Dr Goh Junyang Ken

Dr Goh Junyang Ken obtained his medical degree from Duke-NUS Medical School in 2012. He obtained specialist accreditation in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in 2018 and 2019 respectively and is currently a Consultant with the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Singapore General Hospital. Dr Goh completed an Advanced Pleural Fellowship at the Oxford Pleural Unit (Oxford University Hospitals Trust) under Professor Najib Rahman in 2023 and currently leads the Pleural Service at the Singapore General Hospital.

• 2019 Specialist Accreditation in Intensive Care Medicine
• 2018 Specialist Accreditation in Respiratory Medicine
• 2014 Masters of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
• 2014 Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom
• 2012 Doctor of Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School

• Co-Chairperson, Early Warning System-Rapid Response Team Committee, Singapore General Hospital
• Co-Chairperson, SingHealth Rapid Response Systems Workgroup, SingHealth
• Campus Code Blue Committee, Singapore General Hospital

• Programme Excellence Award (Implementation of SGH Campus Rapid Response System), SingHealth Duke-NUS 2023
• Health Manpower Development Award (SingHealth) in Pleural Disease at the Oxford Pleural Unit (United Kingdom) 2022
• SingHealth Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2022
• Service with a Heart Award, Singapore General Hospital 2022
• Singhealth Publish! Award, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre 2020
• Outstanding Resident Award, SingHealth Residency RISE Awards 2018
• SingHealth Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2017
• Young Investigator’s Award, Singapore General Hospital 2012

1. Goh KJ, Yong GKW, Agrawal D, et al. Managing pleural infections: a nationwide survey of respiratory physicians in Singapore. BMJ Open Respir Res 2026;13:e003968.
2. Young SL, Chua BLW, Tan QL, Leong CK, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Goh KJ. Pleural and parenchymal radiological characteristics of tuberculous pleuritis and correlation with microbiological and molecular diagnostic yield. BMC Pulm Med 2025;25:525.
3. Goh KJ, Lim MT, Chua BLW, Tan QL, Leong CK, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Young SL. Incidence and risk factors for re-expansion pulmonary oedema following medical thoracoscopy. BMJ Open Respir Res 2025;12;e003716.
4. Ong JCL, Jin L, Elangovan K, Lim GYS, Lim DYZ, Sng GGR, Ke YH, Tung JYM, Zhong RJ, Koh CMY, Lee KZH, Chen X, Chng JK, Than A, Goh KJ, Lim CP, Ng TM, Liu N, Ting DSW. Large language models as clinical decision support system augments medication safety in 16 clinical specialties. Cell Rep Med 2025;Sep 24:102323 doi: 10.1016/j.cxrm.2025.102323.
5. Goh KJ, Mounsey CA, Chew WM, Wrightson J, Rahman NM. Evaluating the clinical utility of radiological and lymphatic imaging in nontraumatic chylothorax. AME Medical Journal 2025;10:31. doi:10.21037/amj-24-159.
6. Bhatnagar M, Chew WM, Goh KJ, Rahman NM. Management of parapneumonic effusion and empyema. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2025.02.033.
7. Young SL, Chua BL, Tan QL, Leong CK, Phua IGC, Wong JJ, Lim WT, Tang KJ, Tan AJ, Lee FM, Goh KJ. Impact of educational videos and user guide on indwelling pleural catheter caregiver training and unplanned healthcare encounters. BMJ Open Qual 2025;14(1):e003108
8. Chua BLW, Young SL, Tan QL, Leong CK, Wong JJY, Phua IGS, Lim WT, Goh KJ. Clinical outcomes of caregiver-led indwelling pleural catheter care and drainage at a Singapore tertiary referral hospital. J Thorac Dis 2025;17(3):1512-1519.
9. Koh MS, Young SL, Tan QL, Ng LS, Ko JP, Teo CW, Chai HZ, Goh KJ. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with repeat rapid response team activations in a tertiary centre in Singapore. SMJ 2025. Doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2024-027.
10. Ng SJY, Tan QL, Goh KJ, Young SL, Chua BLW, Wong JJY, Phua IG, Lim WT, Leong CKL. Refractory chylothorax in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation. Respirology Case Reports 2025;13:e70229.
11. Chew WM, Goh KJ, Thorne J, ElSeikh A, Rahman N. A seeded seroma transforming into tract metastases: rare complications of image-guided pleural biopsies. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2025;57:102273.
12. Goh KJ, Chew WM, Rahman N. The role of interventional pulmonology in the diagnosis and management of undiagnosed pleural effusions. BRN Rev 2024;10(2):85-98.
13. Goh KJ, Leong KL, Young SL, Chua BLW, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Anantham D, Tan QL. Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions – a prospective observational cohort study. J Thorac Dis 2024;16(5):3142-3151.
14. Goh KJ, Chew WM, Ong JC, Leong CK, Mohamed Noor IB, Anantham D, Hui LS, Choong MCM, Liew CY, Guitierrez MT, Wong JJ, Phua ICS, Lim WT, Tan QL. A retrospective cohort study evaluating the safety and efficacy of sequential versus concurrent intrapleural instillation of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase for pleural infection. Pulmonary Medicine 2023:6340851.
15. Yau CE, Lee DY, Vasudevan A, Goh KJ, Wong E, Ho AFW, Lim DYZ. Performance of the ROX index in predicting high flow nasal cannula failure in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care 2023;27(1):320.
16. Leong CKL, Foo AZX, Goh KJ, Hsu AAL, Ho AR, Ng MCH, Anantham D, Lee P. Airway interventions for tracheobronchial involvement in esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective cohort outcome study and algorithmic approach. J Thorac Dis 2022;14(7):2565-78.
17. Ko JP, Ng LS, Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Phua GC, Tan QL. Staff perception and attitudes towards a medical rapid response team with a multi-tiered response. Singapore Med J 2023;64(8):527-33.
18. Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Ng LS, Phone Ko J, Tan DCX, Tan HL, Two CW, Phua GC, Tan QL. Outcomes of second-tier rapid response activations in a tertiary referral hospital: A prospective observational study. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:838-47.
19. Pravin RR, Huang BX, Sultana R, Tan CW, Goh KJ, Chan MY, Ng HJ, Phua GC, Lee JH, Wong JJ. Mortality trends of oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systemic review and meta-analysis. J Intensive Care Med 2021;37(4):555-564.
20. Chai HZ, Teo CW, Ng LS, Hui SLY, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Wong J, Leong CKL, Goh KJ. Rapid training of non-intensivists using an online critical care course during COVID-19. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:503-7.
21. Goh KJ, Lee P, Foo AZX, Tan EH, Ong HS, Hsu AAL. Characteristics and outcomes of airway involvement in esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2021;112(3):912-920.
22. Goh KJ, Tan QL, Tay CK, Sewa DW, Lee KCH, Phua GC. Impact of an extracorporeal membrane intensivist-lead multidisciplinary team on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes. Crit Care Explor 2020;2(12):e0297.
23. Lee KCH, Tan S, Goh KJ, Hsu AAL, Low SY. Long-term outcomes of tracheobronchial stenosis due to tuberculosis (TBTB) in symptomatic patients: airway intervention vs. conservative management. J Thorac Dis 2020;12(7);3640-50.
24. Siew MH, Li SY, Goh KJ, Leong CK. Coronavirus disease 2019: Challenges and practical solitions in the intensive care unit. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2020. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2010105820941878.
25. Wong J, Ng SY, Goh MH, Tan KH, Chai HZ, Goh KJ, Soh CR. Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in a COVID-19 pandemic. SMJ 2020;1-9.
26. Goh KJ, Chai HZ, Ong TH, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Tan QT. Early prediction of high flow nasal cannula therapy outcomes using a modified ROX index incorporating heart rate. J Intensive Care 2020;8:41.
27. Goh KJ, Wong J, Tien JC, Ng SY, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Leong CK. Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations and strategies. Crit Care 2020;24:215.
28. Goh KJ, Choong MC, Cheong EH, Kalimuddin S, Duu Wen S, Phua GC, Chan KS, Haja Mohideen S. Rapid progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome: review of current understanding of critical illness from COVID-19 infection. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2020;49(3):108-18.
29. Goh KJ, Takano A, Koh MS, Tiew PY, Chong CS, Tay CK. A 53-year-old Man presenting with diplopia and cavitary lung nodules. Chest 2019;155(4):e107-12.
30. Goh KJ, Soh RY, Leow LC, Toh ST, Song PR, Hao Y, Lee KCH, Tan GL, Ong TH. Choosing the right mask for your Asian patient with sleep apnoea: A randomized, crossover trial of CPAP interfaces. Respirology 2019;24(3):278-85.
31. Goh KJ, Koh MS, Tay CK. The aftermath of relieving an upper airway obstruction. A case of post-obstructive pulmonary edema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018;198(8):e106-8.
32. Goh KJ, Yii ACA, Lapperre TS, Chan AKW, Chew FT, Chotirmall SH, Koh MS. Sensitization to aspergillus species is associated with frequent exacerbations in severe asthma. Journal of Asthma and Allergy 2017;10:131-40.
33. Liu N, Goh JY, Lin ZP, Koh ZX, Chong SF, Haaland B, Khin LW, Ting BP, Shahidah N, Ong MEH. Validation of a risk scoring model for prediction of acute cardiac complications in chest pain patients presenting to the Emergency Department. International Journal of Cardiology 2014;176(3):1091-3.
34. Liu N, Koh ZX, Goh JY, Lin ZP, Haaland B, Ting BP, Ong ME. Prediction of adverse cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain using machine learning for variable selection. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2014;14:75.
35. Ong MEH, Goh JY, Chong SF, Haaland B, Khin LW, Koh ZX, Shahidah N, Lin ZP. Heart rate variability risk score for prediction of acute cardiac complications in ED patients with chest pain. Am J Emerg Med 2013;31(8):1201–7.
36. Ong MEH, Ng CH, Goh JY, Liu N, Koh ZX, Shahidah N, Zhang TT, Chong FS, Lin ZP. Prediction of cardiac arrest in critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department using a machine learning score incorporating heart rate variability compared with the modified early warning score. Crit Care 2012;16(3):R108.
37. Teo KK, Goh JY, Ng ZJ, Koo S, Yim EKF. Functional reconstruction of corneal endothelium using nanotopography for tissue engineering applications. Acta Biomater 2012;8(8):2941-52.