Internal Medicine

Adj. Asst Prof Koh Nien Yue, Pro­gram Direc­tor, TTSH

Dr Koh Nien Yue is a senior con­sul­tant with the Depart­ment of Gen­eral Med­i­cine, with a spe­cial inter­est in Pal­lia­tive Med­i­cine. She obtained her mem­ber­ship with the Royal Col­lege of Physi­cian (United King­dom) in 1998 and is a spe­cial­ist in Inter­nal Med­i­cine since 2002. Dr Koh has been actively involved in under­grad­u­ate and post­grad­u­ate teach­ing of Inter­nal Med­i­cine and Pal­lia­tive Med­i­cine. She is cur­rently an adjunct with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Adj. Asst Prof Chia Chung King, Asso­ciate Pro­gram Direc­tor, TTSH

Dr Chia Chung King is a con­sul­tant with the Depart­ment of Gas­troen­terol­ogy with spe­cial inter­est in hepa­tol­ogy. He is the cur­rent Chair­man of the Inter­nal Med­ical Train­ing Program.

Dr Goh Kian Peng, Asso­ciate Pro­gram Direc­tor, AH-KTPH

Dr Goh Kian Peng is a Con­sul­tant at the Depart­ment of Med­i­cine in Alexan­dra Hospital/KTPH, spe­cial­is­ing in endocrinol­ogy and dia­betes mel­li­tus. He is in charge of the Dia­betes Exer­cise and Inpa­tient Dia­betes Pro­grammes at Alexan­dra Hos­pi­tal. He trained as a Human Man­power Devel­op­ment Pro­gramme fel­low in UK from 2007 to 2008, dur­ing which he obtained a MSc in Mol­e­c­u­lar Exer­cise Phys­i­ol­ogy at the Uni­ver­sity of Aberdeen. His cur­rent research inter­ests are the roles of 5’AMP-activated pro­tein kinase, Per­ox­i­some proliferator-activated recep­tor gamma, coac­ti­va­tor 1 alpha and Sir­tuin 1 in the patho­gen­e­sis and treat­ment of type 2 dia­betes mel­li­tus. Hav­ing obtained the MMed in Fam­ily Med­i­cine, Dr Goh is a col­le­giate mem­ber of the Col­lege of Fam­ily Physi­cians, Sin­ga­pore and has been actively involved in the train­ing and devel­op­ment of fam­ily physi­cians in Singapore.

A/Prof C Raja­soorya, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, AH-KTPH

Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Raja­soorya is a Senior Con­sul­tant in Endocrinol­ogy and Inter­nal Med­i­cine. His sub­spe­cial­ity inter­ests are in pituitary-adrenal dis­or­ders and other endocrine causes of hyper­ten­sion. He is a fel­low of the Royal Col­lege of Physi­cians of Lon­don and Edin­burgh as well as a fel­low of the Amer­i­can Col­lege of Clin­i­cal Endocri­nol­o­gists. He was a Health Man­power Devel­op­ment Plan (HMDP) Fel­low at the Uni­ver­sity of Auck­land Depart­ment of Endocrinol­ogy as well as a Vis­it­ing HMDP Clin­i­cian at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester), Uni­ver­sity of Vir­ginia and Uni­ver­sity of Ore­gon in the United States.

Dr Philip Yap, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber. AH-KTPH

Dr. Philip Yap,trained in inter­nal med­i­cine and a spe­cial­ist in geri­atric med­i­cine, is a con­sul­tant geri­a­tri­cian with the Dept of Geri­atric Medicine.He is also an adjunct clin­i­cal lec­turer with the Yong Loo Lin School of Med­i­cine, National Uni­ver­sity of Sin­ga­pore. He has a keen inter­est in both the bio­med­ical and social aspects of age­ing, espe­cially in the areas of demen­tia, end of life care, sup­port of care­givers of elderly patients and the use of tech­nol­ogy in geri­atric care. He has pub­lished numer­ous papers in inter­na­tional peer reviewed jour­nals and is a recepi­ent of the ETAC research grant from Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion USA. He presently sits on the com­mit­tees of the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion of Sin­ga­pore, the National Demen­tia Net­work at the Min­istry of Health and the board of the Exelon Advi­sory Nucleus Team of Novar­tis. He was a mem­ber of the team respon­si­ble for the Min­istry of Health Clin­i­cal Prac­tice Guide­lines for Demen­tia and also chairs the steer­ing com­mit­tee for Per­son Cen­tred Care and Demen­tia Care Map­ping in Singapore.

Dr Lieu Ping Kong, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, TTSH

Dr Lieu Ping Kong works in the Depart­ment of Geri­atric Med­i­cine, Tan Tock Seng Hos­pi­tal as a Senior Con­sul­tant. My area of inter­est and research is in uri­nary incon­ti­nence in the elderly.

Dr Mark Chan Peng Chew, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, TTSH

Dr Mark Chan Peng Chew is cur­rently an asso­ciate con­sul­tant in the depart­ment of Geri­atric Med­i­cine, Tan Tock Seng Hos­pi­tal. My inter­est in Geri­atric Med­i­cine stems from the multi-dimensional approach to patient care offered by the spe­cialty and the sat­is­fac­tion of work­ing with the elderly and their care­givers. I hope the inter­nal med­i­cine res­i­dency pro­gram will bet­ter pre­pare our junior doc­tors for the many chal­lenges they will face to become well-rounded clinicians.

Dr Ran­jana Acharya, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, TTSH 

Dr Ran­jana Acharya grad­u­ated from Chris­t­ian Med­ical Col­lege, India in 1997. She arrived in Sin­ga­pore in 2001 and has worked in Tan Tock Seng Hos­pi­tal since, obtain­ing the MRCP(UK) from Edin­burgh dur­ing this time. She went on to pur­sue the Advanced Spe­cial­ist train­ing in Inter­nal Med­i­cine, Sin­ga­pore and am cur­rently an asso­ciate con­sul­tant in the depart­ment on Gen­eral Med­i­cine. She is actively involved in and enjoy teach­ing in both the under­grad­u­a­tion and post­grad­u­a­tion edu­ca­tion programmes

A/Prof Lee Kim En, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, NNI/TTSH 

A/Prof Lee Kim En, Head and Senior Con­sul­tant, Depart­ment of Neu­rol­ogy, has been actively involved in the teach­ing of med­ical stu­dents and the train­ing of med­ical offi­cers for many years. His pas­sion and enthu­si­asm remain unri­valled as he con­tin­ues to reach out to the many that hunger and thirst for knowl­edge both within and out­side the field of Neu­rol­ogy. Always ready to lend a lis­ten­ing ear to the juniors, Dr Lee never fails to give his sup­port to all who come under his super­vi­sion and mentorship.

Dr Noel Stan­ley Tay, Core Fac­ulty Mem­ber, TTSH

Dr Noel Stan­ley Tay is cur­rently a con­sul­tant in the Depart­ment of Res­pi­ra­tory and Crit­i­cal Care Med­i­cine with a spe­cial inter­est in lung and exer­cise phys­i­ol­ogy and pul­monary reha­bil­i­ta­tion.
Received post grad¬u¬ate train¬ing in pul­monary reha­bil­i­ta­tion at the Uni­ver­sity of Toronto in 2005/2006.
Strong advo­ca­tor of bed­side teach­ing. Believes that close men­tor­ship and lead­ing by exam­ple is vital in devel­op­ing the full poten­tial of trainees and stu­dents.
Nom¬i¬nated for the TTSH top 10 teach¬ers award in 2005 as well as the NUS dean’s teach¬ing award 2007.