Profile
Dr Lau completed his medical undergraduate studies at the University of Malaya in 2009. He subsequently completed his specialist training with the SingHealth Services Emergency Medicine Residency Program in 2018.
Dr Lau joined the Department of Emergency Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital as an Associate Consultant in 2018 and he currently serves as consultant since 2020.
Dr Lau has a keen interest in critical care and medical law and ethics. He is currently pursuing a Master degree of Medical Law and Ethics in University of Edinburgh, UK.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Clinical Assistant Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of medicine
- Clinical Assistant Professor, DUKE-NUS medical School
- Adjunct Teaching Faculty, Lee Kong Chian school of medicine
- Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support course
- Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support course
- Member, Royal college of Emergency Medicine, United Kingdom
- Member, National Post Cardiac-arrest Survivorship workgroup
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Awards
- National Awards (COVID 19) 2023
- SingHealth Doctors and Dentists Long Service Award 2022
- HMDP award 2022/23
- Excellence in teaching award EM ACP, Singhealth AY2020/2021
- Excellence in teaching award EM ACP, Singhealth AY2018/2019
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Publications
- Bulbar signs in normal population. Lim KS, Hew YC, Lau HK, Lim TS, Tan CT. Can J Neurol Sci. 2009;36(1):60-64.doi:10.1017/s0317167100006326
- Demographic pattern of carbon monoxide poisoning fatalities in Kuala Lumpur. OP Murthy, Lau HK, Siti RM, Norhazlina Y, Siti Sairah BZ. Mal J For Path Sci 2010; 5(3): 35-52.
- Penetrating Thoracic Injury and Fatal Aortic Transection from the Barb of a Stingray. Lau HK, Chua ISY, Ponampalam R. Wilderness Environ Med. 2020;31(1):78-81. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2019.09.004
- Regular versus extended shift outbreak roster in the emergency department and its impact on staff well-being. Pothiawala S, Lau HK, Annathurai A. Emerg Med J2020;37:468.doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-210247
- Cervicofacial Emphysema Complicating a Dental Procedure. Lau HK, Pothiawala S. J Emerg Med 2020. Article in press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.021
- Kshitij R, Lau HK, R Ponampalam. Vertebral artery dissection mimicking migraine: A case report. Emerg Med Open J. 2021; 7(1): 21-24. doi: 10.17140/EMOJ-7-162
- Yeo JW, Ng ZHC, Goh AXC, Gao JF, Liu N, Lam SWS, Chia YW, Perkins GD, Ong MEH, Ho AFW; National Targeted Temperature Management Workgroup. Impact of Cardiac Arrest Centers on the Survival of Patients With Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jan 4;11(1):e023806. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023806
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