Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Lung Cancer & Lung Specialist Singapore

Respiratory Medical Associates is a specialist clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of lung disorders. These can range from a cough that doesn’t go away, spots on the chest Xray to lung infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis. In addition, we also treat chronic disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a lung disease caused by smoking), lung fibrosis and obstructive sleep apnoea.
We have the expertise to diagnose and treat serious lung problems such as pleural effusions (water in the lungs) and lung cancer. We also offer preventative services such as influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations as well as a program for smokers who are interested in quitting.

Our Specialists:

DR. KENNETH CHAN
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Dr. Chan is a specialist in respiratory medicine with special interests in bronchoscopy, smoking cessation and intensive care medicine. He is also a visiting consultant to Singapore General Hospital and an Adj Asst Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
Dr. Kenneth Chan is currently a consultant respiratory physician at Gleneagles Medical Centre. Prior to this, he was a senior consultant at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital. Dr Chan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1995. He then obtained the Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) and the MRCP (UK) in 1999. He went on to specialty training in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital. In 2004, he was awarded a Health Manpower Development Award to pursue a clinical fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr Chan also holds the European Diploma in Intensive Care.
Dr Chan was the President of the Singapore Thoracic Society in 2005 and 2006 and an active executive committee member till 2008. He is also currently the President of the Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Singapore. With a passion for teaching, Dr Chan held dual appointments – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He has a special interest in Evidence-based Medicine and has directed and conducted several courses in this area. He is also regularly invited to lecture and teach at the annual Asia-Pacific Evidence-based Medicine Conference and Workshop.
In the research arena, Dr Chan focuses in the areas of intensive care, mechanical ventilation and acute respiratory distress syndrome. He has published in international journals such as CHEST and Critical Care Medicine and is regularly invited to speak regionally in these fields. In 2007, Dr Chan was the Scientific Chair for the 2nd Asia-Pacific Congress in Bronchology.
In addition to general respiratory medicine, Dr. Chan has a special interest in intensive care medicine and bronchoscopy. He is well-versed with many cutting-edge technologies, including high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation and advanced bronchoscopic techniques such as endobronchial ultrasound. Dr Chan is also able to perform ultrasound examinations of the thorax, primarily for the diagnosis and management of pleural effusions. He also has a special interest in smoking cessation. While at SGH, Dr Chan directed the inpatient smoking cessation program as well as the outpatient Smoking Cessation Clinic. He also chaired the Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation in 2010-2011. In addition, he is the Scientific Chair for the upcoming World Congress on Tobacco and Health in 2012, the premier smoking cessation meeting globally. Respiratory Medical Associates is a specialist clinic for the Lung Cancer, Cough and Respiratory Specialist.

DR. CONSTANCE LO
Consultant Respiratory Physician
MBBS (Spore), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Singapore)
Dr. Lo is a specialist in respiratory medicine with special interests in bronchoscopy , sleep-disordered breathing (including obstructive sleep apnoea), non-invasive ventilation and medical pleuroscopy. She is a Visiting Consultant in the Respiratory Department of the Singapore General Hospital and the Sleep disorders Unit of the Singapore General Hospital. Dr. Constance Lo is currently a consultant respiratory physician at Gleneagles Medical Centre. Prior to this, she was a senior consultant at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital.
Dr Lo obtained her MBBS from the National University of Singapore in 1990. She trained in general internal medicine under the Ministry of Health, and obtained her MRCP, UK in 1995. She continued with sub-specialty Training in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital in 1995 and was accredited by the Specialist accreditation Board as a Specialist in Respiratory Medicine in 1999.
In 2000, she was awarded a Health Manpower Development Award to pursue a year’s clinical fellowship in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada with exposure to Thoracic Oncology, transplantation medicine and Sleep Medicine. This was followed by a 3 month attachment in Marseille, France, to train in Interventional Pulmonology and Medical Thoracoscopy (Pleuroscopy). In addition to the general pulmonology and bronchoscopy service in the Hospital, Dr Lo covered specialty clinic at the sleep disorders unit (with special interest in sleep related breathing disorders) and was part of the department’s Medical Thoracoscopy team, with experience in ultrasound guided pleural drainage, diagnostic and therapeutic medical thoracoscopy. She has been invited to teach in both local and regional meetings, including the 1st Asia Pacific region conference of the International Union against TB and Lung disease 2007 , 2nd Asia Pacific Congress of Bronchology July 2007 , Pleura and Pleuroscopy workshop 2010, and Malaysian Thoracic Society annual congress 2009.
She was appointed as a clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore from 2008-2011, and was involved in both undergraduate and advanced specialty teaching in Respiratory Medicine. She has been the supervisor to the Respiratory Therapy Department, Singapore General Hospital from 2001-2011, and has a keen interest in the advancing technology of non-invasive ventilation. Respiratory Medical Associates is a specialist clinic for the Lung Cancer, Cough and Respiratory Specialist.

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