Dr Ong King Jane

Dr Ong King Jane is a Consultant with the Palliative Medicine Service under the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Changi General Hospital. She is also a Palliative Medicine Visiting Consultant for the Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service at Saint Andrew’s Community Hospital.

Dr Ong received her medical degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Medicine in 1997. She obtained her Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) from NUS in 2019, followed by her specialist training in Palliative Medicine in 2023.

Her appointment as the Director of Clinical Services (Specialist) at Singhealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care enables her to lead the integration of specialist supportive and palliative care services across SingHealth, improve the quality and access to supportive and palliative care, and provide leadership in service planning, ensuring harmonisation of clinical expertise across sites and exploring sustainable models of care for the future.

• Specialist Accreditation Board (Palliative Medicine), Singapore, 2023
• MMed (Family Medicine), Singapore, 2019
• Postgraduate Diploma of Palliative Medicine, UK, 2002
• MBBS, Singapore, 1997

• Director of Clinical Services (Specialist), Singhealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre, 2026 – Present
• Visiting Consultant, Palliative Medicine (Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service), Saint Andrew’s Community Hospital
• Wellness Officer, CGH, Singapore Integrated Programme (SIP) for Palliative Medicine, 2026 – Present
• Co-Chair, EPIC Specialty (Palliative Medicine) Workgroup, 2025 – Present
• Education Lead, Singhealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre, 2023 – Present

• Ong KJ, Khor CC, Yap SY Comfort Measures Only – What Do We Understand? A Survey of Doctors Working in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Singapore. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. Nov 2025. (Online ahead of print) Doi: 10.1177/10499091251395054

• Ong KJ, Abool RLR Using Subcutaneous Hyoscine Butylbromide in A Terminal Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. Mar 2026; Vol 40(1):135-139. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2025.2597381

• Choy CH, Ong KJ Ketamine for Chronic Limb-threatening Ischaemia Pain. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Dec 2025; Vol 16(1):88-89. doi:10.1136/spcare-2025-005810

• King Jane Ong, Michelle Yin Yin Lim, Jan Xue Ren Chng, Yoke Ping Wong, Lip Hoe Koh Collateral Damage: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected the Dying Process of Palliative Care Patients in Hospitals – Our Experience and Recommendations. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore. Aug 2020; Vol 49(8): 616-620. PMID: 33164036

• K Jane Ong, Michael F Back, Jiade J Lu, Thomas S Shakespeare, Christopher J Wynne Cultural Attitudes to Cancer Management in Traditional Southeast Asia Patients. Australasian Radiology. Dec 2002; Vol 46(4): 370-374. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2002.t01-1-01085.x

• Koo Wen Hsin, SH Neo, KJ Ong Management of Constipation in a Hospice in Singapore. Singapore Family Physician. Oct-Dec 2000; Vol 26(4): 35-37