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Dr Chan Ping Wah Kenneth
Respiratory Physician
Specialty
Respiratory Medicine
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia, Cantonese, English, Malay, Mandarin
Gender
Male
Insurance Panel
Prudential^, Singlife, AIA, Great Eastern, Income
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Experience
Dr Kenneth Chan is a respiratory physician and intensivist at Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.
In addition to general respiratory medicine, his subspecialty interests are intensive care and bronchoscopy. He also has a special interest in helping patients to stop smoking.
Dr Chan started the endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle biopsy service in Parkway Hospitals. He also started the extracorporeal life support service in the medical intensive care unit at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He has practised medicine for more the 25 years.
He completed his advanced specialty training in respiratory medicine at SGH in 2002 and a clinical fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada in 2005. He has also undergone a fellowship at the world-renowned Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg, Germany under Prof Felix Herth, where he further honed his skills and knowledge in bronchoscopic procedures such as endobronchial ultrasound and bronchial thermoplasty for asthma.
In 2012, he was the scientific chair for the World Congress on Tobacco and Health. He was the president of both the Singapore Thoracic Society and the Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Singapore, and is the current vice-chair of the Chapter of Intensivists at the Academy of Medicine. In 2010, he received the Excellent Service Award (STAR).
Associated treatments
- Bronchial thermoplasty
- Diagnostic & therapeutic pleurocentesis
- Insertion of central venous catheters
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirate (EBUS-TBNA)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Awards and honours
- 2010
Excellent Service Award - STAR
Fellowship and accreditation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, National University of Singapore
Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (Respiratory Medicine)
Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
European Diploma of Intensive Care
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Clinic
Respiratory Medical Associates
6 Napier Road #07-14
Gleneagles Medical Centre
SG 258499
Gleneagles Medical Centre
SG 258499
6473 8864
Respiratory Medical Associates
3 Mount Elizabeth #15-11
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
6732 7160
Respiratory Medical Associates
38 Irrawaddy Road #04-33
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
6734 5766
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