Local Fellowship in Hepatology

Local Fellowship in Hepatology

Division: Medicine

Department: Gastroenterology

Training Objectives/Goals

• Learn about and participate in a multidisciplinary approach to management of chronic liver diseases including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Learn about and participate in multidisciplinary team discussion on management of HCC
• Opportunity to work on HCC-related or liver disease-related abstracts and manuscripts.
• Exposure to liver transplantation and its multidisciplinary practice and learn about liver transplantation and HCC
• Learn about and participate in multidisciplinary team management of advanced liver diseases and cirrhosis in the outpatient
• Participate in weekly subspecialized liver outpatient clinics – fatty liver, alcohol-related liver disease, drug-induced liver injury (DILI), viral hepatitis, immunosuppressed patients
• Learn about how a HVPG study is done and how to interpret HVPG measurements.

Training Duration 

6 months

Number of Fellowship Offered Per Year

2 (1 for January-June and 1 for July-December)

Admission Criteria

• Possess valid practicing license with the Singapore Medical Council
• Registered under the Register of Specialists with Specialist Accreditation Board (SAB) in Gastroenterology
• Active participation in ward and outpatient work.
• Participation in journal club and case/topic presentations as part of learning and training
• Participation in teaching of undergraduates, residents and senior residents
• Valid BCLS and ACLS certification throughout whole period of attachment.