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Associate Professor Gan Wee Hoe is dually accredited in Occupational Medicine and Aviation Medicine. He is Senior Consultant of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital and Senior Consultant at Changi General Hospital’s Changi Aviation Medicine Centre. At the SingHealth level, he is Chief Executive Officer of SingHealth Community Hospitals.
A/Prof Gan completed his Basic Specialty Training in Internal Medicine, followed by Advanced Specialty Training in Occupational Medicine. He received his Aviation Medicine training in the United Kingdom and belongs to the pioneer batch of Aviation Medicine specialists in Singapore. He pursued the Master of Public Health programme at the National University of Singapore and graduated with distinction, winning the Tye Cho Yook Gold Medal, the Society of Occupational Medicine Gold Medal and the Richard Gillis Prize.
A/Prof Gan was with the Singapore Armed Forces for more than 17 years, with his last appointment being Chief Air Force Medical Officer and concurrently Assistant Chief of Medical Corps. During his tenure, he led the transformation of PACES 3, the SAF’s electronic medical records which won an award at the Health IT Excellence Award 2017.
A/Prof Gan is a member of the Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee and core faculty of the Residency program. He has published scientific papers and textbook chapters in Occupational and Aviation Medicine, including serving as the Co-editor of the Textbook of Occupational Medicine Practice (5th edition). For his outstanding contribution to the science and practice of Occupational Medicine, he was conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (London) in 2022.
A/Prof Gan sits on several Ministry of Health and Ministry of Manpower specialist working groups, and co-chairs the Workplace Health Committee under the National Workplace Safety and Health Council. He is also a member of the Civil Aviation Medical Board under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. He is the past President of the Society of Aviation Medicine Singapore and the current President of the College of Public Health and Occupational Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Education
- FRCP: Edinburgh, 2014
- FAMS (OM): Singapore, 2013
- MPH: Singapore, 2011
- MRCP: UK, 2006
- DAvMed: UK, 2002
- MBBS: Singapore, 1999
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Member, National Multi-Agency Workplace Safety & Health Taskforce (2023 – Present)
- President, College of Public Health and Occupational Physicians, Academy of Medicine Singapore (2022 – Present)
Member, Civil Aviation Medical Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (2014 – Present)
Core Faculty, Preventive Medicine Residency Programme (2018 – Present)
Member, Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee (2018 – Present)
Member, National Workplace Safety and Health Council, Singapore (2020 – Present)
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Awards
- Public Administrative Medal (Silver) (COVID-19) (2023)
- Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2021 (Superhero Award, Clinician Category)
- Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2020 (Silver)
- Service With A Heart Award – Service Champion (SGH, 2020)
- Service With A Heart Award – Service Champion (SGH, 2018)
- Champion for Health IT Excellence (National Health IT Excellence Awards 2017)
- Ambroise Pare Award (Medical Corps International Forum 2015)
- Public Administration Medal (Silver) (National Day Awards 2014)
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Research Interests
- Work ability and capacity
- Occupational health of healthcare workers
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Publications
- Xiang L, Low AHL, Leung YY, Fong W, Gan WH, Graves N, Gandhi M, Thumboo J. Improvements in work productivity among patients with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis in the first six months after diagnosis: An inception cohort study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2023;41(5):1042-9.
- Tan ML, Eu E, Yap BWD, Er WX, Tan SX, Lim JW, Gan WH. A hospital-based return-to-work programme in Singapore. Ind Health. 2023;61(4):269-74.
- Xu Y, See MTA, Aloweni FB, Koh CHF, Tan CGI, Xin XH, Gan WH, Low LL, Lim SF. Factors influencing the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination among community-dwelling older adults during COVID-19: A mixed methods study. Vaccines (Basel). 2023;11(3):641.
- Tan KWA, Wijaya L, Lim CT, Gan WH. COVID-19 vaccination acceptance of healthcare workers in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022;51(5):304-8.
- Lim WX, Fook-Chong S, Lim JW, Gan WH. The outcomes of app-based health coaching to improve dietary behavior among nurses in a tertiary hospital: Pilot intervention study. JMIR Nurs. 2022;5(1):e36811.
- Aribou Z, Chiew JM, Lim GPY, Mohamed Ayob EB, Gan WH, Lim JW, Wijaya L, Wong HM. Emergency medical response at a COVID-19 vaccination centre in a tertiary hospital: A protocol. J Public Health Emerg. 2022;6:20.
- Gan WH, Koh D. COVID-19 and return-to-work for the construction sector: Lessons from Singapore. Saf Health Work. 2021;12(2):277-81.
- Seah BZQ, Gan WH, Wong SH, Lim MA, Goh PH, Singh J, Koh D. Proposed data driven approach for occupational risk management of aircrew fatigue. Saf Health Work. 2021;12(4):462-70.
- Kang BMH, Gan WH, Oh CC. Personal protective equipment-related occupational dermatoses during COVID-19 among healthcare workers – a worldwide systematic review. JAAD Int. 2021;5:85-95.
- Eu E, Krishnan PG, Gan WH. Antimicrobial effects of an organosilane-based disinfectant. J Clin Images Med Case Rep. 2021;2(4):1284.
- Wee LE, Venkatachalam I, Sim XYJ, Tan BKK, Wen R, Tham CK, Gan WH, Ko KKK, Ho WQ, Kwek TCG, Conceicao EP, Sng CYE, Ng XHJ, Ong JY, Chiang JL, Chua YY, Ling ML, Tan TT, Wijaya L. Containment of COVID-19 and reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections through a multi-tiered infection control strategy. Infect Dis Health. 2021;26(2):123-31.
- Xiang L, Low AHL, Leung YY, Fong W, Gan WH, Graves N, Thumboo J. Work disability in rheumatic diseases: Baseline results from an inception cohort. Int J Rheum Dis. 2020;23(8):1040-9.
- Wei WE, Fong-Chong S, Chen WK, Chlebicki MP, Gan WH. The impact of healthcare worker influenza vaccination on nosocomial influenza in a tertiary hospital: An ecological study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20(1):636.
- Sim XYJ, Conceicao EP, Wee LE, Aung MK, Seow YWS, Teo CYR, Goh JQ, Yeo WTD, Kuo BJ, Lim JW, Gan WH, Ling ML, Venkatachalam I. Utilizing the electronic health records to create a syndromic staff surveillance system during the COVID-19 outbreak. Am J Infect Control. 2021;49(6):685-9.
- Wee LE, Sim XYJ, Conceicao EP, Aung MK, Goh JQ, Yeo DWT, Gan WH, Chua YY, Wijaya L, Tan TT, Tan BH, Ling ML, Venkatachalam I. Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;41(7):765-71.
- Gan WH, Lim JW, Koh D. Preventing intra-hospital infection and transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare workers. Saf Health Work. 2020;11(2):241-3.
- Eu E, Soo MPJ, Gan WH. A short review of undergraduate occupational medicine training. Occup Med (Lond). 2020;70(7):485-9.
- Chia SZG, Seng YFM, Gan WH. Musculoskeletal disorders among medical technologists in a tertiary hospital. J Ergonomics. 2020;10(6):1-13.
- Aribou ZM, Wijaya L, Gan WH. To offer or not to offer: A conundrum on ascertaining whether post-exposure prophylaxis is indicated in occupational exposure of HIV. Health Sci Rep. 2020;3(2):e152.
- Chia GSZ, How MKB, Chlebicki MP, Ling ML, Tan BH, Gan WH. A retrospective review of tuberculosis exposure among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital. Am J Infect Control. 2019;48(6):650-5.
- Chua QH, Tan K, Gan WH. You're the flight surgeon: Multiple sclerosis in a young Asian aircrew. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2019;90(4):419-22.
- Tan D, Kwan C, Tan BBC, Gan WH. Returning aircrew with chronic Hepatitis B back to flying while on nucleos(t)ide analogues. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2019;90(1):37-42.
- See B, Gan WH. Chapter on Aviation Medicine. Textbook of Occupational Medicine Practice, 4th Edition, 2017.
- Tay E, Gan WH. You're the flight surgeon: Sudden foot drop in an aviator after centrifuge training. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015;86(2):146-8.
- See B, Tan M, Chia SE, Gan WH, Low R, Nah G. Photorefractive keratectomy in young Asian aviators with low-moderate myopia. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014;85(1):25-9.
- Gan WH, Low R, Koh D. Dermatological conditions in military conscripts. Occup Med (Lond). 2013;63(6):435-8
- Shah N, Thakkar B, Shen E, Loh M, Chong PY, Gan WH, Tu TM, Shen L, Soong R, Salto-Tellez M. Lymphocytic follicles and aggregates are a determinant of mucosal damage and duration of diarrhoea. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013;137(1):83-9.
- Gan WH, Low R, Singh J. Aviation Medicine: global historical perspectives and the development of Aviation Medicine alongside the growth of Singapore's aviation landscape. Singapore Med J. 2011;52(5):324-9.
- Gan WH, Koh CH, Low R. Contact urticaria from an oxygen mask in a military pilot. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010;81(8):785-8.
- Goh BK, Common JE, Gan WH, Kumarasinghe P. A case of dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis with wiry scalp hair and digital fibromatosis resulting from a recurrent KRT14 mutation. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2009;34(30):340-3.
- Gan WH, Lam PM, Chong CH, Tan BC, Fong KL, Tan HY. Pneumomediastinum diagnosed by chest radiography after centrifuge training. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008;79(4):424-8.
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