Profile
Adj Associate Prof Tong Khim Leng is the current director of Echocardiography Service and senior consultant with the Department of Cardiology at Changi General Hospital (CGH). Her subspecialty interests include echocardiography and sports cardiology. She obtained her MBBS degree from the National University of Singapore in 1992, and completed two years of fellowship training 2001 – 2003 at the University of Virginia, USA, with focus in contrast echocardiography.
In 2009, she completed her second HMDP in sports cardiology at the Institute of Science and Sports Medicine in Italy, under the Italian National Olympic Committee. She is a member of various national and regional committees and taskforces, and works closely with Singapore Sports & Exercise Medicine Centre @ CGH.
Education
- MBBS, National University of Singapore
- FRCP, Glasgow, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician,
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FAMS, Cardiology, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- FACC, Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology, USA
- FASE Fellowship of American Society of Echocardiography, USA
- ASCeXAM , National Board of Echocardiography, USA
- JCAST, Advanced Specialty Training in Cardiology, Singapore
- MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, UK
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Adjunct Associate Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin Medical School
- Chief, Department of Cardiology, 2012 - 2018
- Clinical Associate Professor - Duke-NUS
- Director, Echocardiography Service, CGH
- Member, SAF Specialist Advisory Board (Cardiology).
- Member, Committee of ASEAN Echo Society, AFCC
- Member, Cardiology RAC committee
- Organising Committee Member, Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology
- Organising Committee Member, 10th Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging 2016
- Organising Committee Member, inaugural Singapore Prevention & Cardiac Rehabilitation Conference 2015, Singapore Heart Foundation
- Member, MOH Cardiology Workgroup on RHC polyclinic referrals
- Member, Sports Safety Committee, Sports Singapore Clinical Core Faculty
- Member, Cardiology, SingHealth Senior Residency Program
- Member, Taskforce for Exercise is Medicine (EIM)
- Member of cluster ECG taskforce
- Co-chair Cardiac Image and Information Management System Replacement steering committee,
- Member, Medical Board,
- Member, Medical Credentialing Subcommittee
- Chairperson, Departmental Mortality and Morbidity Committee
- Co-Director, Coronary Care Unit Faculty Member, 19th Asean Federation Congress of Cardiology, Singapore, 2012 Member, Singapore Sports Institute Medical Advisory Committee 2012
- Member, Medical Committee, Football Association 2013-2016
- Member, Singapore Medical Council Complaints and Disciplinary Committee 2011-2015
- Reviewer, SingHealth Proceeding, 2011 – 2015
- Reviewer of case report and paper, Singapore Medical Journal, 2010 – 2016
- Member, JCIA Anaesthesia and Surgical Care (ASC) workgroup, 2010
- Member, Patient Safety Goal Workgroup B JCIA, 2010
- Alternate member, Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee 2006 -2009
- Member, MCQ Working Committee, National University of Singapore, 2009
- Member, ASC Committee, 2008 – 2015
- Reviewer, Singapore Cardiac Society Grant Application, 2006
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Awards
- 19 Apr 2017 Excellence Service Award, Changi General Hospital
- 7 May 2016 2nd Prize Poster Presentation – Evaluation of QT intervals & novel markers of repolarization in elite Asian Athletes in a single centre: A 24 hr Holter Analysis, . Sports Medicine Association Annual Symposium 2016, Singapore
- 5 – 7Nov15 2nd Prize Medical Oral Paper – “Insights from Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using Novel Contact Force Sensing Technology: Changi General Hospital Experience”, CGH-EHA Annual Scientific Meeting, CGH
- 2014 HMDP, University of Chicago USA
- 2014 EHA Caring Award (Gold), Eastern Health Alliance
- 2012 EHA Caring Award (Silver), Eastern Health Alliance
- 23 – 24Nov12 3rd Prize Medical Poster Presentation – “Reduction in hospitalisation rates following cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in cardiac failure: 1 year follow up from our first ten patients”, Eastern Health Alliance Scientific Meeting
- 2012, Small grant on “Holter analysis of QT intervals in professional soccer players”, Changi General Hospital
2011 Service Award (Silver), SingHealth
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17 – 19Nov11, 3rd Prize Medical Oral Paper Competition – “Incidence and Follow up on Left Ventricular Thrombus Complicating Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Single Centre Experience”, Eastern Health Alliance Inaugural Scientific Meeting
- Winner of Free Paper Presentation (Interventional Cardiology Section), ‘A Review on the need of Admission to Coronary Care Unit for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients who remained in Killip 1 Class after Underwent Successful Primary Percutaneous Intervention, Singapore Cardiac Society ASM
- Sep09 HMDP Award on Sport Cardiology, Institute of Science and Sports Medicine, CONI, Rome, Italy
- 2006 Detection of Coronary Stenosis with Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography, National Medical Research Council Grant for research project
- 2006 Mentorship Grant
- 2006, Invited Mentor, A/P Kevin Wei from Oregon Health Science University, USA as speaker for contrast workshop, SingHealth
2005 Detection of Left Ventricular Thrombus with Left Ventricular Opacification study, National Medical Research Grant for research project
- 2005 Athlete’s Heart Disease, National Medical Research Grant for research Project
- 2004 Finalist of Young Investigators Award, American Society of Echocardiography
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2004 Finalist of Samuel A Levine Young Investigator Award in Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
- 2004 1st Runner up, Best Clinical Paper Presentation, Inaugural CGH Research Forum
Jun04 Singapore Cardiac Society Award, Singapore Cardiac Society
- 2002 – 2003 National Medical Research Fellowship Award, 2nd Year, Cardiovascular Imaging Fellow in Echocardiography, University of Virginia, USA
- 2001 – 2002 Health Manpower Development Program Award, 1st Year, Cardiovascular Imaging Fellow in Echocardiography, University of Virginia, USA
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Publications
- Michael MacDonald, Sheldon Lee, Pang Ping Wee, Khim Leng Tong, Kui Toh Gerard,. Comparison of Characteristics & Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients with Preserved vs Reduced Ejection Fraction and a Multi-Ethnic South East Asian Cohort. American Journal of Cardiology. Am J Cardiol: 2016 Oct 15;118(8):1233-1238.doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.07.039. Epub 2016 29 Jul 29
- Gao F, Lam CS, Sim LL, Koh TH, Foo D, Ong HY, Tong KL, Tan HC, Machin D, Wing KS, Chan MY, Chua TS: Impact of the joint association between sex, age and diabetes on long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction. BMC Public Health; 2015;15:308. PMID: 25885528, 22 July 2017
- Fei Gao, Carolyn SP Lam, Khung Keong Yeo, David Machin, Leonardo Carvalho, Ling Ling Sim, Tian Hai Koh, David Foo, Hean Yee Ong, Khim Leng Tong, Huay-Cheem Tan, Arul Earnest, Terrance Chua, Mark Chan. Influence of Ethnicity, Age and Time on Sex Disparities in Long-term Cause-specific Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), 61.8.222.250 JAHA/2016/003760-T1, 22 June 16
- Mohd Rizwan Amanullah, Khim Leng Tong. Panbesy induced coronary vasospasm. Singapore Medical Journal, SMJ-2016-077R1, 7 Mar 16
- Leonardo P de Carvalho, Fei Gao, Qifeng Chen, Mikael Hartman, Ling-Ling Sim, Tian-Hai Koh, David Foo, Chee-Tang Chin, Hean-Yee Ong, Khim-Leng Tong, Huay-Cheem Tan, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Chow-Khuan Arthur M Richards, Eric D Peterson, Terrance Chua, Mark Y Chan. Differences in late cardiovascular mortality following acute myocardial infarction in three major Asian ethnic groups. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, DOI: 10.1177/2048872614527007, 5Mar14
- Kevin W, Dawn P, Todd B, KL Tong, S Kaul. A Predictive Instument Using Contrast Echocardiography in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain and without ST-Segment Elevation J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010; 23: 636 – 642, 2010
- Goh YS, Tong KL. Pheochromocytoma the Great Mimicker, A Case Report. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, 37(1), Jan08
- Kalvaitis S, Kaul S, Rinkevich D, Tong KL, Belcik T, Wei K. Effect of Time Delay on Diagnostic Use of Contrast Echocardiography in Patients Presenting to Emergency Department with Chest Pain and no ST-segment elevation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 19(12): 1488 – 1493, Dec06
- Tong KL, Kaul S, Wang XQ, Rinkevich D, Kalvatis S, Lepper W, Foster WA Belcik T, Wei K. Myocardial contrast echocardiography versus thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score in patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain and nondiagnostic electrocardiogram. J Am Coll Cardiol 46(5): 920 – 927, 2005
- Rinkevich D, Kaul S, Wang XQ, Tong KL, Belcik T, Kalvaitis S, Lepper W, Foster WA, Wei K. Regional Left Ventricular Perfusion and Function in Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest Pain and no ST-Segment Elevation. Eur Heart J 26(16): 1606 – 1611, 2005
- Tong KL, K Wei. Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in the Detection of Coronary Stenosis. Cardiology Clinic 22: 233 – 251, 2004
- Tong KL
Chronic Mitral Regurgitation. A Clinical Approach in Medicine, 1st ed, Singapore: World Scientific, Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Pg 155 – 167, 2001
- Tong KL, Tan KS. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease – the 4 R's 10th Live Course Book Pg 132 – 138, 2001
- Tong KL, Ding ZP, Chua T. Leopard Syndrome. Singapore Medical Journal 42(7): 328 – 331, Jul01
- Tong KL, Ding ZP. Isolated non-compaction of the ventricular myocardium: a report of three cases. Ann Acad Med, Singapore 30(5): 539 – 541, Sep01
- Tong KL, Teo WS. A case Series of Drug-induced long QT syndrome and torsade de pointes. Sing Med J 42(12): 546 – 8, Jul01
- Thumboo J, Fong KY, Chng HH, Koh ET, Chia HP, Leong KH, Koh WH, Howe HS, Leong KP, Wong MH, Chew SM, Chai P, Goh LH, Goon TJ Lau TC, Lim WS, Pek WY, KL Tong, Yang WL, Feng PL, Boey ML. The effects of ethnicity on disease patterns in 472 Orientals with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 25(7): 1299 – 1304, 1998
- CC Lee, Tong KL, HS Howe, MS Lam. Vibrio Vulnificus Infection : Case reports and literature review. Ann Acad Med Singapore 26(5): 705 – 712, 1997
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