Profile
Dr. Petty brings extensive experience in healthcare digital transformation
and cloud adoption across Asia. As a seasoned product veteran, she's
developed patient mobile apps, electronic medical records, patient outreach
solutions, and case management software. Her expertise lies in crafting
modular tech solutions that streamline healthcare workflows in heavily
regulated environments. She was nominated among the
SG Top 100 Women in Tech in 2021
and currently participates in Singapore Institute of Directors' independent
board pipeline program.
Experience
CEO and Founder
- Selected for the 2023 Cohort of the Singapore Management University and Standard Chartered Bank's Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator.
- Spearheaded the development of an AI-driven B2B2C product from conceptualization to implementation, encompassing product specification, design, and full-stack engineering.
- Preliminary patent filed in Singapore for the innovative workflow to generate clinical recommendations.
- Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing completed for the solution in Apr 2024.
- Successfully onboarded clinics to trial the solution as part of the Singapore government's digital health acceleration program.
Asia Pacific & Japan Hospital Engagement Lead
- Managed a portfolio of customers with ARR of $XX M.
- Engaged hospital C-suite executives and ministries across Asia to provide guidance on their digital transformation journey and legacy system migrations.
- Provided thought leadership in the areas of population health, precision medicine, and AI/ML innovation.
ASUS Intelligent Cloud Services (AICS) - Director of Medical Products
- Led business development in ASEAN and Taiwan with public and private healthcare partners
- 1.36x growth in monthly usage and 17% QoQ growth in monthly users for the patient services mobile app, saving hospitals over $1M NTD per year in administrative burden
- 60x growth in NLU/NLP enabled AI cancer registry clinical info extractor usage over 3 months.
- Conducted feasibility study and literature review on diastolic heart failure prediction AI model with a multinational pharmaceutical company.
Open Government Products - Product Manager
- Oversaw the launch and growth of Postman.gov.sg and Checkfirst.gov.sg
- Led the setup of the experimental unit's corporate functions such as finance, legal, and people's operations, and developed processes for hiring and career progression.
Medical Doctor
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Woodlands Health
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Clinical Operations - Knowledge & Innovation
- Evaluated smart solutions (hardware and software) for hospital procurement planning
- Defined specification on tech solutions and led grant proposal efforts
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Corporate Service - Human Resources
- Oversaw and planned 5 year manpower hiring budget.
- Worked closely with MOH Manpower Planning and Clinical Operations on headcount projection
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Clinical Operations - Knowledge & Innovation
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SengKang General Hospital
- Clinical Governance
- Streamlined clinical work processes to enhance healthcare delivery efficiency and ensure integration of workflows across clinical medicine, information technology, finance, and admission office in inpatient and surgical settings.
- Negotiated with national specialty centers to provide novel clinical services for the hospital.
- Represented the hospital for Joint Commission International (JCI) audit observation at sister organizations.
- Occupational Medicine - Staff Clinic
- Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- SingHealth Transitional Resident (Houseman Year)
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Woodlands Health
Education
Master of Public Health
- Thesis: Meta-analysis on Metformin Safety in Pregnancy
- Harvard Public Health Review Committee Member
- Student Council - Outreach
Doctor of Medicine Highest Degree
- Thesis: Cost-effectiveness Analysis on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening Strategies
- Research findings led to changes in national screening guidelines and has had significant impact on women who are at risk of GDM development
- Class President
- Admissions Committee
- Peer-tutoring Program Lead
- LINGO Program Lead: a student-led medical foreign language course, including teaching lectures in Mandarin Chinese, developing a multilingual curriculum, and creating a textbook.
Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Thesis: Investigating the role of hdac1 during single lumen formation in the zebrafish gut
- Researcher in Bagnat Lab, Department of Cell Biology, Duke Medical Center
- Dean's List with Distinction
Professional Development
- 2021 Singapore Institute of Directors - Board Readiness Programme
- 2019 Harvard Business School Online - CORE Accounting, Business Analytics, and Economics for Managers
Awards
- 2021 SG 100 Women in Tech
- 2020 Woman Leader in Healthcare Singapore
- 2019 Best Education Research Poster for SingHealth Duke-NUS Education Conference 2019
- 2016 Certificate of Service, Duke-NUS Medical Alumni Association
- 2016 “Mentoring a Doctor” – Featured in Duke-NUS Vital Science for innovative thesis on gestational diabetes mellitus screening strategies in Singapore and its implications on national guidelines
- 2015 1st Prize Poster Award for SingHealth Obstetrics and Gynecology ACP Research Day
- 2014 “Teaching to Learn” - Featured in Duke-NUS Vital Science for developing sustainable peer-based tutoring and support program for medical students
- 2013 Faces of SingHealth – Featured as a rising healthcare heroine in research and medicine
- 2007 & 2008 Society of Women Engineer Scholarship
- 2007 The Curry Award for Young Women, Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scholarship
Community
- Community Member at Singapore Institute of Directors (Aug 2023 - Present)
- Advisor at VentureBlick, Singapore (Jan 2023 - Present)
- Mentor at CSweetner (Jan 2023 - Present)
- Healthcare Mentor at AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Aged Care and Digital Health (Nov 2022 - Apr 2023)
- Design Lead at Disrupt Diabetes, Stanford University (Mar 2018 - May 2018)
- Board Member & Education Chair at Duke-NUS Medical Alumni (Jul 2015 - Jun 2017)
- Executive Committee Member at Duke Club of Singapore (Jun 2017 - Jul 2018)
Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Technical Proficiency - GetFocused
- USMLE Step 1, 2, 3
- BCLS, ACLS
- CITI Program for Biomedical Research
Publications
- Ng, F.D.J., Chen, P.Y., Cheng, J.S.D., Compton, S., Chou, A.C.C. (2023). Assessing the training effect of knee arthroscopy cognitive-task surgical simulations on the theoretical and technical knowledge acquisition in novices. Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation. (Paper)
- Dmytriw, Adam A., et al. "Outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients compared to the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Expert review of respiratory medicine (2021): 1-8. (Paper)
- Hui, Cheryl LY, Chen, Pin Yu, et al. "Acceptance of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (Face and Hand Transplant) in Singapore." Annals of plastic surgery 81.5 (2018): 615-618. (Paper)
- Chou, Andrew Chia Chen and Chen, Pin Yu. "Evaluating Student-Led Medical Foreign Language Courses: A Preliminary Study." Education in Medicine Journal 9.1 (2017). (Paper)
- Chen, Pin Yu, et al. "Early Interventions for Tentorial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula." Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (2015). (Paper)
- Chen, Pin Yu, et al. "Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening Strategies in Singapore." Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health (2015). (Paper)
Skills
- Python
- Javascript
- Html, React, Vue
- Node JS
- Figma, Adobe Photoshop
- Product Management
- GTM Strategy
- Business Development
- Leadership
- Cloud Transformation
- Disaster Recovery