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Assoc Prof Sharon Ong

MBBS, MMed (Anaes), FAMS, EDIC, Diploma of Acupuncture

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care

Sub-specialties: Intensive Care

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Intensive Care Medicine .

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Surgical Intensive Care Singapore General Hospital
Head ＆ Senior Consultant Department of Anaesthesiology Sengkang General Hospital

Profile

A/Prof Ong is an Anaesthesiologist. Her sub-specialty is in Intensive Care Medicine. She was awarded her Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine and did her training in the United Kingdom. She obtained her Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine and is now a consultant to the Surgical, Neurosurgical and Burns Intensive Care Unit at the SingaporeGeneralHospital. She also has an interest in the complementary role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Western Medicine. She has obtained a Diploma in Acupuncture and is a licensed acupuncturist with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner’s Board.

Education

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member of the Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Appointed Intensive Care Medicine Trainer
Clinical tutor appointed by National University of Singapore
Instructor for Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Awards

Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Scholarship in Intensive Care Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Excellent Service Award EXSA (Gold) 2007 awarded by Spring Singapore

Research Interests

Medical Education
Resuscitation and Critical Care
Anaesthesiology

Publications

A prospective survey of end-of-life practice in the surgical intensive care unit of a Singapore hospital. Ong GKS, Lim CL, Ip-Yam C. Critical Care and Shock 2002; 5(1):15-20
Differential presentation of post tracheostomy bleeding: a case series. Ong GKS, Cheng CJC, Ang STC, Ng HN, Chee HL. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2003; 47(8): 1034
The diagnosis and management of a persistent pneumothorax. Ku CM, Ong GKS, Poopalalingam R. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009 Jun;23(3):369-72