Chester Drum is a multidisciplinary physician scientist with a passion for connecting technology to evidence-based clinical outcomes. Chester received his MD and PhD from the University of Chicago and has held positions at UCSD, Mass General Brigham Hospital and MIT where he was the Director for Translational Medicine at the Centre for Biomedical Innovation.

At NUS, Dr. Drum has made fundamental contributions in the fields of nanomaterials, pharmacology and biomarker discovery. In his current role as a Senior Consultant in the Division of Cardiology and an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Dr. Drum most enjoys bringing together diverse science, technologies and people to solve real-world clinical problems, while still taking time to care for patients in his weekly cardiology clinic.