Dr Ng Chung Wai, Mark

About

Dr Ng Chung Wai, Mark is a Senior Consultant at SingHealth Polyclinics. Besides general practice, he is the Associate Programme Director and Core Faculty for the SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Programme, as well as Clinical Tutor at Duke-NUS Medical School. His areas of interest in Family Medicine include Medical Pedagogy, Infection Prevention, Vaccination, Travel Medicine, and Dermatology. He is the lead of Infection Prevention and Infectious Diseases Workgroup at SingHealth Polyclinics.

Education and Training

• ​Dip Fam Practice Dermatology – 2012
• FCFP – 2004
• MMed (Family Medicine) – 2001
• MBBS – 1996 HB. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2014; 23 (2): 126-133

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Chair, SingHealth Polyclinic Infection Prevention & Infectious Diseases Committee
• Co-Lead, SingHealth Polyclinics Enterprise Risk Management – Disease Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness
• Alternate Chair, SingHealth Hand Hygiene Workgroup
• Associate Program Director, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Program
• Chair, Clinical Competency Committee, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Program
• Co-chair, Dental Sterile Supplies Taskforce, and Member, SingHealth Sterile Supplies Council
• Member, SingHealth Covid-19 Registry Steering Committee
• Member, SingHealth Infection Prevention Network
• Member, Singapore General Hospital Campus Disease Outbreak Taskforce
• Member, SingHealth Infection Prevention Workgroup
• Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Serious Reportable Events Quality Assurance Committee
Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Mortality & Morbidity Quality Assurance Committee
• Member, Ministry of Health, Singapore.  Expert Committee on Immunisation (ECI)

Awards

• ​Asean Scholarship (Public Service Commission), Singapore

Publications

• ​MCW Ng, How CH, Ng YP. Depression in primary care: assessing suicide risk. Singapore Medical Journal. 2017; 58(2)
• MCW Ng, How CH, Ng YP. Major depression in primary care: making the diagnosis. Singapore Medical Journal. 2016; 57(11)
• Ngoh HLS, Ng MCW. Vaccination in the primary care setting: when is it safe to proceed? Singapore Medical Journal. 2016; 57(1)
• MCW Ng, How CH. When babies turn yellow. Singapore Medical. 2015; 56(11)
• MCW Ng. Revisiting the Approach to Dengue: The Primary Care Perspective. Singapore Family Physician. 2015; 41(2)
• MCW Ng, YX Loo, ZM Poon. Subclinical Thyroid Disorders: Clinical Significance and When to Treat. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2014; 23(3)
• CW Ng, CH How. Recurrent wheeze and cough in young children: Is it asthma? CME Article. PILL Series Singapore Medical. Singapore Medical Journal. 2014; 55(5)
• CW Ng, CH How. Childhood Vaccination. CME Article. PILL Series Singapore Medical Journal. Singapore Medical Journal. 2014; 55(1)
• KH Law, CH How, CS Ng, CW Ng. Prescribing Health: exercise. CME Article. PILL Series Singapore Medical Journal. Singapore Medical Journal. 2013; 54(6)
• NK Chang, KJ Hii, HHV Chan, CW Ng, NC Tan. COPD Management in Primary Care: What are the issues and What can we do to provide optimal care? Singapore Family Physician. Singapore Family Physician. 2010; 36(1)
• Ng CW. Overuse Sports Injuries: Diagnosis & Management Singapore Family Physician. Singapore Family Physician. Oct-Dec 2004; 30(4)
• CW Ng, Mun San Lam, Nick I J Paton. Cryptococcal Meningitis Resulting in Irreversible Visual Impairment in AIDS Patients - A Report of Two Cases Singapore Medical Journal. Singapore Medical Journal. 2000; 41(2)