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Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Shim Hang Hock

Dr. Shim Hang Hock

Gastroenterology & Hepatology specialist

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Fellowship · Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Calgary, Canada

Gleneagles Hospital · Singapore, Singapore · ≈1h 50m direct from Jakarta

Speaks Malay, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, English

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About Dr. Shim

Dr Shim Hang Hock is a gastroenterologist at Gleneagles Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. He has subspecialty interest in inflammatory bowel disease (ie. ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease) and digestive cancer screening. Dr Shim formally practised clinical gastroenterology and general hepatology in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) where he served as the director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre and currently continues to be a visiting consultant. An avid educator, Dr Shim was appointed as adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine from University of Southampton, UK, in 2007 and was accredited as specialist in gastroenterology in 2015. In 2016, he was awarded the Healthcare Manpower Development Programme scholarship by Ministry of Health, Singapore to undergo advanced fellowship under the mentorship of Professors Remo Panaccione and Cynthia Seow at Calgary, Canada, one of the largest Inflammatory Bowel Disease units in the world. Dr Shim has published numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapter in high impact medical journals. He has also been an invited peer reviewer for medical journals and is closely involved in multiple clinical trials. These reflect his clinical expertise in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) field, especially in managing patients with complicated disease, use of novel therapies, and pregnancy in IBD. Dr Shim sits on medical advisory boards and is regularly invited as a faculty/speaker in medical conferences both locally and regionally. He was a key member of the small bowel endoscopy service, and also contributed to the colorectal cancer screening service during his term in SGH. A firm believer in holistic, patient centric care, he is well-liked by his patients and has won several service-related awards for his dedicated care and service excellence.

Credentials

  • Bachelor of Medicine – University of Southampton, UK
  • Fellowship · Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Calgary, Canada

Where Dr. Shim practises.

Gleneagles Hospital
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Gleneagles Hospital

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Singapore, Singapore · ≈1h 50m direct from Jakarta

221-bed private hospital in Singapore that houses a comprehensive range of specialist, diagnostic and imaging services. At Gleneagles, we're On Your Side.

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First pediatric living donor liver transplant in SEA (2002) · JCI-accredited since 2006 - among first in Singapore · 221 beds with 160+ specialists across 30 specialties · Part of IHH Healthcare - 65+ years of service

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Khmer · Mandarin · Arabic · Bahasa Indonesia · Hindi · Vietnamese · Burmese · English · Bengali

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