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Clin Assoc Prof Chow Wan Cheng

MBBS (Spore), MMed (Int Med), MRCP(UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology

Clinical Interest: Hepatology, Viral Hepatitis, Liver Transplantation, Autoimmune Liver Disease, Liver Cirrhosis

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Abnormal Liver Tests, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Fatty Liver Diseases, General Gastroenterology, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma), Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Fibrosis, Liver Transplantation, Metabolic Liver Disease, Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Viral Hepatitis.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology Singapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

Senior Associate Dean, Academic Medicine Dept, Duke-NUS Medical School
Lead (Education), Singhealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institue
Clinical Assoc Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Clinical Assoc Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Profile

Assoc Prof Chow Wan Cheng graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 1985. She was further trained in Hepatology as a Clinical and Research fellow in Service d’Hepatologie, Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, France from the year 1996 to 1997. Her area of specialty is hepatology, in particular viral hepatitis and liver transplantation.

Assoc Prof Chow is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine as well as Adjunct Associate Professor of Duke-NUS Medical School.

She is currently Chairman for the Division of Medicine in SGH.

Education

MBBS (Spore)
MMed (Int Med)
MRCP(UK)
FAMS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

2008 – current: Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School 2008 – 2009: Chairman, Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis B, MOH, Singapore
2008 – 2009: Member, Oversight Sub-Committee on the Joint Implementation of Professional Training Competencies for House Officers, Medical Officers, MOHH, Singapore
2008: Member, Clinical Practice Guidelines on Cancer Screening, MOH, Singapore
2006 – current: Member, Specialist Training Committee for Gastroenterology, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore
2005: Member, SingHealth Clinical Advisory Panel for Business Development
2004 – 2009: Head, Dept of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital
2004 – current: Clinical Assoc Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore
2004 – 2008: Associate Editor, Singapore Medical Journal
2004 – 2005: Member, Biologics Expert Panel, Medicine Advisory Committee, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore
2003 – current: Member, Pharmocovivgilance Advisory Committee, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore
2002 – 2003: Member, Editorial Board, Singapore Medical Journal
2001 – 2006: Member, Advisory and scientific committee on hepatitis and related disorders, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore
2001 – 2005: External evaluator panel, Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration and Centre for Drug Evaluation, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore
2001 – 2003: Secretary, Working Committee for guidelines for management of chronic hepatitis B, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
1999 Member, working party on hepatitis C management, Asia-Pacific Consensus for diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B and C
1998 – 1999: Chairman, Scientific Committee, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
1994 – 1995 & 1998 – 2000: Editor, Gut Views (official publication for the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore)

Awards

2005 CEO Service Award Winner
2004 Best Poster Award, Asia Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver 14th Biennial Conference
1999 Seah Cheng Siang Book Prize (Best Paper Award), Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore in conjunction with the 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the GESS, Combined Scientific Meeting
1993 Seah Cheng Siang Book Prize (Best Paper Award), Gastroenterological Society of Singapore (GESS) 10th Annual Scientific Meeting