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The endocrine service in CGH
is made up of a team of 1 senior consultant, and 2 visiting
consultants, 2 registrars, and is supported by 10 medical
officers, 12 house officers in the department of Medicine
and 4 general clinical research coordinators.
The team is responsible for the provision of a general
spectrum of endocrine services and specific clinical
specialties like diabetes mellitus, lipidology, thyroid
disorders, pituitary disorders, endocrine obesity, endocrine
hypertension, short stature and other hormonal disorders.
The Diabetes Centre moved to its current premises in
January 2002 and has the capability of functioning as
a one-stop centre to diagnose and treat various aspects
of diabetes. It is supported by a team of dedicated
nurse educators, dieticians and podiatrists. All are
well versed in recognizing and identifying diabetes-related
issues including pump therapy and continuous glucose
monitoring devices.
Our endocrinologists see a wide spectrum of endocrine
cases. Inpatient and outpatient referrals provide us
with this spectrum, thus providing trainees a very good
all round experience.
The Endocrine Service is actively involved in both
clinical and basic research. We are currently involved
in 5 different clinical trials on different aspects
of diabetes mellitus, a trial on bone metabolism, and
a basic research project on diabetic neuropathy.
The Endocrine Service provides accredited advanced
specialty training in endocrinology. The teaching activities
include case presentations, mortality analysis, journal
readings, radiology rounds, combined sessions with the
pathologist, and lectures.
Basic training for internal medicine is also provided
to undergraduates, nurses, doctors and other health
professionals.
The Endocrine Services has been accredited by the Academy
of Medicine, Singapore for advanced specialty training
in Endocrinology.
The three-year training program in endocrinology is
designed to stimulate understanding of the basis of
a diverse group of endocrine and metabolic diseases.
It is intended to provide practical up-to-date approaches
of diagnosis and management, stimulate comprehension
of molecular and cellular approaches for determination
of pathogenesis and diagnosis of endocrine and metabolic
disorders.
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