Dr Khoo Chin Meng is a Senior Consultant in the Division of Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He received his MBBS degree from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK (MRCP) in 2002, was awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS, Endocrinology) in 2007. His research interests are in type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity/metabolic disorders. He also serves in the committee of the Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore