Cardioversion specialists in Singapore

Abdul Razakjr Bin OmarMRCP (UK)

Heart · Singapore

Dr Abdul Razakjr Bin Omar is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He treats general cardiology and cardiac arrhythmia, particularly conditions like palpitation, fainting and sudden cardiac arrest. He also performs cardiac catheterisation study and interventional therapy including minimally invasive, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac electrophysiology study, radiofrequency catheter ablation, and implantation of pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators. He was a former consultant cardiologist and clinical director, cardiac electrophysiology and pacing at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. He later joined a private hospital as its consultant cardiologist. He was made managing partner and later deputy medical director there. Dr Abdul Razakjr graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and obtained his master’s there. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan award to do cardiology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. He was conferred as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine and the American College of Cardiology. He has more than 25 years of clinical experience. He is an assistant professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He was also an adjunct associate professor at Lee Kong Chian/Imperial College London School of Medicine. Dr Abdul Razakjr has been invited as a lecturer and faculty for local and international cardiology meetings. He was also involved in scientific research and his works were published in peer-reviewed international journals. He was the specialty editor of the Singapore Medical Journal and honorary secretary of the Singapore Medical Association. He is a board member of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the previous chairman of the outreach committee at NKF. Currently, he is the chairman of the MediFund committee, Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital and a member of People’s Association, Ang Mo Kio Community Club Management Committee. He also sits on the Singapore Medical Council’s complaints panel. He was the member of the board of trustees for the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and was a member of academic advisory committee of SIT. Notably, he was appointed by the Honourable Chief Justice to be a member of inquiry panel and was also appointed as member of the committee to review the salaries of the president, prime minister, political appointment holders and members of Parliament. In 2013, Dr Abdul Razakjr was conferred the Berita Harian, Singapore Press Holdings, Achiever of the Year award.

Chan Wan Xian

Heart · Singapore

Dr Chan Wan Xian is a cardiologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. Her clinical expertise includes heart failure and management of patients with mechanical hearts, valvular heart diseases, and cardiac imaging including echocardiography and nuclear cardiology techniques. She pursued subspecialisation training in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation at the Toronto University Health Network in Canada. She completed her advanced specialist training in cardiology at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) in 2009. She also received training in cardiomyopathies and cardiac imaging (including nuclear cardiology imaging and echocardiography). Subsequently, Dr Chan was awarded team scholarship and pursued further training in women’s heart health services at the Mayo Clinic in USA and the Ottawa Heart Institute in Canada. She was a former senior consultant and co-director of the women’s heart health service at NUHCS. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of the department of medicine at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in NUS. During her time at NUHCS, Dr Chan led the transitional and home care services for complex heart failure patients. She was awarded the Outstanding Collaborating Physician Award in 2016 at the National University Hospital in Singapore. The initiative also won Merit award in the Quality Improvement project (CareHub pilot project in cardiac patients) in 2016.

Chia Stanley

Heart · Singapore

Dr Stanley Chia is an interventional cardiologist and physician at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. He is experienced in managing complex coronary artery disease and a variety of other cardiovascular diseases and conditions. He also handles difficult coronary interventional procedures such as left main disease, chronic total occlusions, and calcified lesions. He was awarded the British Heart Foundation Scholarship Scheme and Junior Research Fellowship to undertake cardiovascular medicine research in a doctoral programme at the University of Edinburgh from 2000 – 2002. He completed his cardiology advanced specialty training at the National Heart Centre Singapore, and has been certified as a specialist in cardiology since 2006. Dr Chia was a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and an interventional cardiology fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. Prior to leaving for private practice, he was a senior consultant cardiologist and interventional cardiologist at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He was concurrently a clinical senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore’s faculty of medicine, and the director of the cardiology residency programme. Dr Chia made significant contributions to cardiology education and training. Currently, he is the deputy chairman of the SingHealth Institution Research Ethics Committee, and previously also served as a member of the National Medical Research Council Scientific Review Panel. He presented and published his research on advanced intravascular imaging techniques like optical coherence tomography to provide insight into the development of coronary artery disease. He further developed his clinical expertise in interventional cardiology and specialised in structural heart and coronary interventional procedures. He has published extensively on cardiovascular research in international peer-reviewed journals. He continues to play a major role in organising and speaking at numerous international and local cardiology conferences.

Chiam Toon Lim Paul

Heart · Singapore

Dr Paul Chiam is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. He is one of the few surgeons in Singapore with experience in performing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Dr Chiam subspecialises in interventional cardiology, and previously spent 18 months at the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York gaining hands-on experience in complex coronary angioplasty, carotid artery stenting, peripheral artery angioplasty, and structural heart disease (heart valve) interventions. He later spent 3 months training in intracranial angioplasty and stenting in the department of endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Buffalo. He graduated on the Dean’s list from the National University of Singapore, and completed his postgraduate Master of Medicine examination, where he won the G.A. Ransome Gold Medal. He is an adjunct associate professor at the National University of Singapore. He was the secretary general of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC) from 2016 – 2019. He was also a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Peripheral Vascular Disease Section Leadership Council from 2014 – 2017. Dr Chiam is well-recognised in the field of interventional cardiology, and has been invited as a guest faculty or speaker to major international cardiovascular conferences such as the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, and American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. He has also been invited as a case operator to conduct workshops and to perform cases during 'live transmissions' in complex coronary interventions, peripheral artery interventions and mitral valvuloplasties in Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan and China. He has published extensively in cardiovascular journals, and won the SingHealth Publish! Award in 2012 for a paper published in a major cardiovascular journal.

Chow Hui Jeremy

Heart · Singapore

Dr Jeremy Chow is a cardiologist practising at Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. His clinical interests are in arrhythmia management and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. He is skilled in the implant of pacemakers and defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapy, coronary angiography, electrophysiology studies and ablation. He completed his fellowship at Kerckhoff Klinik, Germany, where he specialised in interventional electrophysiology and complex cardiac device management. He was formerly a consultant cardiologist at Changi General Hospital and a visiting consultant at the National Heart Centre. He is currently a visiting consultant at the National University Hospital. He is a clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Asian Pacific Heart Rhythm Society. An avid contributor to cardiology education and training, Dr Chow’s works are evident in cardiac journals and he is regularly invited to speak at international medical conferences.

Chua Chi Ming Kelvin

Heart · Singapore

Dr Kelvin Chua is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in arrhythmia care in the field of electrophysiology and pacing. He has special interests in sudden cardiac death, ablations of complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, and the use of novel pacing and ablation strategies including conduction system pacing, ultra-high-density mapping, cryoablation, and pulse-field ablation. Prior to joining private practice, he was a senior consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), where he led the electrophysiology service at Sengkang General Hospital and was instrumental in setting up the specialist outpatient clinic there. He also established several key clinical programmes at NHCS including cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation, fluoroscopy-reduction ablation techniques, and conduction system pacing. Dr Chua graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians, UK as well as a master's degree and certificate of specialist accreditation (cardiology). He pursued his subspecialty clinical fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA, and the University of Chicago, USA, where he acquired expertise in the management of complex arrhythmias and cardiac implantable electronic devices. He also received his accreditation from the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners as a certified electrophysiology specialist – adult cardiology. His research interests during that time were electrocardiographic predictors of sudden cardiac death, ultra-high-density mapping to delineate atrionodal connections, substrates correlating with critical isthmuses in ventricular tachycardia, and device algorithms for early detection of lead dislodgements. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. Dr Chua was a clinical assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He is a fellow at local and international cardiovascular societies including the Academy of Medicine Singapore, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society. He organises and speaks at major conferences, public forums and engagements with physicians from all specialities to improve accessibility and level of care to patients. Dr Chua was awarded several Singapore Health Quality Service Awards.

Dr. Baldev Singh

Heart · Singapore

Senior Consultant cardiologist and intensivist specializing in interventional and preventive cardiology with extensive clinical and academic experience.

Dr. Bernard Kwok 郭永权医生

Heart · Singapore

Senior Consultant cardiologist and transplant specialist with expertise in heart failure, transplantation, and exercise physiology.

Dr. Brian Khoo 邱崇和医生

Heart · Singapore

Interventional cardiologist specializing in complex coronary procedures, heart attack management, and cardiac screening.

Heart · Singapore

Cardiologist specializing in women’s heart health, heart failure, and cardio-oncology with expertise in advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr. Chan Wan Xian 田宛仙医生

Heart · Singapore

Cardiologist specializing in heart failure, women’s heart health, and advanced cardiac imaging including echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Dr. Chuang Hsuan-Hung 庄玄鸿医生

20+ years of experience · Heart · Singapore

Cardiologist and heart failure intensivist specializing in heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac imaging, and sports & preventive cardiology.