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Clinical practice
Consultant ENT Surgeon & Medical Director
- Prince Court Medical Centre, KL
- Nasal & sinus disease, allergy
- Minimal sinus surgery
- Clinical governance, IHH Malaysia
About
Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh
Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh is a consultant ENT surgeon and medical director at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He is President of the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) and of the Asian Hospital Federation.
He trained in ENT at Universiti Malaya under his mentor Tan Sri Dato Prof Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin. He served the Malaysian Society of ORL–Head & Neck Surgeons as Hon. General Secretary for three terms and as President in 2006–07. In 2010 he founded Sinus Forum Asia, now the ENT Summit, which held its 17th edition in 2026.
In the Malaysian Medical Association he served as Wilayah branch chairman, Deputy Hon. Secretary and Hon. General Secretary (2013–14), and received the MMA Gold Medal in 2022. As APHM President since 2018 he has led the private hospital sector’s dialogue with government through the pandemic and beyond. He speaks regularly on healthcare financing, public–private partnership, patient safety and technology.
He has been a photographer since the age of 12, looks to motor sport for lessons in precision and safety, and lives by a simple motto: listen first, then answer.
At a glance
Showing up, organising, listening
17Editions of the ENT Summit, which he founded as Sinus Forum Asia in 2010
2Hospital associations he leads as President: APHM and the Asian Hospital Federation
3Major honours since 2022: MMA Gold Medal, IHH Medical Excellence Award, ICON Award
580+Notes from the field in his journal, from 2016 to today
The journey
From the ENT clinic to national healthcare policy
Every milestone comes from his own journal entries. Each new appointment, award or talk becomes a new point on the line.
- 1998
ENT Master’s, Universiti Malaya
Begins specialist training under his mentor Tan Sri Dato Prof Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin. Completes a general surgery rotation at Hospital Kuala Lumpur in 1999–2000.
- 2003
MMA Wilayah Branch Secretary
Serves under the late Dato Dr Khoo Kah Lin, and later becomes his Deputy Hon. General Secretary at national level.
- 2004
Organising Chairman, inaugural MMA Golf with HM the King
Also organises an MMA wound-suturing CPD course for 50 GPs.
- 2006
President, Malaysian Society of ORL–HNS
Elected President for 2006–07 after three terms as Hon. General Secretary, one of the longest in the society’s history.
- 2010
Founds Sinus Forum Asia, later the ENT Summit
A conference built like a talk show, with live surgery, debates and instant Q&A. It later grows to include SIGMA and the NaviFESS cadaveric course (from 2016).
- 2012
MSO-HNS Meritorious Award
Recognised for his long-time contribution to ENT doctors in Malaysia.
- 2013–15
Historian & Hon. General Secretary
MSO-HNS 30-year history book launched (2013). Serves as Hon. General Secretary of MMA (2013–2014) and co-edits 55 Years MMA (2015).
- 2016
Teaching the next generation
Adjunct lecturer at Perdana University since its founding, and a regular speaker at the Houseman Survival Course.
- 2018
President, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia
Represents Malaysia at the 42nd World Hospital Congress in Brisbane. Re-elected for 2020–21, leads APHM’s dialogue with government through the pandemic, and continues as President.
- 2022
Gold Medal, Malaysian Medical Association
Receives the MMA Gold Medal from MMA President Dr Muruga Raj, and chairs a session on patient experience at Hospital Management Asia in Bangkok.
- 2024
President, Asian Hospital Federation
Leads the federation of hospital associations from Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, India and Malaysia. Receives the IHH Medical Excellence Award in Mumbai.
- 2025
Thomas Materson ICON Award
Honoured for his contributions to healthcare at the Global Health Asia Pacific Awards 2025, and chairs the Asian Hospital Federation board in Osaka.
- 2026
17th ENT Summit, IFOS Istanbul & healthcare financing
Opens the 17th ENT Summit, lectures on minimal sinus surgery at the IFOS World Congress in Istanbul, and joins the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries panel on healthcare financing.
Honours
Recognised by his peers
2025
Thomas Materson ICON Award
Global Health Asia Pacific Awards, for his contributions to healthcare
2024
IHH Medical Excellence Award
IHH Healthcare, presented in Mumbai
2022
Gold Medal
Malaysian Medical Association
2012
Meritorious Award
Malaysian Society of ORL–Head & Neck Surgeons
Involvement
Where he serves
Seven areas of work across clinical practice, hospital leadership, associations, education and academia.
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APHM
Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia
- President
- Annual International Healthcare Conference
- Dialogue with MOH & MOF
- Public–private partnership
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AHF
Asian Hospital Federation
- President, from 2024
- Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines
- Singapore, India, Malaysia
- Board meetings across Asia
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MMA
Malaysian Medical Association
- Chairman, MMA Wilayah, 2004
- Deputy Hon. Secretary, ~6 years
- Hon. General Secretary, 2013–14
- Gold Medal, 2022
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MSO-HNS
Malaysian Society of ORL–Head & Neck Surgeons
- Hon. General Secretary, 3 terms
- President, 2006–07
- Meritorious Award, 2012
- Editor, 30-year history
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Education
ENT Summit · SIGMA · NaviFESS
- Founded 2010 as Sinus Forum Asia
- 17th edition held in 2026
- Live surgery & e-Q&A
- Cadaveric course from 2016
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Teaching
Perdana University & beyond
- Adjunct lecturer since inception
- Houseman Survival Course, Ipoh
- CME for GPs nationwide
- Talks for pharmacists
Beyond medicine
The person behind the white coat
A photographer since the age of 12, a student of precision wherever he finds it, and a lover of good food and the arts.
“My motto in life is always listen first and then answer.”Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh