Dr Choong Shangxian Derek

Dr Derek Choong is a Consultant Family Physician at SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP). He is currently the Deputy Clinic Director at Tampines North Polyclinic, providing clinical and administrative leadership to the healthcare team. As part of the pioneering team for a new polyclinic, his leadership was instrumental in its development and operationalisation.

Dr Choong has an interest in osteoporosis care in the community. He is a member of the SHP Musculoskeletal Workgroup and clinician lead for osteoporosis in SHP, overseeing the development of clinical guidelines and workflows to improve osteoporosis management in primary care. He serves as the Co-chairperson of the Agency for Care Effectiveness Osteoporosis Expert Group. He is also a Project Consultant with the Crisis Strategy & Operations Group, Ministry of Health.

As a keen educator, Dr Choong is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He is actively involved in clinical education for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Family Medicine.

• FCFP(S)
• MCFP(S)
• MMed (Family Medicine)
• MBBS

• Co-chairperson of the Agency for Care Effectiveness Osteoporosis Expert Group
• Medical Member and osteoporosis lead, SingHealth Polyclinics Musculoskeletal Workgroup
• Project Consultant, Ministry of Health
• Institutional Clinician Lead, SingHealth Cluster Consent Steering Committee
• Member, Serious Reportable Events Quality Assurance Committee, SingHealth Polyclinics
• Member, Mortality and Morbidity Quality Assurance Committee, SingHealth Polyclinics
• Examiner, Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine Examination, NUS

• Poster Excellence Award, SingHealth Duke-NUS Quality & Innovation Day 2025
• College Teachers’ Award, College of Family Physicians Singapore
• ​Young Investigator’s Award, Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies Congress, 2022
• Service from the Heart, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2019
• Outstanding Resident Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels Awards, 2013

• ​Choong, D. S., Tan, N. C., Koh, Y. L. E., Leong, C. K., Sankari, U., & Koh, K. H. (2023). Osteoporosis management by primary care physicians in Singapore: a survey on osteoporosis guidelines utilisation and barriers to care. Archives of osteoporosis, 18(1), 72.
• Huang, Z., Choong, D. S., Ganesan, A. P., & Logan, S. (2020). A Survey on the Experience of Singaporean Trainees in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Family Medicine of Sexual Problems and Views on Training in Sexual Medicine. Sexual medicine, 8(1), 107–113.