Dr. Charity Low

Family Physician
Performs Minor Surgery
Bedside Ultrasound

Specialties
General Practice (Family Medicine)
Minor Surgery
Bedside Ultrasound
Skin Cancer Medicine

Clinic
Peace Family Clinic

Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), National University of Singapore (1994)
Masters in Family Medicine (2006), followed by Fellowships
Professional & Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine (2022)
Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Certificate Course

Experience
Gained wide clinical experience in hospital across General Medicine, Paediatrics, Geriatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Emergency Medicine, Blood Bank and School Health
Practised primary care in both the public and private sectors before setting up her own clinic
One of the few local GP clinics with bedside ultrasound
Upgraded her surgical skills with the Skin Cancer Medicine certificate (2022) during a stint in Australia

Teaching & Research
Adjunct tutor for all 3 local medical schools and examiner for Years 2, 3 and 4
Research validating PHQ-9 and QIDS-SR as depression screening tools in a local primary care clinic (2011). PHQ-9 is still used by polyclinics in Singapore to screen for depression
Member of the REACH program since 2007
Contributor to the AMS-MOH Clinical Practice Guidelines on ADHD (2014)
Presented 'Ultrasound: The Second Stethoscope' on her ultrasound learning journey (2019)
Formed the VASE (Video Assisted SElf learning of mental health conditions) team with like-minded colleagues, who have made 5 mental health videos for busy GPs (capstone project for the Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Certificate Course)

Awards
Distinguished Educators' Award, College of Family Physicians, World Family Doctors' Day (2019)
NUS Medicine Fortitude Award (2020), for teaching medical students through video-conferencing of ongoing patient consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Community Service
Volunteer doctor accompanying NUS medical students to Cambodia on Project Sai'Bai, using portable ultrasound and bedside sonographic skills in remote villages