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Dr Ang Teck Wee Andrew

Dr Ang Ang Teck Wee Andrew

MBBS, M Med (Family Med), MCFP(Singapore), FCFP(Singapore)

Senior Consultant

Clinic Director, SHP-Eunos

Specialty: Family Medicine

Clinical Appointments

  • Clinic Director, SHP-Eunos
  • Senior Consultant, SingHealth Polyclinics

Academic Appointments

  • Core Faculty, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency - 2015 to Present
  • Duke-NUS Medical School
  • NUS Clinical Faculty Scheme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  • Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) , Division of Graduate Medical Studies, NUS

Profile

Dr Andrew Ang completed his medical undergraduate studies in 2004 at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and served in National Service as a Brigade medical officer and subsequently as a HQ Medical Corps Staff officer. He obtained his MMED (Family Medicine) degree from NUS in 2011 and was conferred the Collegiate Membership MCFP(S) in 2014 after which he went on to complete the Fellowship Programme FCFP(S) from the College of Family Physician Singapore in 2015. 

He is currently a Senior Consultant Family Physician and Clinic Director of Eunos Polyclinic and played a key role in the planning and initiation of clinical services at the new Eunos polyclinic which started operating on 17 Dec 2021. Other key roles include administration and execution of clinic programmes, special clinics (Health Wellness clinic, GRACE memory clinic), driving improvement initiatives in clinical outcomes and clinical medical manpower management. 

On the clinical front, he is the co-lead for Cardiovascular workgroup in SingHealth Polyclinics and helms the nephrology and hypertension portfolios. He is also the SingHealth Family Physician Lead for the MOH HALT-CKD programme which aims to improve CKD care via CKD retardation interventions. Apart from clinical work, he is also actively involved in medical education as Clinical Physician Faculty Member in the SingHealth Family Medicine Residency programme where his work includes supporting residency training. Besides residents, he also teaches medical undergraduates as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Duke-NUS Medical School and Clinical lecturer of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.


Education

  • ​FCFP (Singapore) - 2015
  • MCFP (Singapore) - 2014
  • M Med (Family Med) - 2011
  • MBBS - 2004 

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinic Director, SHP-Eunos, Present
  • Clinical Lead, Clinical Carepath Taskgroup, SingHealth Polyclinics, 2020 to Present
  • Deputy Clinic Director, SHP-Eunos, 2020 to 2024
  • Clinic Academic Lead, SHP-Eunos, July 2021 to June 2023
  • Family Physician Lead, HALT-CKD MOH Programme, 2017 to Present
  • Core Faculty, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency, 2015 to 2024
  • Deputy Clinic Leader, Cardiovascular Workgroup, SingHealth Polyclinics, 2017 to Present
  • Member, Medical Education Committee, SingHealth Polyclinics, 2012 to Present
  • CKD Appropriate Care Guidelines (ACG) Expert Group member, Dec 2020 to Present

Awards

  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2021: COVID-19 Heroes Award
  • Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Award Winners 2018: Outstanding Faculty Award
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award: Silver Award 2018
  • 5th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference. Best Poster Presenter Award. Title: Insomnia and Healthcare utilization in Primary Care (2015)
  • Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards – Gold Award (2014)
  • Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards – Silver Award (2012)
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver Award (2012)

Research Interests

Publications

  • Lim CC, Ang ATW, Kadir HBA, Lee PH, Goh BQ, Harikrishnan S, Kwek JL, Gan SSW, Choo JCJ, Tan NC. Short-Course Systemic and Topical Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: Impact on Adverse Renal Events in Older Adults with Co-Morbid Disease. Drugs & Aging. 2021 Feb;38(2):147-156
  • Cynthia Lim Ci Wei, Tan Ngiap Chuan, Andrew Ang Teck Wee, Nicholas Quek Wei Sheng, Jason Choo Chon Jun. To give or not to give - no dearth of explicit guidelines on potentially inappropriate prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to older adults. Internal Medicine Journal. 49 (2019) 1461-1462
  • Ang TW. The effectiveness of corticosteroid injection in the treatment of plantar fasciitis. Singapore Med J 2015; 56(8): 423-432

Research Trials