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Clin Asst Prof Peter Chow Chiu Leung

Clin Asst Prof Chow Chiu Leung Peter

MBChB (CUHK), MRCP (UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Geriatric Medicine

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Dementia, Dementia, Geriatric Care.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Geriatric Medicine Changi General HospitalChangi General Hospital
  • Senior Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory and Cognitive Disorders

Profile

Dr Peter Chow is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH). Raised in Hong Kong, Dr Chow studied medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong before completing his specialist training in Singapore. He further undertook medical humanities studies in London and obtained a Master in Medical Law and Ethics (LLM) from the University of Edinburgh.

As the Chairperson of the Clinical Ethics Committee in CGH, Dr Chow is actively involved in this field. He was appointed Deputy Academic Advisor and Lecturer at the Centre of Medical Ethics and Professionalism (CMEP) of the Singapore Medical Association, as well as the Co-Lead for Bioethics at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute.

Dr Chow focuses on cognitive disorders in geriatric medicine at CGH’s Memory Clinic – managing  dementia, the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, as well as nutrition and swallowing conditions in elderly patients. Beyond his clinical role at CGH, Dr Chow is also an educator, serving as Adjunct Lecturer at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, and Education Lead for Year 4 medical students on attachment to the Department of Geriatric Medicine in CGH.

Education

  • MA (Applied Medical Humanities), Birkbeck, University of London 2023
  • FRCP (Edin) 2022
  • LLM (Medical Law and Ethics), University of Edinburgh 2019
  • FAMS (Geriatric Medicine) 2015
  • MMed Medicine (Singapore) 2010
  • MRCPE 2010
  • MBChB (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 2002

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory and Cognitive Disorders, 2020 – Present
  • Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2023 – Present
  • Chairperson, Clinical Ethics Committee, Changi General Hospital, 2021 – Present
  • Co-lead, Bioethics, SingHealth Dukes-NUS Medical Humanities Institute, 2023 – Present
  • Co-Chair, Expert Workgroup for Drafting of Guidelines on Appropriate Use of National Electronic Health Records, Ministry of Health, 2023 – Present
  • Deputy Academic Advisor, Centre of Medical Ethics and Professionalism, Singapore Medical Association, 2021 – Present
  • Adjunct Lecturer and Block-Lead, Geriatric Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 2023 – Present
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Dukes-NUS Medical School, 2020 – Present
  • Senior Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2020 – Present
  • Supervisor and Programme Director, Geriatric Medicine Staff Registrar Scheme, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2016 – 2018

Awards

Research Interests

  • Medical Law, Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities and Professionalism
  • Dementia, Geriatric Medicine

Publications

  • Peter CL Chow. The Mental Capacity Act Singapore (2008): Code of Practice. The Singapore Family Physician (2022) Vol 48, pp.8 - 11
  • SC Lim Lim, Peter CL Chow, FY Li, SS Hiew, et all. Improving Outcome for the Elderly Surgical Patients in a Singapore Teaching Hospital Surg Med Open Acc J. (2019) 2(3)
  • SC Lim, Peter CL Chow. Managing Eating Disorders in Elderly with Dementia and the Ethical Considerations for Tube Feeding. International Journal of Psychiatry (2018) Vol 3, Issue 1
  • SC Lim, Peter CL Chow, Zhang Di, SS Hiew, Adrian JH Koh. Postoperative Delirium in a General Surgery- Geriatric Medicine Service. Open Journal of Geriatrics (2018); 1(1): 15-20
  • SC Lim, Peter CL Chow. A Case of Atraumatic Fracture Resulting from Physical Restraint in an Elderly Woman. Journal of Gerontology & Geriatric Research (2017) Vol 6 Issue 1

Research Trials