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Dr Ruan Wen

M.D. (China), MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med) (S'pore), FASE (USA)

Senior Consultant

National Heart Centre Singapore

Specialty: Cardiology

Clinical Interest: Echocardiography, Pulmonary Hypertension

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Cardiovascular Disease, Chest Pain, Chest Pain, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Coronary Artery Disease/Coronary Heart Disease, Echocardiogram, Exercise Stress Test, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Department of Cardiology National Heart Centre Singapore

Academic Appointments

Clinical Asst Professor, NUS-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS

Profile

Dr Ruan Wen is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiology at the National Heart Centre Singapore. Her sub-specialty interests are in echocardiography and pulmonary hypertension.

Education

Fellowship in pulmonary hypertension (UK) 2018
Cardiology Specialist Accreditation, Singapore 2012
M.Med (Int Med), MRCP (UK) 2011
MD, China, Fu Dan University 2003

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Nov 2023 – Present
Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Nov 2018 – Nov 2023
Fellow of American Society of Echocardiography, June 2020- present
Faculty member, Cardiology Senior residency program, SingHealth Residency Nov 2017 -present

Awards

COVID-19 Resilience Medal Nov 2023
Singapore Health Long service award, 2019
Health manpower development Plan (HMDP) 2018
National Heart Center Productivity Award 2017, 2018
SingHealth Service Quality Award, 2016

Research Interests

Pulmonary hypertension
Echocardiography

Publications

Outcomes of selexipag for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in an Asian population. Loo G, Yap J, Hon JS, Ismail A, Ruan W, Low A, Lim ST, Tan JL. Ann Acad Med Singap 2023;52:219-21
Pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: The Singapore experience. Ruan W, Yap J, Quah K, Cheah FK, Phua GC, Sewa DW, Ismail AB, Chia A, Jenkins D, Tan JL, Chao V, Lim ST. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:270-3
Updates on the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Ruan W, Yap JJ, Quah KK, Cheah FK, Phua GC, Sewa DW, Ismail AB, Chia AX, Jenkins D, Tan JL, Chao VT, Lim ST.Clinical.Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2020 May;49(5):320-330.
Mortality and hospitalization outcomes of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension in the Singapore systemic sclerosis cohort. Noviani M, Saffari SE, Tan JL, Yip JWL, Teng GG, Law WG, Chan GYL, Santosa A, Lim AYN, Hong C, Ng SA, Tay ELW, Ruan W, Yap J, Low AHL. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2019 Nov 13.
Is subdural hemorrhage after pulmonary endarterectomy underrecognized? Yap J, Ruan W, Chia A, Loh K, Cheah FK, Leen Ang A, Phua GC, Sewa DW, Jenkins D, Le Tan J, Chao V, Lim ST.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul 3. pii: S0022-5223(18)31763-X