Respiratory Medicine

Department of Respiratory Medicine

Tel: 6357 7861
Fax: 6357 7871
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng
Singapore 308433

Clinical Department Head
A/Prof Alan Ng Wei Keong

Facilities	Opening Hours
Respiratory Medicine Clinic Clinic 2B Level 2, TTSH Medical Centre Tel: 6357 8010 Fax: 6357 8680	Monday to Friday: Saturday: Sunday & Public Holiday:	8am to 5.30pm 8am to 12.30pm Closed

Respiratory Function Laboratory Level 3, TTSH Medical Centre Tel: 6357 2435 Fax: 6357 2433	Monday to Friday: Saturday: Sunday & Public Holiday:	8am to 5.30pm 8am to 12.30pm Closed

Central Appointment Lines Tel: 6357 7000 Tel: 6357 8000 (for non-subsidised appointments only) GP Direct Access Hotline: 9666 6698

Introduction

The Department of Respiratory Medicine offers comprehensive service for patients with airway and lung disorders including asthma, lung tumor, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pleural diseases, pulmonary infections, occupational lung disease, sleep-breathing disorders and chronic cough. It also provides diagnostic and therapeutic management of TB via TB Control Unit.

The Medical Intensive Care Unit, which is also part of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, provides specialized care for critically ill medical patients who require intensive or high dependency care.

Services

The Department offers the following services:

1.	Specialist Respiratory Medicine Outpatient Clinic It offers consultation for a wide range of both common and rare respiratory disorders.

	Asthma Clinic
	The Asthma Clinic utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach, involving chest physicians and nurse educators to provide care for referred hard-to-manage asthma. A nurse clinician / educator is at hand at the clinic to attend to patients needing explainations about their diseases, medication and self-management.

	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Clinic
	The COPD clinic provides optimal multidisciplinary care for patients with COPD. It also provides evaluation for spirometery and lung function testing, long-term oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.

	Lung Tumour Clinic
	The Lung Tumour Clinic is run by a panel of doctors comprising chest physicians, thoracic surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists to provide a one-stop evaluation for patients with, or suspected to have, lung cancer.

	Combined Sleep/Snoring Clinic
	The clinic is run in collaboration with the Otorhinolaryngology Department to provide evaluation and treatment of sleep apnoea syndrome.

	Occupational lung Clinic
	The Occupational Lung Disease Clinic is a specialty clinic jointly run by staff from the Department of Respiratory Medicine and a visiting Consultant from the Ministry of Manpower. It evaluates patients with occupational asthma and other suspected lung disorders related to their work environment.

	Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Clinic
	The clinic offers assessment as well as coordination of care for patients with NTM lung disease. It works in association with the Central TB lab in Singapore General Hospital to provide microbiologic diagnosis and sensitivity testing and with the Dept. of Infectious Diseases in TTSH to co-ordinate outpatient antibiotic treatment in those who need this service

2.	Other Services:
a)	Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchology

	Diagnostic Bronchoscopy

	Interventional / Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
	laser therapy electrocautery airway stenting removal of foreign body dilatation of stenosis / strictures

	Medical Thoracoscopy
b)	Intensive Care Medicine

c)	Non-invasive Ventilation

d)	Lung Function Testing

e)	Sleep Disorders

f)	Smoking Cessation

Our Specialists

Name :
Clin Assoc Prof Ng Wei Keong, Alan
Designation :
Head & Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Lond)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Clin Assoc Prof Wang Yee Tang, Sonny
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Lond), FAMS
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Chee Bin Eng, Cynthia
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), FAMS, FRCP (Edin)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
John Arputhan Abisheganaden
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Yap Wee See
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Respiratory Medicine), FRCP (Edin)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Tai Yeng Huoa, Dessmon
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin), EDIC, FCCP, FCCM
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Ho Choon Heng, Benjamin
Designation :
Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Respiratory Med), FCCP
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Pek Wee Yang
Designation :
Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Kor Ai Ching
Designation :
Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Phoa Lee Lan
Designation :
Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Tay Wey Tut, Noel Stanley
Designation :
Consultant
Credentials :
MBBS (S'pore), MRCP (UK), FAMS,
Subspeciality :
Respiratory

Name :
Looi Lai Mun
Designation :
Registrar
Credentials :
MBBS (Melbourne), MRCP (UK)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory

Name :
Tan Sze Khen
Designation :
Registrar
Credentials :
MBBS (Melbourne), MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Grish Tewani Harkishan
Designation :
Registrar
Credentials :
MMed (Int Med), MD (Int Med)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Kunji Kannon Sivaraman Kannan
Designation :
Registrar
Credentials :
MBBS (India), MRCP (UK)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Yap Kim Hoong
Designation :
Service Registrar
Credentials :
MBBS, MRCP (UK)
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

Name :
Liza Fisal
Designation :
Service Registrar
Credentials :
MBCHB, MRCP
Subspeciality :
Respiratory Medicine

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