Dr Goh Junyang Ken

M.D., B. Eng., MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med)

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Interest: Intensive Care Medicine, Pleural Diseases

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Clinical Appointments

Consultant Respiratory ＆ Critical Care Medicine Singapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

Physician Faculty Member, Singhealth Respiratory Medicine Residency Programme
Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

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Dr Goh Junyang Ken obtained his medical degree from Duke-NUS Medical School in 2012. He obtained specialist accreditation in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in 2018 and 2019… View More +

Education

2019 Specialist Accreditation in Intensive Care Medicine
2018 Specialist Accreditation in Respiratory Medicine
2014 Masters of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
2014 Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom
2012 Doctor of Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Co-Chairperson, Early Warning System-Rapid Response Team Committee, Singapore General Hospital
Co-Chairperson, SingHealth Rapid Response Systems Workgroup, SingHealth
Campus Code Blue Committee, Singapore General Hospital

Awards

NUS Medicine Special Recognition Award, National University of Singapore, 2023
Programme Excellence Award (Implementation of SGH Campus Rapid Response System), SingHealth Duke-NUS 2023
Health Manpower Development Award (SingHealth) in Pleural Disease at the Oxford Pleural Unit (United Kingdom) 2022
SingHealth Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2022
Service with a Heart Award, Singapore General Hospital 2022
Singhealth Publish! Award, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre 2020
Outstanding Resident Award, SingHealth Residency RISE Awards 2018
SingHealth Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2017
Young Investigator’s Award, Singapore General Hospital 2012

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Research Interests

Pleural Disease
Critical Care Medicine

Publications

Goh KJ, Leong KL, Young SL, Chua BLW, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Anantham D, Tan QL. Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions – a prospective observational cohort study. J Thorac Dis 2024;16(5):3142-3151.
Goh KJ, Chew WM, Ong JC, Leong CK, Mohamed Noor IB, Anantham D, Hui LS, Choong MCM, Liew CY, Guitierrez MT, Wong JJ, Phua ICS, Lim WT, Tan QL. A retrospective cohort study evaluating the safety and efficacy of sequential versus concurrent intrapleural instillation of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase for pleural infection. Pulmonary Medicine 2023:6340851.
Yau CE, Lee DY, Vasudevan A, Goh KJ, Wong E, Ho AFW, Lim DYZ. Performance of the ROX index in predicting high flow nasal cannula failure in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care 2023;27(1):320.
Leong CKL, Foo AZX, Goh KJ, Hsu AAL, Ho AR, Ng MCH, Anantham D, Lee P. Airway interventions for tracheobronchial involvement in esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective cohort outcome study and algorithmic approach. J Thorac Dis 2022;14(7):2565-78.
Ko JP, Ng LS, Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Phua GC, Tan QL. Staff perception and attitudes towards a medical rapid response team with a multi-tiered response. Singapore Med J 2023;64(8):527-33.
Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Ng LS, Phone Ko J, Tan DCX, Tan HL, Two CW, Phua GC, Tan QL. Outcomes of second-tier rapid response activations in a tertiary referral hospital: A prospective observational study. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:838-47.
Pravin RR, Huang BX, Sultana R, Tan CW, Goh KJ, Chan MY, Ng HJ, Phua GC, Lee JH, Wong JJ. Mortality trends of oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systemic review and meta-analysis. J Intensive Care Med 2021;37(4):555-564.
Chai HZ, Teo CW, Ng LS, Hui SLY, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Wong J, Leong CKL, Goh KJ. Rapid training of non-intensivists using an online critical care course during COVID-19. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:503-7.
Goh KJ, Lee P, Foo AZX, Tan EH, Ong HS, Hsu AAL. Characteristics and outcomes of airway involvement in esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2021;112(3):912-920.
Goh KJ, Tan QL, Tay CK, Sewa DW, Lee KCH, Phua GC. Impact of an extracorporeal membrane intensivist-lead multidisciplinary team on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes. Crit Care Explor 2020;2(12):e0297.
Lee KCH, Tan S, Goh KJ, Hsu AAL, Low SY. Long-term outcomes of tracheobronchial stenosis due to tuberculosis (TBTB) in symptomatic patients: airway intervention vs. conservative management. J Thorac Dis 2020;12(7);3640-50.
Siew MH, Li SY, Goh KJ, Leong CK. Coronavirus disease 2019: Challenges and practical solitions in the intensive care unit. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105820941878.
Wong J, Ng SY, Goh MH, Tan KH, Chai HZ, Goh KJ, Soh CR. Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in a COVID-19 pandemic. SMJ 2020;1-9.
Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Ong TH, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Tan QT. Early prediction of high flow nasal cannula therapy outcomes using a modified ROX index incorporating heart rate. J Intensive Care 2020;8:41.
Goh KJ, Wong J, Tien JC, Ng SY, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Leong CK. Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations and strategies. Crit Care 2020;24:215.
Goh KJ, Choong MC, Cheong EH, Kalimuddin S, Duu Wen S, Phua GC, Chan KS, Haja Mohideen S. Rapid progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome: review of current understanding of critical illness from COVID-19 infection. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2020;49(3):108-18.
Goh KJ, Takano A, Koh MS, Tiew PY, Chong CS, Tay CK. A 53-year-old Man presenting with diplopia and cavitary lung nodules. Chest 2019;155(4):e107-12.
Goh KJ, Soh RY, Leow LC, Toh ST, Song PR, Hao Y, Lee KCH, Tan GL, Ong TH. Choosing the right mask for your Asian patient with sleep apnoea: A randomized, crossover trial of CPAP interfaces. Respirology 2019;24(3):278-85.
Goh KJ, Koh MS, Tay CK. The aftermath of relieving an upper airway obstruction. A case of post-obstructive pulmonary edema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018;198(8):e106-8.
Goh KJ, Yii ACA, Lapperre TS, Chan AKW, Chew FT, Chotirmall SH, Koh MS. Sensitization to aspergillus species is associated with frequent exacerbations in severe asthma. Journal of Asthma and Allergy 2017;10:131-40.
Liu N, Goh JY, Lin ZP, Koh ZX, Chong SF, Haaland B, Khin LW, Ting BP, Shahidah N, Ong MEH. Validation of a risk scoring model for prediction of acute cardiac complications in chest pain patients presenting to the Emergency Department. International Journal of Cardiology 2014;176(3):1091-3.
Liu N, Koh ZX, Goh JY, Lin ZP, Haaland B, Ting BP, Ong ME. Prediction of adverse cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain using machine learning for variable selection. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2014;14:75.
Ong MEH, Goh JY, Chong SF, Haaland B, Khin LW, Koh ZX, Shahidah N, Lin ZP. Heart rate variability risk score for prediction of acute cardiac complications in ED patients with chest pain. Am J Emerg Med 2013;31(8):1201–7.
Ong MEH, Ng CH, Goh JY, Liu N, Koh ZX, Shahidah N, Zhang TT, Chong FS, Lin ZP. Prediction of cardiac arrest in critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department using a machine learning score incorporating heart rate variability compared with the modified early warning score. Crit Care 2012;16(3):R108.
Teo KK, Goh JY, Ng ZJ, Koo S, Yim EKF. Functional reconstruction of corneal endothelium using nanotopography for tissue engineering applications. Acta Biomater 2012;8(8):2941-52.