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Dr Irene Mok Yanjia

Dr Mok Yanjia Irene

​MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMED, FAMS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Renal Medicine

Sub-specialties: Glomerulonephritis

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acid Base Disorders, Fluid & Electrolytes, Haemodialysis - Acute and Chronic, Insertion of Non-tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter, Renal Biopsy, Renal Biopsy, Renal Clearance Studies, Renal Retardation, Renal Stone Disease, Renal Transplant.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Renal Medicine Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Irene Mok graduated in 2005 from the National University of Singapore and obtained her Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) (United Kingdom) and Masters in Internal Medicine (MMed (Int Med) Singapore) in 2009.

She completed her Advanced Specialist Training at Singapore General Hospital and was conferred Specialist Accreditation in Renal Medicine by the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2013.

She was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2015.

Dr Mok is a General Nephrologist trained in various aspects of Nephrology including Chronic Kidney Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Hemodialysis, Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation. Her clinical interest is in the field of Glomerulonephritis (GN). She runs the Glomerulonephritis Disease Management Clinic and is currently an investigator in GN trials as well as holds an active grant in an ongoing GN research project.

Education

  • MBBS (Singapore) 
  • MRCP (UK) 
  • MMed (Internal Medicine) (Singapore) 
  • FAMS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Consultant, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital 
  • Clinical Tutor (Clinical Faculty Scheme), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS 
  • Adjunct Instructor (Academic Clinical Program for Medicine), DUKE-NUS Medical School 
  • Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Renal Medicine Residency Program 
  • Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency Program 
  • Singapore Society of Nephrology, Member

Awards

  • ​Best Oral Presentation at Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore Society of Nephrology 2012 
  • SGH Singapore Health Quality Service Award Silver Award 2011-2012 
  • Service with a Heart 2012 
  • Best registrar award (7th Singhealth Best Junior Doctor Awards 2013) 
  • Singapore General Hospital Long service award (10years) 2017

Research Interests

Publications

Research Grant
  • National Kidney Foundation Venerable Yen Pei-NKF Research Fund, Principal Investigator, Study on Autoantibodies in Membranous Nephropathy
Abstracts
  • Mok IY, CS Tan, JCC Choo, CM Chan. Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy – a single centre study. Oral presentation at 2nd Singapore Society of Nephrology Annual Scientific Meeting 2011 
  • Mok IY, T Kee, A Goh. Use of Expanded Criteria Donors Gives Significantly Poorer Long term graft survival. Poster Presentation at 24th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, 13-17th July 2012, Berlin, Germany
  • Mok IY, T Kee, A Goh. Use of Expanded Criteria Donors Gives Significantly Poorer Long term graft survival. Oral Presentation at 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore Society of Nephrology 2012
Publications
  • Mok IY, Kee T, Goh A. Ten year outcomes of kidney transplantation at the Singapore General Hospital. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2012; 21(2): 95-101. https://www.singhealth.com.sg/Transplant/Services/Pages/Kidney-Transplants-SGH-Outcomes.aspx
  • Severe infections in patients with lupus nephritis treated with immunosuppressants: a retrospective cohort study. Cynthia C Lim, Pei Yun Liu, Hui Zhuan Tan, Peishan Lee, Yok Mooi Chin, Irene YJ Mok, Choong Meng Chan, Jason CJ Choo Nephrology 2016; 22(6):478-484
  • Epidemiology and risk factors for cytomegalovirus infection in glomerular diseases treated with immunosuppressive therapy Lim CC, Tung YT, Tan BH, Lee PH, Mok IY, Oon L, Chan KP, Choo JC. Nephrology (Carlton). 2017 May 8

Research Trials