Profile
Dr Jeannie Ong is a senior consultant with the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Changi General Hospital (CGH). She obtained her medical degree in the United Kingdom (UK), achieved MRCP (UK) there, as well as dual specialist accreditation in gastroenterology and general internal medicine.
Dr Ong has a subspecialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease and nutrition. She has published in various journals including a recent leading article on nutritional support in acute pancreatitis in Journal of Digestive Diseases. She also has authored various publications and given presentations on inflammatory bowel disease and nutrition.
Currently, she’s a member of the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme Steering Committee. Dr Ong is the chairperson of Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee and is director for the Nutrition Service at CGH. She also is a core faculty of SingHealth Internal Medicine and PGY1 residency programme and an active educator.
Education
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore - FAMS
- Higher Speciality Training in Gastroenterology and General Medicine (UK) – CCT
- Royal College of London, UK – MRCP
- University of Wales College of Medicine (UK) – MBBCh
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Chairperson - Mortality and Morbidity sessions
- Chairperson - Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (CGH)
- Clinical Core Faculty - SingHealth Junior Residency Internal Medicine (IM) Programme
- Clinical Core Faculty - SingHealth Residency Programme for Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) and Transitional Year (TY)
- Clinical Physician Faculty - SingHealth Gastroenterology Senior Residency Programme
- Clinical Senior Lecturer - Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSoM), National University of Singapore
- Clinical supervisor/Mentor - final year medical students, Singapore Internship Programme
- Director - Nutrition Service, CGH
- Examiner - MBBS exams, National University of Singapore
- Member - Medication Assistance Fund Committee
- Member - British Society of Gastroenterology
- Member - European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization
- Member - European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Member - Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
- Member - National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme Audit Committee (Assessor)
- Member - National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme Steering Committee
- Member - National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- Member - Nutritional Support Team at CGH
- Member - SingHealth Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- Participant - National Interviews for IM residency programme
- President-Elect (2017) - Singapore Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Sub-speciality education co-ordinator - SingHealth Gastroenterology Senior Residency Programme
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Awards
- Patient Safety Recognition Award - Good catch Initiative 2017
- The Outstanding Faculty Award at the RiSe (Residency in SingHealth Excels) Awards Ceremony 2017
- The Special Recognition Award at the Dean's Appreciation for Clinical Teachers Ceremony 2016
- The Outstanding Faculty Award at the RiSe (Residency in SingHealth Excels) Awards Ceremony 2016
- CGH Caring award for patient service & care (2015)
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Publications
- Kwek BEA, Ang TL, Ong PLJ, Tan YLJ, Ang SWD, Law NM, Thurairajah PH, Fock KM. TC-325 versus the Combined Conventional Technique for Endoscopic Treatment of Peptic Ulcers with High-Risk Bleeding Stigmata: A Pilot Randomised Study. J Dig Dis 2017 Jun; 18(6): 323-329.
- Yeo PM, Tan KW, Lim RSP, Sim CS, Ong JPL, Rajaratnam R Neutrophilic dermatoses as a continuous spectrum: an illustrative case. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2016 Dec; 45(12): 569-571
- Wong AT, Ong JP, Han HH. The Use of Parenteral Nutrition Support in an Acute Care Hospital and the Cost Implications of Short-term Parenteral Nutrition. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2016 Jun; 45(6):237-44.
- Lim SC, Ong Jeannie PL, Poh CH, Lien Christopher TC. Nutrition and the Role of Tube Feeding in the Elderly (review article). J J Geronto. 2016, 2(1): 017.
- Pandey A, Salazar E, Kong CS, Lim WC, Ong J, Ong DE, Ong C, Aw M, Wee E, Chuah SW, Tan V, Tay WL, Nadkarni N, Ling KL. Risk of Major Abdominal Surgery in an Asian Population-based Crohn's Disease Cohort, Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2625-33
- Ang TL1, Pittayanon R, Lau JY, Rerknimitr R, Ho SH, Singh R, Kwek AB, Ang DS, Chiu PW, Luk S, Goh KL, Ong JP, Tan JY, Teo EK, Fock KM. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Dec;27 (12):1473-8. A multicenter randomized comparison between high-definition white light endoscopy and narrow band imaging for detection of gastric lesions
- Ang Tiing Leong, Fock Kwong Ming, Song Ming Jun, Jeannie Ong, Jessica Tan, Andrew Kwek, Teo Eng Kiong, Daphne Ang, Dhamodaran S. Ten-day triple therapy versus sequential therapy versus concomitant therapy as first line treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection. J Gastroenterology Hepatol 2015, Jan 16.
- Malcolm Tan, Jeannie PL Ong, Eng Kiong Teo. Achieving deep remission in Crohn’s disease: Treating beyond symptoms. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2014 Apr;43(4):200-2.
- Jeannie PL Ong and Kwong Ming Fock. Nutritional support in acute pancreatitis. J Dig Dis. 2012 Sep; 13(9):445-52
- Jeannie PL Ong and Kwong Ming Fock. Oral feeding after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (editorial). Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2010 July; 25(7): 1181-1182
- Ong JP, Edwards GJ, Allison MC. Mode of delivery and risk of fecal incontinence in women with or without inflammatory bowel disease: questionnaire survey. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2007 Nov; 13(11):1391-4
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Research Trials
- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ABT-493/ABT-530 in Treatment-Naïve and Treatment-Experienced, Non-Cirrhotic Asian Adults with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype (GT) 1 to GT6 Infection With or Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection
- A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Selonsertib in Subjects with Compensated Cirrhosis due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Combined Phase 3, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in the Induction and Maintenance of Remission in Subjects with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease
- Combined Phase 2b/3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in the Induction and Maintenance of Remission in Subjects with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
- A prospective randomized study of colonoscopy using blue laser imaging and white light imaging in the detection and differentiation of colonic polyps
- Endoscopic application of a hemostatic powder TC-325 versus standard treatment in the control of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding from nonvariceal causes; a non-inferiority randomized trial
- The Association between Microbiota, Endotoxaemia and the Host Obesity/Insulin Resistance
- Rapid Detection of Clarithromycin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay
- Switch or add Pegylated-Interferon in Chronic Hepatitis B patients on Long term nucleos(t)ide therapy (SWAP trial)
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