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Clin Asst Prof Wong Hang Siang

MBBS, MRCP (UK)

Chief

Changi General Hospital Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Appointments

About

Dr Wong Hang Siang is Chief, Sleep Medicine, Surgery & Science, as well as a respiratory and sleep Senior Consultant at Changi General Hospital (CGH). He completed his specialty training in respiratory medicine at CGH.

Dr Wong was awarded HMDP grant to pursue his clinical fellowship in sleep medicine at Guy’s Hospital and chronic non invasive ventilation at Lane Fox Respiratory Unit, London. He is also actively involved in medical education and research with an interest in asthma and sleep.

Education and Training

  • MRCP (UK)
  • MBBS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Assistant Professor - Duke-NUS
  • Senior Consultant - RCCM
  • Physician Faculty Member - SingHealth Respiratory Medicine Residency Program
  • Senior Clinical Lecturer - NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Awards

  • HMDP

Research Interests

  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Sleep disordered breathing

Publications

(i) Original Articles

1. Mok Ying Juan, Tan Thean Yen, Tay Tunn Ren, Wong Hang Siang, Tiew Pei Yee, Kam Jia Wen, Siau Chuin Do we need transbronchial lung biopsy if we have bronchoalveolar lavage Xpert MTB/RIF? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2016. 20(5): p. 619-24.

2. Tay T, Choo X, Ihsan R, Toh HP, Wong Hang Siang, Tee A. Characteristics of non-smoking adult asthma patients with chronic airflow limitation. Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2017 Jun; 46(6): 217-228.

3. Tay T, Choo X, Ihsan R, Toh HP, Wong Hang Siang, Tee A. Characteristics of non-smoking adult asthma patients with chronic airflow limitation. J Athama.2017 Dec; 54(10): 1026-1032.

4. Adeeba Anwar, Wong Hang Siang, Rexford Muza Audit on the use of CTPA in pulmonary embolism Gen Int Med Clin Innov, 2017

5. Vijo Poulose, Jansen Koh, Tay Tunn Ren, Wong Hang Siang, Ian Wee, Hannah Hsien Hwei, Kam Jia Wen A randomized pilot study of parenteral glutamine supplementation in severe sepsis Crit Care Shock (2017) 20:61-67

(ii) Review Articles

1. Mok Y, Tan CW, Wong Hang Siang, How CH, Tan KL, Hsu PP Obstructive sleep apnoea and Type 2 diabetes mellitus: are they connected? Singapore Med J. 2017 Apr; 58(4):179-183.

2. Wong Hang Siang, Adrian J.Williams, Mok Yingjuan The relationship between pulmonary hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2017 Nov;23(6):517-521