Lee Kang Hoe
Critical Care & Liver Transplant
Critical Care Specialist • Oncological and surgical management of liver, pancreas, biliary tract and gall bladder. • General Medical/Health Screening for Men & Women • Liver Cancer screening • Viral Hepatitis A, B and C screening • Vaccinations • Critical Care Services • Liver Transplantation • Ancillary Procedures
Dr Lee Kang Hoe graduated from University of Cambridge, UK. He was a scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge and a recipient of the Duckworth Prize. He also received support from Kuok Foundation, Malaysia for his medical studies. Dr Lee interned with Professor Sir Roy Calne at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and finished his general medicine training at Cambridge before coming to Singapore. In 1990, he joined the Department of Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. Dr Lee completed his Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in USA from 1993 to 1995, and was awarded Fellow of the Year in 1994. From 1994 to 1995, Dr Lee performed research with Professor Michael Pinsky at UPMC on acute lung injury. On his return to Singapore, Dr Lee crossed over to the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a Lecturer in Medicine and was promoted to Associate Professor. He was also the Medical Director of the ICU at NUH, where he started the liver dialysis programme in 2000. Dr Lee was with NUS until 2005 when he joined Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore as Director of ICU. Since then, he has been working together with the Asian Centre for Liver Diseases & Transplantation (ACLDT), now known as Asian American Liver Centre. Dr Lee has expanded the liver dialysis programme to include other devices, and also helped set up the dedicated liver ICU where he has been active in the management of liver failure and liver transplant patients. Dr Lee was one of the founding members of the Society of Intensive Care Medicine and was a member of the Specialist Training Committee for Intensive Care Medicine and Respiratory Medicine. He has published extensively in the critical care and liver transplant areas, and he has also been involved in various research protocols together with scientists at NUS and A*STAR in Singapore.
MA (UK), MBBChir (UK), MRCP (UK), EDIC (EUR)
FRCP (EDIN), FAMS (SIN),
English, Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu
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Asian American Liver Centre (AALC) is one of Asia’s foremost liver centres dedicated to the treatment of all liver, pancreas and bile duct diseases in adults and children. Led by Dato’ Dr Tan Kai Chah, together with a multi-disciplinary team, AALC’s dedicated outpatient and inpatient facilities for local and international patients of all ages, for whom it provides comprehensive and seamless patient care. AALC has performed more than 250 Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) procedures to-dates, with consistently good clinical outcomes. AALC enjoy direct access to one of the world’s most widely recognised transplantation programmes through UPMC. With a proven track record, AALC is an important referral centre for treatment of acute liver failure and liver transplants. AALC also co-manages a dedicated liver ward and Intensive Care Unit, Parkway Asian Transplant Unit (PATU), at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore. PATU offers cutting-edge medical technologies and personalised medical treatment for patients who require critical care. The liver unit is one of the world’s top medical centres for liver failure patients pre-transplant.