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2024/01/25
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Dr Nicholas Ng

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Designations:

  • Consultant, Children's Emergency, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital
  • Consultant, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital
  • Consultant, NUWoC Children's Clinic, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBS(UK), BSc(Hons), MMed(Paeds), MRCPCH(UK), MCI(Singapore), FAMS

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Paediatric Medicine

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Paediatric Endocrinology (Hormonal & Growth Problems), Paediatrics – Children’s Emergency

Special Interests:

Growth, thyroid or pubertal disorders in children, Childhood/adolescent obesity and obesity-related metabolic complications, including metabolic-dysfunction associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), Paediatric diabetes mellitus, Medical education.

Biosketch

Dr Nicholas Ng read medicine at Imperial College London, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with 1st class honours in 2011 and subsequently graduated with MBBS in 2013. He was awarded the University of London MBBS Gold Medal (proxime accesit) and was also the recipient of multiple university awards, including the Betuel Prize, Golding Medal Prize, Meadows Prize, Waller Prize, Steadman Prize, Sudgen Prize, Martin J Turner Prize, Mildred Lees Prize and UK Academy of Medical Sciences Clinical Research Prize for academic and research excellence throughout his 6 years at Imperial College London.

Dr Ng subsequently underwent residency at the Department of Paediatrics at National University Hospital Singapore, where he received his Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) and Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) in 2016. He achieved Specialist Accreditation for Paediatric Medicine in 2020. He currently practices as a Consultant in the Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Children’s Emergency at National University Hospital Singapore.

Dr Ng’s clinical and research interests are in paediatric endocrinology, particularly in the areas of childhood obesity, metabolic complications of obesity, pubertal disorders and the developmental origins of these conditions. He completed a Masters in Clinical Investigation (MCI) in 2023. Dr Ng has won several grants for his research work, including the NMRC Research Training Fellowship 2022 and the ExxonMobil-NUS Research Fellowship 2021-2022. He has also presented his research in various local and international conferences. He won the Kaichi Kida Presentation Award at the Asia Pacific Pediatric Endocrine Society Conference in 2021, Best Oral Presentation Award in the Singapore Paediatric and Perinatal Annual Conference (SIPPAC) in 2018, and was the runner up for the Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) Young Scholar Award in 2020. In addition, he has been invited as a speaker for national and regional conferences, and is also a workgroup member for several national and international clinical practice guidelines pertaining to childhood obesity and its associated complications. 

Dr Ng is a passionate educator who is involved in undergraduate, postgraduate medical and interprofessional education. He has won numerous departmental, institution and university teaching awards in recognition of his commitment to teaching. He is currently the Programme Director of the NUHS Paediatric Residency Programme, and is also a Core Faculty member of the Office for Students at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. 

Awards

Teaching Awards

  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) Individual Category (2023)
  • Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award (2023)
  • Singapore Medical Association Charity Fund (SMACF) Outstanding Mentor Award (2023, 2025)
  • NUHS Teaching Excellence Award (2023)
  • NUHS Education Collaboration Award (2023)
  • NUS Medicine Special Recognition Award (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • NUS Medicine Dean’s Junior Doctor Teaching Excellence Award ( 2019, 2020)
  • Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) Resident Choice Award 2021
  • KTP-NUCMI Postgraduate Faculty Teaching Award (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Department of Paediatrics Annual Teaching Excellence Award (Great Teacher) for Undergraduate Teaching Interactive Category (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Research Awards

  • National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Research Training Fellowship Award for Masters of Clinical Investigations Program
  • ExxonMobil-NUS Research Fellowship Award for clinicians
  • Kaichi Kida Presentation Award, Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society Conference 2021 
  • Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference 2020 Young Scholar Award (runner up)

Quality Improvement Awards

  • QIX Process Excellence Merit Award 2024- Sustain, Adopt, Spread (SAS) (Team Leader)
  • EQUIP Best Project Award 2023, QIP Sustainability Award 2023, NUH QIP Merit Award (Team Leader)

Journals & Publications

  1. Ng NBH, Lim CYS, et al. Screening or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and adolescents with obesity: A scoping review of national and international pediatric obesity and pediatric OSA management guidelines. Obes Rev. 2024 (PMID: 38355893)
  2. Lim CYS,… Ng NBH (senior author). Screening for metabolic complications of childhood and adolescent obesity: A scoping review of national and international guidelines. Obes Rev. 2022 Dec;23(12):e13513. (PMID: 36286080)
  3. Ng NBH, Low YW, et al. The effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on weight and glycaemic control in Prader-Willi syndrome: A systematic review. Clinical Endocrinology (Oxford). 2022;96:144-54 (PMID: 34448208)  
  4. Ng VWW,… Ng NBH (senior author). The role of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists for weight control in individuals with acquired hypothalamic obesity- A systematic review. Clinical Obesity. 2024 (PMID: 38273176)  
  5. Le Zhang, … Ng NBH, et al. An international multidisciplinary consensus on pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease. Med. 2024. (PMID: 38677287)
  6. Gerard G,… Ng NBH (senior author). The association between atopic dermatitis and linear growth in children- a systematic review. Eur J Pediatr. 2024. (PMID 39373793)
  7. Korra Shaw GS, Ng NBH, Ng QXJ, Shorey S. A recipe for health: A descriptive qualitative study examining paternal influence and the establishment of children’s healthy eating habits in Singapore. Appetite. 2024;206:107835 (PMID: 39716629) 
  8. Massar SAA…Ng NBH…Chee MWL. Sleep, Well-Being and Cognition in Medical Interns on a Float or Overnight Call Schedule. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(10);e2438350. (PMID 39392631)
  9. Ng NBH, Appleby GF, et al. COVID-19 vaccination-related attendance at a pediatric emergency department in Singapore among 12- to 18-year old adolescents. Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2022 Nov;63(6):633-641. (PMID: 35989181)
  10. Ng NBH, Karthik SV, et al. Endoscopic Evaluation in Children with End-Stage Liver Disease Associated Portal Hypertension Awaiting Liver Transplant. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2016 Sep;63(3):365-9 (PMID: 26863384)

Professional Memberships

  • Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH)- member
  • Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES)- member
  • European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)- member

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