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Clin Asst Prof Lo Tong Jen

MBBS, MMed(Int Med), MRCP(UK), MPH(Johns Hopkins)

Senior Consultant

National Cancer Centre Singapore

Specialty: Supportive and Palliative Care

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Supportive Care .

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Division of Supportive ＆ Palliative Care National Cancer Centre Singapore
Senior Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive ＆ Palliative Care Centre

Academic Appointments

Clinical Lecturer

Clinician Physician Faculty Member SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency Program

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Profile

Dr Lo Tong Jen is a Senior Consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care. He received his undergraduate medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2002. He completed his specialist training in Palliative Medicine in 2015. Dr Lo also completed the Masters of Public Health programme at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr Lo is actively involved in education and training of doctors, nurses and medical students. He is a Clinical Lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and a Course Supervisor of the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine. His research interests are in quality improvement in palliative care and health services research.

Education

Member of Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
Masters of Medicine in Internal Medicine, National University of Singapore
Masters of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelors of Surgery, National University of Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Course Supervisor, Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine, National University of Singapore

Awards

Best poster award, Singapore Palliative Care Conference 2014

Research Interests

Quality improvement in palliative care

Publications

Lo TJ, Ha NH, Ng CJ, Tan G, Koh HM, Yap PL. Unmarried patients with early cognitive impairment are more likely than their married counterparts to complete advance care plans. Int Psychogeriatr. 2017; 29(3):509-516.
Lo TJ, Wu HY, Ong WY, Lee A. An audit on antibiotic use at the end of life in inpatient hospice patients - Are we contributing to over-medicalization of dying? Progress in Palliative Care. 2015; 23(4): 220-223.
Tan WJ, Hong SI, Luo N, Lo TJ, Yap P. The Lay Public's Understanding and Perception of Dementia in a Developed Asian Nation. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2012; 2(1):433-44.