Centre for Forensic Medicine

The Centre for Forensic Medicine, formerly known as the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine (ISFM), is one of the seven centres within the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore. Prior to the formation of ISFM in 1989, the Department was a section within the Department of Pathology under the Singapore Ministry of Health.

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From the 1960s, the section and then Department of Forensic Medicine was led by the late Prof Chao Tzee Cheng, who is deemed by many to be the "Father of Forensic Medicine" in Singapore. Prof Chao had been involved in many high-profile homicides and had documented some of them in his book Murder is my Business.

The Centre provides professional consultancy services in the field of forensic medicine, primarily to law enforcement in support of the coroner death investigation system in Singapore as well as criminal investigations into homicidal deaths.