Dr Quah Teik Joo is a Senior Consultant in Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Head of Complementary & Integrative Medicine (CIM) Services at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). He also serves as Deputy Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, guiding digital transformation to ensure technology remains the faithful servant of patient care.

Dr Quah graduated from the University of Malaya (MBBS), earned Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK), and completed Advanced Specialist Training in Internal Medicine under NHG Health. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow. To deepen his integrative practice, he earned a Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture; to strengthen his leadership at the intersection of care and technology, he undertook the Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) Professional Education Chief Technology Officer Certificate—a testament to his resolve to marry bedside wisdom with system wide improvement.

Clinically, Dr Quah focuses on multimorbidity and chronic disease management, blending conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary therapies such as acupuncture. CIM Service will soon convenes physicians, therapists, nurses, and allied health colleagues in purposeful concert via Prevention and Recovery through Integrative Medicine (PRIME) collaboration platform, so that patients receive co-ordinated, person-centred care befitting their needs. His move to Division of Integrative & Community Care strengthens the arc from symptom relief to functional recovery, embedding integrative care within rehabilitation pathways to honour the continuity of the patient’s journey.

As an informatics leader, he champions clinician-centred design—developing electronic records, documentation standards, decision support, and dashboards that reduce cognitive load and improve safety. He brings a practical lens to data science, applying machine learning (“Data to Decision”) and applied generative AI to everyday clinical dilemmas.

A passionate educator, Dr Quah teaches at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU) and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS), mentoring students in clinical reasoning, systems thinking, and evidence-based practice. He leads the Clinical Integration & Education subgroup within the NTU–TTSH TCM PRIME collaboration, aligning integrative care with rehabilitation outcomes and translating research into measurable benefits.

His contributions have earned recognition, including the TESA Gold Award (2024) for Complementary Integrative Medicine, TTSH Staff Excellence Silver Award (2022), and the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2014). His presentations have spanned international congresses from Madrid to Stockholm, Auckland to Cape Town, and beyond reflecting a portfolio that is both rigorous and generously shared.

Dr Quah’s advocacy is a steadfast commitment to hard evidence and gentle innovation. Whether refining a pathway, delivering a treatment, or stewarding a dataset, his approach is akin harmony of yin and yang in balancing rigorous evidence and compassionate care to provide optimal outcomes to every patient who entrusts TTSH with their story.