant milestone in the emerging multidisciplinary field of cardio-oncology in Singapore, the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) has been recognised as a Global Centre of Excellence in Cardio-Oncology by the International Cardio-Oncology Society – the first centre in the region to be awarded the accreditation.
Sep 2023
1. NUHCS Awarded Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals Cardiac Surgery for 3 Years Consecutively
  
  NUHCS is proud to be the only cardiac centre in Singapore to rank globally in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery specialty, in 2022, 2023 and 2024, for 3 years consecutively.
Jul 2023
1. 15th Anniversary Charity Golf & Dinner Event
  
  In commemoration of NUHCS' 15th Anniversary as a Specialty National Centre, NUHCS organised its inaugural Charity Golf & Dinner event, with Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gracing the event as our Guest-of-Honour. This charity event has collectively raised over $1.4million (as of Aug 2023). The generous donation to the NUHCS Heart Fund, a sub-fund of NUHS Fund Limited, has helped to support our financially disadvantaged heart patients on their journey towards better heart health and a hopeful future.
May 2023
1. The Asian Representative At The EuroPCR 2023 Conference
  
  NUHCS was the only live transmission centre in Asia and presented 2 cases at the EuroPCR 2023 - the world's leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine, held in Paris, France, from 16-19 May. Attended by more than 12,000 delegates worldwide, the presentation from NUHCS served as an invaluable opportunity to provide an Asian perspective to the contemporary interventional approach to patients with increasingly complex disease and comorbidities. This invitation also serves as a testament of NUHCS' recognition as a Centre of Excellence in catheter-based interventional cardiology in Asia.
Mar 2023
1. Caring Hearts Support Group (CHSG) Celebrates 5th Anniversary
  
  CHSG is a voluntary initiative by NUHCS heart patients, launched in 2018 with the vision to build an inspiring and caring heart patient support group that brings positive changes to the lives of patients and the community. Over the past 5 years, CHSG has been active in engaging members by forging and fostering bonds of friendship and showing support not only to heart patients, but to their families and friends as well.
2. The NUHCS Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Simulation Centre is the First of its Kind in Southeast Asia
  
  The development of the CTVS Simulation Centre aims to provide training to the next generation of surgeons for better patient care. Designed to spearhead contemporary surgery in the field of CTVS through advanced simulation training and education, NUHCS is proud to be the first in region to cater to such a level of surgical training.

2024/11/29