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Dr Shim Hang Hock

Dr Shim Hang Hock

​MBBS, MMed, MRCP(UK)

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Sub-specialties: Therapeutic Endoscopy, Small Bowel Enteroscopy, Capsule Endoscopy

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Instructor SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme

Profile

​Dr Shim Hang Hock is a graduate of University of Southampton School of Medicine. He was trained and has since been practicing in Singapore General Hospital. During which, Dr Shim completed his postgraduate medical degree in internal medicine [MRCP (UK) and M.Med] and gastroenterology subspecialty training. Dr Shim subsequently advanced his training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) by completing a year of fellowship at University of Calgary, Canada, one of the largest IBD units in the world. His practice specialises in the care of patients with gastrointestinal and hepatology disorders, in particular, patients with complex inflammatory bowel disease refractory to conventional treatment, and special population including pregnancy in IBD.

Dr Shim is currently a consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital.

Education

  • ​Certificate of specialist accreditation (Gastroenterology), Specialist Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore
  • Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine, Singapore)
  • Member of Royal College of Physician (UK)
  • Bachelor of Medicine (UK)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  • Chairman, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service Committee, Singapore General Hospital
  • Member, Singapore Gastroenterology Society
  • Clinical Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Gastroenterology Senior Residency Program

Awards

  • ​SingHealth Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award Financial Year 2015/2016
  • Best Registrar Award 2014, 2015
  • Best House Officer Award 2007

Research Interests

Publications

​HH Shim, CH Seow. Chapter 10. Cessation of biologics in IBD. Can it be done? Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Biologics. Ed. A Cheifetz, Ed. J Feuerstein. Springer. (In press)

Webber Chan, Hang Hock Shim, Miao Shan Lim, et al. Symptoms of anxiety and depression are independently associated with inflammatory bowel disease-related disability. Digestive and Liver Disease, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2017.08.020

Shim HH, Seow CH. Editorial: vedolizumab in pregnancy – is gut selectivity as good for baby as it is for mum? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2017; 45: 1283–4.

Goh BB, C Kwan, SY Lim, NKK Venkatanarasimha, RA Bakar, TL Krishnamoorthy, HH Shim, KH Tay, WC Chow. Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease–An Asian Community Based Study. Gastroenterology Report 2016 May;4(2):131-5. DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gov047. PubMed: 26463276

Y. Leung *, HH. Shim*, SM. Lee, E. Ehteshami Afshar, N. Sharifi, D. Tanyingoh, M. Aghaei, R. Wilkens, SR. Wilson, KL. Novak, R. Panaccione, and CH. Seow. Bowel Sonography Is Useful In Detecting Subclinical Inflammation In Pregnant Women With Crohn’s Disease And Changes Clinical Management; oral presentation; Asian Organization of Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC) 2017

HM Al-Farhan, AK Al-Darmaki, HH Shim, CH Seow, GG Kaplan, R.Pannacione, SR Wilson, J Halasz and KL Novak. Point of Care Ultrasound Accurately Distinguishes Inflammatory From Non Inflammatory Disease In Patients Presenting With Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea; poster abstract, Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2017; poster abstract, European Crohn’s and Colitis (ECCO) 2017

HH Shim*, C Ma*, H AlFarhan, A Al-Darmaki, JXQ Pang, CH Seow, RN Fedorak, SM Devlin, LA Dieleman, GG Kaplan, KL Novak, KI Kroeker, BP Halloran, and R Panaccione. Preoperative Ustekinumab Treatment Is Not Associated With Increased Postoperative Complications in Crohn’s Disease Patients: A Multicentre Canadian Provincial Experience; poster abstract; Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2017

SM Lee, ZY Zhang, ME Kuenzig, HH Shim, R Panaccione, GG Kaplan, CH Seow. Smoking Does Not Influence the Effectiveness of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapies in Patients with Crohn’s Disease in the Short Term: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; poster abstract; Canadian Digestive Disease Week (CDDW) 2017

HH Shim*, C Ma*, H AlFarhan, AK Aldarmaki, JXQ Pang, CH Seow, RN Fedorak, SM Devlin, LA Dieleman, GG Kaplan, KL Novak, KI Kroeker, BP Halloran, R Panaccione. Postoperative outcomes among ustekinumab treated Crohn’s disease patients: a multicentre Canadian provincial experience; poster abstract; Canadian Digestive Disease Week (CDDW) 2017

Chuah SW, Delord P, Sutiman N, Leong WF, Kong SC, Schwender B, Chan PW, Shim HH, Aw HY, Ong EH, Hartono J, Lim WC, Ong C, Ong PL, Ling KL, Chowbay B. Therapeutic drug monitoring of thiopurines in the management of Asian patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Poster Abstract; ECCO 2016; best oral presentation; APAGE 2016

Sutiman N, Ling KL, Chuah SW, Leong WF, Nadiger V, Tjai M, Kong SC, Schwender B, Chan W, Shim HH, Khor CC, Cheung YB, Chowbay B. Predictive role of NUDT15 variants on thiopurine-induced myelotoxicity in Asian inflammatory bowel disease patients; oral presentation; APAGE 2016

HH Shim, GBB Goh, C Kwan, SY Lim, NKK Venkatanarasimha, RA Bakar, DSM Lau, TL Krishnamoorthy, KH Tay, WC Chow. Perceptions of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – A Community Based Study; poster abstract; Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2015

WPW Chan, HH Shim, SF Leila Bahjin, SP Isaac, SW Chuah, CSC Kong. Relationship between psychological factors and inflammatory bowel disease-related disability in Singapore; poster abstract; United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) 2015

Koay DSC., Salazar E., Tan CK., Chang JPE., Ong WC., Shim HH., Ngu JH. Autoimmune Hepatitis in Singapore: High prevalence of drug-induced cases secondary to herbal medicine; poster abstract; Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2015

Koay DSC., Salazar E., Tan CK., Chang JPE., Ong WC., Shim HH., Ngu JH. High incidence of drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis secondary to herbal medicine in Singapore; poster abstract; Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) 2015

XY Li, BB Goh, HH Shim, YH Loh, WC Chow. Fructose intake and dietary habits in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Oral presentation; SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress 2014

Shim HH, Salazar E, Chuah SW, Ling K, Thia K,Ooi CJ, Kong SC. Study of the significance between thiopurine induced lymphopenia and inflammatory bowel disease relapses; poster abstract; Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW)/ World Congress of Gastroenterology (WCG) 2013
*Joint co-first author

Research Trials