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Dr Chew Huck Chin
Respiratory Physician
Experience
Dr Chew Huck Chin is a respiratory physician and intensivist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.
In addition to general respiratory medicine, Dr Chew has special interests in intensive care medicine, non-invasive ventilation as well as bronchoscopy. He is well-versed in advanced ventilator support including extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, airway pressure release ventilation, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and advanced bronchoscopic techniques such as endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
He was a former consultant at the department of respiratory and critical care medicine at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He has been practising medicine for more than 20 years.
Dr Chew has been involved in numerous committees including chairman of the medical board for Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, treasurer and executive committee member for the Society of Emergency Medicine, Singapore and treasurer for the Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Singapore and SG-ANZICS conference. In addition, he was also appointed to the Sengkang General Hospital pro-tem committee as well as clinical service planning committee. He has been the supervisor in SGH’s respiratory therapy department and has a keen interest in the advancing technology of non-invasive ventilation.
He is an adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and a senior clinical lecturer at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is accredited in emergency medicine, respiratory medicine and intensive care medicine.
In the field of clinical research, Dr Chew has published in several international journals such as CHEST, Journal of Resuscitation, European Journal of Emergency Medicine and American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and has been involved in several local and regional clinical trials. He is also an invited reviewer for the Journal of Respirology, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Singapore Medical Journal.
Associated treatments
- Diagnostic & therapeutic pleurocentesis
- Diagnostic bronchoscopy
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirate (EBUS-TBNA)
- Insertion of central venous catheters
- Practical operation of mechanical ventilators
Fellowship and accreditation
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, National University of Singapore
- Master of Medicine (Emergency Medicine), National University of Singapore
- Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
- European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine
- Diploma in Medical Ethics and Law, National University of Singapore
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Contact for international patients
Clinic
Respiratory Medical Associates
38 Irrawaddy Road #04-33
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
Singapore 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
Singapore 329563
6734 5766
Respiratory Medical Associates
3 Mount Elizabeth #15-11
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
Singapore 228510
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
Singapore 228510
6732 7160
Respiratory Medical Associates
6 Napier Road #07-14
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Singapore 258499
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Singapore 258499
6473 8864
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