The Singapore Medical Association (abbreviated SMA) is a

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...

representing the interests of medical professionals in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. It was established on September 15, 1959, replacing the

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

Branch of the

British Medical Association The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association's headquar ...

. As of 2020, it had over 8,200 members. It publishes the monthly

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

ed '' Singapore Medical Journal''.

Controversies

On 3 November 2020, in response to complaints that online platform DoctorxDentist was listing doctors' details without consent, SMA disseminated an email to its members saying that doctors had the right to be removed from doctor directories. It also offered to assist association members who wished to disassociate from DoctorxDentist for free.

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* Organizations established in 1959 1959 establishments in Singapore Organisations based in Singapore Medical associations based in Asia Professional associations based in Singapore {{Med-org-stub