Dr Ruth Kam obtained her basic medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 1986. She was awarded the President's Scholarship for her medical studies from 1981 to 1985. She did her training in Internal Medicine and obtained her MRCP in UK in 1990 and Master in Internal Medicine from the National University of Singapore in 1991. She then obtained her specialist training in Cardiology at the Singapore General Hospital from 1991 to 1994, after which she proceeded on a scholarship to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA where she was further trained in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Catheter Ablation from 1994-1995; and then in Cardiac Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation from 1995 -1996.