Clin Asst Prof Ong Wai Choung

MBBS, MRCP(UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Gastroenterology

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About Doctor

Languages Spoken

Education and Training

Awards

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Biliary Stones (Choledocholithiasis) Cirrhosis Coeliac Disease Colon Cancer Screening Colonic Polyps Functional Abdominal Pain and Bloating Functional Constipation Functional Dyspepsia Gastrointestinal Luminal Stenosis Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pancreatic Cysts ＆ Nodules Pancreatic ＆ Hepatobiliary Cancer Subepithelial/Submucosal Lesions Viral Hepatitis

Clinical Interests

Advanced Endoscopic Imaging, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Stenting, Hepatology

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

About Doctor

Dr Ong Wai Choung graduated from National University of Singapore on 1993. He obtained his post-graduate degree in 1998. He underwent further training overseas at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India. His current interest includes interventional endoscopy and general gastroenterology.

Languages Spoken

English

Education and Training

2004 Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Gastroenterology), Singapore
2000 Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom
1993 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – National University of Singapore

Awards

2007 Gastroenterology Society of Singapore (GESS ) – Treasurer, Exco member

Publications

Ong WC, Santosh D, Lakhtakia S, Reddy DN. A randomized controlled trial on use of propofol alone versus propofol with midazolam, ketamine and pentazocine “sedato-analgesic cocktail” for sedation during ERCP. Endoscopy 2007;39(9): 807-812
Ong WC. Irritable Bowel Syndrom - A Review of Diagnostic Criteria and the Role of Psychosocial factors. SGH Proceedings 2007; 16(3): 142 – 147.
Ong WC, Tandan M, Reddy V, et at. Multiple main pancreatic duct stones in tropical pancreatitis: safe clearance with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. J.Gastroenterol.Hepatol 2006; 21(10): 1514-1518.
Ong WC, Cheemalakonda R, Sekaran A, Reddy N. Colonic tuberculosis mimicking a diminutive sessile polyp. Dig Endosc 2005; 17(3): 257-258