Dr Louise Heyzer practises Geriatric Medicine with a special clinical interest in falls prevention, sarcopenia, and orthogeriatrics.

She believes in the holistic care of older adults to enable them to age healthily and maintain a good quality of life as they transit to their golden years. Her clinical interests are in falls prevention, sarcopenia and orthogeriatrics.

She also interested in education. She is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as well as training programmes for the other allied health in the hospital.

Dr Heyzer joined Woodlands Hospital in 2019.

She speaks English and Mandarin. 

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Journals/Publications:

1. Trends in Geriatric-Related Translational Research and Funding in the "Big 4" Medical Journals (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2017)

2. Worry about Performance: Unravelling the Relationship between 'Doing More' and 'Doing Better' (The Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging, 2019)

3. Integrated Hip Fracture Care Pathway (IHFCP): reducing complications and improving outcomes (Singapore Medical Journal, 2021)

4. Validation of a multi-sensor-based kiosk for short physical performance battery in older adults attending a falls and balance clinic (Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2022)