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Dr Bok Chek Wai

Dr Bok Chek Wai

​MBBS, M Med (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Rehabilitation Medicine

Sub-specialties: General Rehabilitation

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Bok completed his training in Rehabilitation Medicine in Singapore and was subsequently awarded a Fellowship in Neurorehabilitation from Harvard Medical School in 2008. He is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in Singapore General Hospital and Program Director for Senior Residency Programme in Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr Bok has a special interest in Neurorehabilitation especially in the management and rehabilitation of stroke and spinal cord injury patients.
 
He is the Honorary Treasurer of the Society of Rehabilitation Medicine in Singapore and is also a member of the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

Education

  • National University of Singapore - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 1998 
  • MRCP (UK), Master of Medicine (Int Med) Singapore, 2003
  • Completed Advanced Specialist Training in Rehabilitation Medicine in Singapore, 2007
  • Fellowship in Neurorehabilitation, Harvard Medical School (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, USA), 2008

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Program Director, Senior Residency Programme – Rehabilitation Medicine 
  • Honorary Treasurer, Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (Singapore) 
  • Member, International Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Member, Singapore Medical Association

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

  • Ng YS, Jung HY, Bok CW, Tay SS, Chiong Y, Lim PAC. Results from a prospective acute inpatient rehabilitation database : clinical characteristics and functional outcomes using the Functional Independence Measure. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007;36(1):3-10 
  • Karen Chua SG, Ng YS, Samantha Yap GM, Bok CW. A brief review of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007;36(1):31-42
  • Bok CW. Stroke in young adults in Singapore – demographics, clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes. Presentation at 5th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, June 2009.
  • Bok CW, Ng YS, Lim PAC: Rehabilitation of patients with physical de-conditioning – A look at laboratory markers, functional outcomes and lengths of stay. Ann Acad Med Singapore 34 (9, Suppl): S127, Oct 2005

Research Trials