Dr Chia Chung King is a gastroenterologist with a subspecialty in hepatology (liver disease). He is also accredited as an internal medicine specialist, and is often asked by colleagues to see patients whose symptoms do not fit a clear diagnosis.
His clinical work covers cirrhosis, liver cancer, fatty liver, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, as well as stomach and bowel conditions. He performs diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
In consultations, he takes a detailed history and explains findings and options in plain language, often with drawings. He also discusses the part that diet, exercise and alcohol play in digestive and liver health.
Dr Chia consults in English, Mandarin, Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese and Malay.
Qualifications
- MBBS, National University of Singapore (1997)
- Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Singapore (2002)
- MRCP (United Kingdom) (2002)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, in Gastroenterology and in Internal Medicine (FAMS)
- MSc Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Training and career
- Subspecialty training in hepatology at the Liver Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, under a Ministry of Health HMDP scholarship (2006)
- About 14 years at Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Site investigator for the multicentre GCEP study on screening and prevention of stomach cancer
Former academic and education roles
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU (former)
- Associate Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (former)
- Chairman, Internal Medicine Training Programme, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (former)
- Associate Programme Director, Internal Medicine Residency (former)
- Programme Director, Transitional Year and PGY-1 Residency, National Healthcare Group (former)
He taught gastroscopy and colonoscopy to advanced specialist trainees and senior residents, and for many years supervised the weekly review of clinic cases seen by registrars and medical officers.
Awards
- 2012/13Top 10 Teacher Award
- 2012Medical Teacher Poster Prize, AMEE conference
- 2009Excellent Service Award (Silver)
- 2005/06Best Teacher Award; Service Champion Award
- 2005Excellent Service Award (Gold)
- 2004Excellent Service Award (Silver); NFDD Young Researcher Award
- 2003Courage Star, awarded by President S R Nathan for frontline care of SARS patients; Quality Assurance recognition award
Publications
Dr Chia’s research focuses on the prevention of stomach cancer. One example is a study of genomic and epigenomic profiling of high-risk intestinal metaplasia of the stomach (PubMed 29290541).