Dr Christopher Kong San Choon – StarMed Specialist Centre

Dr Christopher Kong San Choon Profile Details

Designation: Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Liver)

Specialty: Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Liver)

Sub-specialty: Preventive medicine, Hematology, Health screening, Diabetes, and hypertension management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Newcastle, United Kingdom, 1993.
• Membership of Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, 1999.
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, United Kingdom, 2007.
• Doctorate in Medicine, United Kingdom, 2008.
• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2021.

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Clinical Interests:

• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Dyspepsia /indigestion
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Liver diseases
• Fatty liver
• Hepatitis
• Bile duct diseases
• Pancreas diseases
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Stomach and intestine diseases.
• Gastrointestinal (eg stomach and colon), hepatobiliary (eg liver and bile duct), and pancreas cancer screening.

Procedures Performed

• Diagnostic and therapeutic Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD)
• Diagnostic and therapeutic Colonoscopy.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic Small intestine/bowel balloon enteroscopy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic Motorised Power Spiral small intestine enteroscopy.
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) scope.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Fibroscan
• Paracentesis (ascites drainage).

Current Appointments

• Adj Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
• Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
• Member of Royal College of Physicians, Ireland.
• Member of General Medical Council, United Kingdom.
• Member of Singapore Medical Council, Singapore.
• Member of American Gastroenterological Association.
• Member and Treasurer of the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore.
• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2021.

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Teochew/Hokkien
• Malay

Training

• Graduated from Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS) degree.
• Awarded his Doctorate in Medicine, United Kingdom, in 2008 after a 2-year period in translational medical research using molecular and microbiological techniques in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
• Awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship, Dr Christopher Kong San Choon completed his Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) training at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, in 2018.
• The certified trained operator of the Fibroscan machine used to assess the quantity of fat and the amount of damage in the liver, 2021

About Dr Christopher Kong San Choon

• Dr. Christopher Kong Sun Chun is a specialist in the field of gastroenterology who was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1999. He completed his training in General Internal Medicine (GIM) and Gastroenterology in the UK and was accredited. On the UK Specialty Register in 2007 for both GIM and Gastroenterology.
• Active in medical research, he received his Doctorate in Medicine, in the United Kingdom in 2008 after a 2-year stint in translational medical research using molecular and microbiological techniques in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
• Dr. Kong is involved in multiple clinical trials and research studies with multiple publications in scientific and clinical journals.
• In an open competition, he was awarded the much-coveted post of Clinical Fellow in Interventional Endoscopy at the internationally renowned University College Hospital, London, UK.
• A recipient of a Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) fellowship, Dr Christopher Kong San Choon completed his Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) training at St Thomas’ Hospital, London in 2018.
• Dr. Kong performed the first motorized spiral enteroscopy in Southeast Asia in 2019, a new technique that makes it possible to thoroughly examine the small intestine in just 30 minutes versus 6 hours with a balloon-assisted endoscope.
• Dr. Kong helped establish the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Sengkang General Hospital as the clinical lead of the department. He previously served as a Senior Consultant at the Singapore General Hospital and was the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre.

Gmail: info@starmedspecialist.com
Phone: +65 6322 6333
Address: 12 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore 217565

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