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Dr Lee Phong Ching

Dr Lee Phong Ching

MBChB, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin)

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Endocrinology

Sub-specialties: Diabetes, General Endocrinology, Obesity

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Endocrinology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Director Obesity Centre Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme
  • Core Faculty, SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency
  • Physician Faculty, SingHealth Endocrinology Residency

Profile

Dr Lee Phong Ching is a Senior Consultant Endocrinologist at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). In 2016, he spent a year-long clinical fellowship at the Baker IDI Institute in Melbourne with a focus on clinical obesity research and management. His area of clinical interest is in obesity and its clinical, psychological and social impact on health and has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals on these areas.

He is the current Director of the SGH Obesity Centre and has led several initiatives at the multidisciplinary centre including the videoconsultation service and the collaborative prescribing service involving senior pharmacists and advanced practice nurses.

Education

  • ​The University of Edinburgh, MBChB
  • MRCP (UK)
  • FRCP (Edin)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

  1. Wee Z, Ganguly S, Tham KW, Lim CH, Tan JTH, Lee PC. Renal Outcomes 1 Year After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in a Multi-ethnic Asian Cohort. Obes Surg. 2021 Sep 29.
  2. Tan SYT, Syn NL, Lin DJ, Lim CH, Ganguly S, Ong HS, Tan JTH, Lee PC. Centile Charts for Monitoring of Weight Loss Trajectories After Bariatric Surgery in Asian Patients. Obesity Surgery. 2021 Aug.
  3. Maung AC, Kerwen AK, Lee PC. Hypokalaemic rhabdomyolysis as initial presentation of primary aldosteronism. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2021 Jun;51(2):149-152.
  4. Tan SYT, Tham KW, Ganguly S, Tan HC, Xin X, Lew HYF, Lim CH, Tan J, Chong KY, Lee PC. The Impact of Bariatric Surgery Compared to Medical Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Subjects with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Obes Surg. 2021 Feb;31(2):829-837.
  5. Yao J, Kovalik JP, Lai OF, Lee PC, Eng A, Chan WH, Lim E, Bee YM, Tan HC. Effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on concentration and composition of bile acids in an Asian population with morbid obesity. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. August 2020.
  6. Lim CH, Lee PC, Lim E, Eng A, Chan WH, Tan HC, Ho E, Kovalik JP, Ganguly S, Tan J. Resolution of Erosive Esophagitis After Conversion from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg. 2020 Dec;30(12):4751-4759.
  7. Ozdemir S, Baid D, Verghese NR, Lam AYR, Lee PC, Lim AYY, Zhu L, Ganguly S, Finkelstein EA, Goh SY. Patient Preferences for Medications in Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Value in Health. 2020 Jul; 23(7): 842-850.
  8. Syn NL, Lee PC, Kovalik J, Tham KW, Ong HS, Chan WH, Tan CS, Lim CH. Associations of Bariatric Interventions With Micronutrient and Endocrine Disturbances. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(6):e205123.
  9. Lee PC, Dixon JB, Sim PY, Lim CH. Treatment Options for Poor Responders to Bariatric Surgery. Curr Obes Rep 2020 Sep;9(3):364-372.
  10. Tan SYT, Loi PL, Lim CH, Ganguly S, Syn NL, Tham KW, Tan HC, Chan WH, Wong HM, Lee PC. Preoperative Weight Loss via Very Low Caloric Diet (VLCD) and Its Effect on Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery. Obes Surg. 2020 Jun;30(6):2099-2107.
  11. Lee PC, Ganguly S, Tan HC, Lim CH, Chan WH, Kovalik JP, Eng A, Tan J, Lim E, Chua J, Tham KW. Attitudes and perceptions of the general public on obesity and its treatment options in Singapore. Obes Res Clin Pract. Jul-Aug 2019;13(4):404-407.
  12. Tham KW, Lee PC, Lim CH. Weight Management in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Medical and Surgical Options. Sleep Med Clin. 2019 Mar;14(1):143-153.
  13. Lee PC, Ganguly S, Dixon JB, Tan HC, Lim CH, Tham KW. Nutritional Deficiencies in Severe Obesity: a Multiethnic Asian Cohort. Obes Surg. 2019 Jan; 29(1):166-171.
  14. Lim CH, Lee PC, Lim E, Tan J, Chan WH, Tan HC, Ganguly S, Tham KW, Eng A. Correlation Between Symptomatic Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Erosive Esophagitis (EE) Post-vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG). Obes Surg. 2019 Jan; 29(1):207-214.
  15. Yao J, Kovalik JP, Lai OF, Lee PC, Eng A, Chan WH, Tham KW, Lim E, Bee YM, Tan HC. Comprehensive Assessment of the Effects of Sleeve Gastrectomy on Glucose, Lipid, and Amino Acid Metabolism in Asian Individuals with Morbid Obesity. Obes Surg. 2019 Jan; 29(1):149-158.
  16. Lee PC, Ganguly S, Goh SY. Weight loss associated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibition: a review of evidence and underlying mechanisms. Obes Rev. 2018 Dec; 19(12):1630-1641.
  17. Lee PC, Tan HC, Pasupathy S, Ganguly S, Eng AKH, Nadkarni N, Tham KW. Effectiveness of bariatric surgery in diabetes prevention in high-risk Asian individuals. Singapore Med J. 2018 Sep; 59(9):472-475.
  18. Lee PC, Hare MJL, Bach LA. Making sense of newer treatment options for type 2 diabetes. Intern Med J. 2018 Jul;48(7):762-769.
  19. Lee PC, Tham KW, Ganguly S, Tan HC, Eng AKH, Dixon JB. Ethnicity Does Not Influence Glycemic Outcomes or Diabetes Remission After Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass in a Multiethnic Asian Cohort. Obes Surg. 2018 Jun; 28: 1511.
  20. Dixon JB, Eaton L, Curry C, and Lee PC. Health outcomes and explant rates after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: a phase 4, multicenter study over 5 years. Obesity (2018) 26, 45-52.
  21. Lee PC, Dixon J. Medical devices for the treatment of obesity. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep;14(9):553-64.
  22. Lee PC, Dixon J. Pharmacotherapy for obesity. Australian Family Physician. 2017;46:472-7.
  23. Lee PC, Dixon J. Bariatric–metabolic surgery: A guide for the primary care physician. Australian Family Physician. 2017;46:465-71.
  24. Lee PC, Dixon J. Food for thought: Reward mechanisms and hedonic overeating in obesity. Curr Obes Rep. 2017 Oct 19. doi: 10.1007/s13679-017-0280-9.
  25. Bee YM, Batcagan-Abueg AP, Chei CL, Do YK, Haaland B, Goh SY, Lee PC, Chiam PP, Ho ET, Matchar DB. A Smartphone Application to Deliver a Treat-to-Target Insulin Titration Algorithm in Insulin-Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Oct;39(10):e174-6.
  26. Lee PC, Kek PC, Soh AWE. Hyperglycemia-associated Hemichorea-hemiballism: The Spectrum of Clinical Presentation. Intern Med. 2015;54(15):1881-4.
  27. Ganguly S, Tan HC, Lee PC, Tham KW. Metabolic bariatric surgery and type 2 diabetes mellitus: an endocrinologist’s perspective. J Biomed Res. 2015 Apr; 29(2): 105–111.
  28. Lee PC, Tham KW, Tan HC, Pasupathy S. Impact of bariatric surgery on the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2013 Jul;54(7):382-6.

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