Dr Albert Ty

Director, Value, Safety and Performance Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Dr Albert Ty’s work in the Ministry is focused on driving the development and implementation of national policies, frameworks or processes aimed at promoting a culture of appropriate and value-based care, patient safety, high reliability, and continuous quality improvement in Singapore healthcare institutions. Prior to this, Dr Ty had extensive public health leadership experience in the Ministry including work on health promotion strategies, non-communicable disease epidemiology and control, public health intelligence, and specialist training and assessments.

Dr Ty is a neurologist/neuro-oncologist and a public health specialist by training. He holds a master’s degree in public health from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in health policy, planning and financing from the London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Before joining the Ministry of Health, he had clinical and research stints at the National Neuroscience Institute, the National Cancer Centre, Singapore and the Singapore General Hospital.