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 1. PERSONAL PARTICULARS |
| Name : |
Dr Koh Wei Howe |
| Designation : |
Rheumatologist & Physician |
| Clinic Name/Address : |
Koh Wei Howe
Arthritis and Rheumatism Medical Clinic
3 Mount Elizabeth, #07-05, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510 |
| Date and Place of Birth : |
10th April 1961, Singapore |
| Marital Status : |
Married, 1 daughter, 1 son |
| 2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS |
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Year Obtained |
1. MBBS - National University of
Singapore |
1985 |
| 2. MRCP - United Kingdom |
1990 |
3. FAMS (Rheumatology) -
Singapore |
1994 |
| 4. FRCP - Edinburgh |
1998 |
| 5. FACR (USA) |
2005 |
| 3. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
1. Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology
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Honorary Secretary 1992
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Honorary Treasurer 1995
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Member of executive committee 1996 |
2. National Arthritis Foundation:
Member of Executive Committee - 1996,1997 |
3. Member of Organising Committee:
a) National Arthritis Foundation Jogathon 1991,1992
b) 4th ASEAN Congress of Rheumatology 1993
c) International League of Associations for Rheumatolgy (ILAR) Congress 1997
- Chairman, organising sub-committee of Allied Health Professional Meeting 1997. |
| 4. Singapore Ankylosing Spondylitis Club Medical Advisor : 1993 - Present |
| 5. Editor, Joint Action (NAF newsletter) - 1996 |
6. Member of Local Planning Committee of Instructional Course of Treatment of Low Back Pain, 24th Annual
Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 1997 |
7. President of Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (Singapore) : 1997- 2009 |
| 8. Editor, Arthritis News : 1997 - 2009 |
| 9. Member of the Singapore Lupus Research Study Group : 1996-1998 |
| 10. Member of Editorial Board - APLAR Journal of Rheumatology : 1998-2004 |
| 11. Member of the Quality Assurance Committee, Mount Elizabeth Hospital : 2001-2005 |
| 12. Member of the Medical Board, Mount Elizabeth Hospital : 2005 - 2007 |
| 13. Chairman, Therapeutic & Infection Committee, Mount Elizabeth Hospital : 2005 - 2007 |
| 4. PERSONAL MEMBERSHIP |
| 1. Singapore Society for Rheumatology:1991- |
| 2. National Arthritis Foundation – life member |
| 3. Lupus Association - life member |
| 4. Academy of Medicine, Singapore:1994- |
| 5. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh :1990 - |
| 6. General Medical Council, United Kingdom : 1991- 2000 |
| 7. British Society of Rheumatology : 1994- |
| 8. American College of Rheumatology : 1998 - |
| 5. OTHER MEMBERSHIP |
| 1. Member of Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee |
| 2. Member of 4th TTSH Annual Scientific Meeting organising committee |
3. Chairman,Organising Committee of Tan Tock Seng Hospital Public Forums:
a) Osteoarthritis - 19 November 1995
b) Rheumatoid Arthritis - 1 September 1996
c) Gout - 20 October 1996 |
4. Course Supervisor for Family Physician Continuing Medical Education Programme:
a) Short course in rheumatology for the family physician - 23 July 1995
b) Family physician rheumatology training course/arthritis shared care programme - 31 August to 28
September 1996. |
| 5. Partime clinical tutor, National University of Singapore 1991- 1998 |
| 6. Member of the Advisory Board of PRIME magazine |
| 6. TRAINING AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIP |
| 1. Ministry of Health,Singapore local Merit Scholar Medicine (1980-85), National University of Singapore |
2. HMDP Fellowship Award for Rheumatology,Ministry of Health (1993) at Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic
Diseases, Bath,United Kingdom. |
| 3. Best Cadet (Sword of Honour),Medical Officer Cadet Course, SAF 1987 |
| 7. PUBLICATION OF PAPERS |
| LOCAL Journals |
1. WH Koh ML Boey. Polyneuropathy following intra-muscular sodium aurothiomalate for rheumatoid arthritis - a
case report. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1992;21:821-2. |
2. WH Koh ML Boey. Open lung biopsy in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with pulmonary disease. Ann Acad
Med Singapore 1993;22:323-5. |
3. KH Leong, ML Boey, WT Poh, CYW Kwan, YS Lee, WH Koh PH Feng. Clinical usefulness of needle muscle biopsy
in twenty-four patients with proximal weakness. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1993;22:316-8. |
4. WH Koh HS Howe, ML Boey. Ankylosing spondylitis in Singaporean Chinese - a clinical profile. Singapore Med J
1993;34:518-20. |
5. WH Koh SC Chuah, HH Chng. Left ventricular myxoma, adrenal tumour and cutaneous vasculitis - a case report.
Singapore Med J 1995;36:328-30. |
6. WH Koh SC Chuah, HH Chng. Left ventricular myxoma, adrenal tumour and cutaneous vasculitis - a case report.
Author’s reply. Singapore Med J 1996;37:234. |
7. J Thumboo, WH Koh KH Leong, ML Boey, PH Feng. The safety of weekly low dose oral methotrexate in an Oriental
population with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1997;26:205-9. |
8. KY Fong, J Thumboo, ET Koh, HH Chng, KH Leong, WH Koh HS Howe, KP Leong, E Lim, DR Koh, SC Ng, PH
Feng, ML Boey. Systemic lupus erythematosus: Initial manifestations and clinical features after 10 years of
disease. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1997;26:278-81. |
9. WH Koh ML Boey. Ankylosing spondylitis in Singapore: A study of 150 patients and a local update. Ann Acad Med
Singapore 1998;27:3-6. |
10. WH Koh A Seah, P Chai. Clinical Presentation and disease associations of gout: a hospital based study of 100
patients in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1998;27:7-10. |
11. J Thumboo, KY Fong, HP Chia, HH Chng, ET Koh, KH Leong, WH Koh
, HS Howe, KP Leong, ML Boey, PH Feng.
Clinical predictors of nephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1998;27: 16-20. |
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| REGIONAL / INTERNATIONAL Journals |
1. KY Fong, ML Boey, WH Koh PH Feng. Cytokine concentrations in the synovial fluid and plasma of rheumatoid
arthritis patients: correlation with bony erosions. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1994;12:55-58. |
2. WH Koh KY Fong, ML Boey, PH Feng. Systemic lupus erythematosus in 61 oriental males. A study of clinical and
laboratory manifestations. Brit J Rheumatol 1994;33:339-342. |
3. SH Chan, YN Lin, GB Wee, WH Koh ML Boey. HLA Class 2 genes in Singaporean Chinese rheumatoid arthritis.
Brit J Rheumatol 1994;33:713-7. |
4. WH Koh J Dunphy, J Whyte, J Dixey, NJ McHugh. Characterisation of anti- cytoplasmic antibodies and their clinical
associations. Ann Rheum Dis 1995;54:269-73. |
5. HML Oh, WH Koh ML Boey. Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Drugs 49 (Suppl 2)1995: 486-7. |
6. WH Koh J Dunphy, J Dixey, A Calin, NJ McHugh, PJ Maddison. Atypical antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in
patients with ankylosing spondylitis letter). Brit J Rheumatol 1995;34:695-6. |
7. WH Koh NJ McHugh. Cytoplasmic staining, ANA negative status, and ENA testing in rheumatic diseases (reply).
Ann Rheum Dis 1995;53:779. |
8. S Jones, WH Koh A Steiner, S Garrett, A Calin. Fatigue in ankylosing spondylitis: Its prevalence and relationship to
disease activity, sleep and other factors. J Rheumatol 1996;23:487-90. |
9. EC Ren, WH Koh D Sim, ML Boey, GB Wee, SH Chan. Possible protective role of HLA-B2706 for ankylosing
spondylitis. Tissue Antigen 1997;49:67-69. |
10. WH Koh SH Chan, YN Lin, ML Boey. Association of HLA-DRB1*0405 with extra-articular manifestations and
erosions in Singaporean Chinese with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1997;24:629-32. |
11. HS Howe, JSL Wong, ZP Ding, C Sivathasan, B Ang, WH Koh PH Feng. Mycotic aneursym of a coronary artery in
SLE - a rare complication of salmonella infection. Lupus 1997;6:404-7. |
12. WH Koh I Pande, S Jones, A Samuels, A Calin. Low dose amitriptyline in ankylosing spondyltis: A short term,
double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Rheumatol 1997;24:2158-61. |
13. WH Koh SL Garrett, A Calin. Cervical spine surgery in ankylosing spondylitis: Is the outcome good? Clinical
Rheumatol 1997;16:466-470. |
14. WH Koh J Thumboo, ML Boey. Pulmonary hemorrhage in Oriental patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lupus 1997;6:713-6. |
15. KY Fong, ML Boey, WH Koh LL Cheong, C Chee, PH Feng. Hormonal profile in Oriental male patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus. APLAR J Rheumatol. 1997;1:107-10. |
16. J Thumboo, KY Fong, HH Chng, ET Koh, HP Chia, KH Leong, WH Koh et al. The effects of ethnicity on disease
patterns in 472 Orientals with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 1998;25:1299-304. |
17. ET Koh, A Seow, LY Pong, WH Koh L Chan, HS Howe, TH Lim, CH Low. Cross cultural adaption and validation of
Chinese Health Assessment Questionnaire for use in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1998;25:1705-8. |
18. TC Lau, PY Chong, WH Koh. A rare cause of chronic diarrhoea in rheumatoid arthritis. APLAR J Rheumatol
1998;2:68-71. |
19. KP Leong,NWS Tee, WM Yap, TSG Chee, ET Koh, and the Singapore Lupus Study Group. Nocardiosis in patients
with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 2000;27:1306-12. |
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| CHAPTER |
1. WH Koh. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy - Asian Perspective. In: HS Howe, PH Feng (Eds). Textbook of Clinical
Rheumatology. Singapore: National Arthritis Foundation; 1997 pp 148-151. |
2. WH Koh. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy. In YY Ong, KT Woo, HS Ng, P Tan,OT Tang (Eds). A Clinical Approach
to Medicine.( 2nd edition) Singapore: World Scientific Publishing; 2005pp 1507-17. |
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| OTHERS |
1. WH Koh
. Rheumatoid arthritis: A guide book for patients - 2001. |
2. Knowing your medicine : A practical guide for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis Society,
Singapore 2004. |
| 8. ABSTRACTS |
1. WH Koh, Fong KY, Boey ML, Feng PH. Male lupus in Singapore - clinical and laboratory features. 12th Annual
Scientific Meeting, Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. January 1992. |
2. Cytokine concentrations in the synovial fluid and plasma of rheumatoid arthritis patients. KY Fong, ML Boey,
WH Koh, PH Feng. 26th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine. August 1992. |
3. WH Koh, ML Boey, HS Howe. Ankylosing spondylitis in Singapore - a clinical profile. Combined Annual Scientific
Meeting; Chapter of Physicians and Gastroenterological Society of Singapore. January 1993. |
4. WH Koh, KY Fong, ML Boey, PH Feng. Systemic lupus erythematosus in Oriental males - clinical and laboratory
manifestations. 1st Annual Scientific Meeting, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 21-22 August 1993. |
5. WH Koh, HML Oh, ML Boey. Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus.
4th ASEAN Congress of Rheumatology, Singapore-October 1993. |
6. J Thumboo, WH Koh, KH Leong, ML Boey, PH Feng. Methotrexate in an Asian population with rheumatoid arthritis.
28th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, Singapore August 1994. |
7. SD Jones, WH Koh, SL Garrett, A Calin. Risk and determinants of unemployment in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Brit J Rheumatol 1994; 33 (S2) : 28. |
8. J Dunphy, WH Koh, J Whyte, J Dixey, NJ McHugh. Characterisation of anti-cytoplasmic antibodies and their clinical
associations. Brit J Rheuamtol 1994; 33 (S2) : 14. |
9. WH Koh, SD Jones, SL Garrett, A Calin. Risk and determinants of unemployment in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Arthritis Rheum 1994; 37 (S) : S202. |
10. WH Koh, SL Garrett, SD Jones, A Calin. Fatigue in ankylosing spondylitis : its prevalence and relationship to
disease activity, sleep and exercise. Annual Scientific Meeting, Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine,
Singapore February 1995. |
11. KY Fong, ML Boey, WH Koh, LL Cheong, C Chee, PH Feng. Hormonal profiles in Oriental male patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatology in Europe 1995; 24 (Suppl 3) : 353. |
12. WH Koh, SD Jones, SL Garrett, A Steiner, A Calin. The relationship of fatigue in ankylosing spondylitis to disease
activity, sleep and other factors. Brit J Rheumatol 1995; 34 (Suppl 2) : 36. |
13. WH Koh, J Thumboo, ML Boey. Pulmonary haemorrhage in Oriental patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
3rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 28-29 October 1995. |
14. WH Koh, SL Garrett, A Calin. Treatment outcome for cervical spine complications in ankylosing spondylitis. 16th
Annual Combined Scientific Meeting, Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 27-28. January 1996. |
15. Fong KY, Singapore Lupus Research Group, Tin Sk, Neo KS, Feng PH. Cytokine genes (IL-1a, IL-1ra, TNF alpha)
polymorphisms in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 16th Annual Combined Scientific Meeting,
Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 27-28 January 1996. |
16. WH Koh, J Thumboo, ML Boey. Pulmonary haemorrhage in Oriental patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
8th APLAR Congress of Rheumatology, 21-26 April 1996 Melbourne, Australia. |
17. Fong KY, Singapore Lupus Research Group, Neo KS, Tin SK, Feng PH. Association of the IL-1A2 allele with SLE in
Chinese lupus patients. 8th APLAR Congress of Rheumatology, 21-26 April 1996 Melbourne, Australia. |
18. Seah R, Pong LY, Chan ML, Steiner P, Howe HS, Koh WH. Spondyloarthropathy intensive management
programme : Outcome of a pilot study. 8th APLAR Congress of Rheumatology, 21-26 April 1996 Melbourne,
Australia. |
19. WH Koh, I Pande, S Jones, A Samuels, A Calin. A placebo-controlled study of low dose amitriptyline in ankylosing
spondylitis. Brit J Rheumatol 1996; 35 (Suppl 1) : 155. |
20. RC Haigh, CS Mack, WH Koh, et al. Atypical antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in patients with
ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis : Brit J Rheumatol 1996; 35 (Suppl 1) : 161. |
21. KY Fong, Singapore Lupus Research Group, MH Wong, ML Boey. Systemic lupus erythematosus - initial
manifestations and clinical features after 10 years of disease. Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine,
August 1996. |
22. WH Koh, TC Lau, CH Lai, ML Boey. Osteonecrosis in SLE: Clinical associations and management. Tan Tock Seng
Hospital, 4th Annual Scientific Meeting, 19-20 October 1996. |
23. A Seah, P Chai, WH Koh. Gout in Singapore: A clinical study of 100 patients. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 4th Annual
Scientific Meeting, 19-20 October 1996. |
24. UC Lim, WH Koh, SF Loh, MS Lam, HS Howe. Non-typhoidal salmonellosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
patients. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 4th Annual Scientific Meeting, 19-20 October 1996. |
25. KY Fong, ML Boey, HH Chng, HS Howe, DR Koh, ET Koh, WH Koh, KH Leong, KP Leong, SC Ng, J Thumboo,
SK Tin, S Sivalingam, MH Wong, PH Feng. Systemic lupus erythematosus: Genetic, serological and clinical
features. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 4th Annual Scientific Meeting, 19-20 October 1996. |
26. WH Koh, NK Aziz, L Chan, R Seah, SK Tin, KH Leong, KY Fong. Hormonal profiles in men with ankylosing
spondylitis and its relationship to disease status: a controlled study. 19thILAR Congress of Rheumatolgy,
Singapore, June 1997. |
27. WH Koh, NK Aziz, L Chan, R Seah, SK Tin, KH Leong, KY Fong. Bone mineral density of Oriental males with
ankylosing spondyltis: The relationship of disease severity,sex hormones status and cytokines. 19th ILAR
Congress of Rheumatolgy, Singapore, June 1997. |
28. KH Leong, WH Koh, R Seah, SH Lim, KY Fong. Dyslipidemia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. 19th ILAR
Congress of Rheumatolgy, Singapore, June 1997. |
29. Fong KY, Singapore Lupus Research Group, Tin SK, P Sivalingam, Neo KS, Feng PH. Genetic factors in systemic
lupus erythematosus: Polymorphisms of cytokines genes in Chinese lupus patients. 19th ILAR Congress of
Rheumatolgy, Singapore, June 1997. |
30. Fong KY, Singapore Lupus Research Group, Tin SK, P Sivalingam, Thio ST, C Tse, Wong MH, Feng PH. Systemic
lupus erythematosus in Chinese patients: Initial manifestations and serological features. 19th ILAR Congress of
Rheumatolgy, Singapore, June 1997. |
31. ET Koh, A Seow, LY Pong, WH Koh, L Chan, HS Howe. Validation of Chinese Health Assessment Questionnaire
for use in rheuamtoid arthritis. 19th ILAR Congress of Rheumatolgy, Singapore, June 1997. |
32. R Seah, G Fernandez, HS Phua, P Steiner, LYPong, ML Chan, A Tay, HS Howe, WH Koh. 10 day outpatient
spondyloarthropathy intensive management programme: The outcome of 5 sessions. 19th ILAR Congress of
Rheumatolgy, Satellite Meeting for Allied Health Professionals Singapore, June 1997. |
33. LY Pong , WH Koh. Rheumatoid arthritis in an Oriental population: Functional status and patients’ perception of
their disease. 19th ILAR Congress of Rheumatolgy, Satellite Meeting for Allied Health Professionals Singapore,
June 1997. |
34. YY Sitoh, WH Koh, NK Aziz, T Chiang, LH Lee, ML Boey. Antiphospholipid antibodies and deficiencies in Natural
inhibitors of coagulation in systemic lupus erythematosus: Prevalence and relationship to thrombotic events.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 5th Annual Scientific Meeting, 11-12 October 1997. |
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