Dr Ker Liang

Otorhinolaryngologist

Specialty

Otorhinolaryngology / ENT

Languages

English, Mandarin

Gender

Female

Insurance Panel

Prudential^, Singlife

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Experience

Dr Ker Liang is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.

She specialises in treating patients, especially children and seniors, with general ENT conditions. Her clinical interests include laryngology, phonosurgery, voice and swallowing, head and neck swelling and masses, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, snoring and sleep apnoea, sinus surgery, and myringoplasty.

Prior to joining private practice, Dr Liang served as a consultant in the department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at the National University Health System (NUHS). She provided specialised ENT outpatient services as well as surgical care in all three hospitals including the National University Hospital (NUH), Alexandra Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and attained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. She also did her master’s degree at NUS. She received the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship and began her laryngology fellowship training at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The fellowship gave her proficiency in various diagnostic and therapeutic laryngological techniques, including endoscopic evaluations of the vocal cords, vocal cord and phonosurgeries, and interventions for swallowing disorders.

Dr Liang is an assistant professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM). As the NUS-NUH otolaryngology department undergraduate medical director, she supervises the training of medical students from YLLSOM. She is also involved in the training of postgraduate junior doctors and residents in the head and neck surgery department.

She is a member of the Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Singapore, the Singapore Medical Association, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

She was conferred a Long Service Award by NUHS.

Associated treatments

Nasoendoscopy
Foreign body removal
Microscopic ear examination

Research & publications

Tan, L. S. Y., Fredrik, P., Ker, L., Yu, F. G., Wang, D. Y., Goh, B. C., Loh, K. S., & Lim, C. M. (2016). High-risk HPV genotypes and P16INK4a expression in a cohort of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients in Singapore. Oncotarget, 7(52), 86730–86739. 