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Dr Gerald Sng Gui Ren

Dr Gerald Sng Gui Ren

​MBBS, MRCP(UK), MMed (Int Med), MPH

Specialty: Endocrinology

Clinical Interest: General Endocrinology, Diabetes

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Diabetes Management, Lipid disorders, Young Adults/Adolescent Diabetes.

Clinical Appointments

  • Associate Consultant Endocrinology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

​Dr Gerald Sng is an Endocrinologist at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) with dual training in Public Health. His primary clinical interest is in diabetes and lipid disorders, particularly in young adults. He is actively engaged in academic work in the fields of Endocrinology, Artificial Intelligence and Junior Doctor Wellbeing, and has been an invited speaker at conferences and workshops on the latter two topics. He is also a Data Science Fellow with the SGH Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with a focus on clinical and research applications of large language models.

Education

  • ​MPH, National University of Singapore
  • MMed (Int Med), National University of Singapore
  • MRCP(UK), Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom)
  • MBBS, National University of Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Data Science Fellow, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Singapore General Hospital
  • Honorary Member, AI Executive Committee, Singhealth AI Office

Awards

  • ​Outstanding Resident Award, Singhealth, 2024
  • Service with a Heart, SGH, 2021

Research Interests

  • ​Diabetes and Lipid Disorders in Young Adults
  • Public Health
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Large Language Models

Publications

  • ​Sng GGR, Reginster J-Y, Alokail MS, Chandran M. Osteoporosis in men – east and west: Can the twain meet? A perspective from Asia. Osteoporos Sarcopenia. 2024.
  • Chua JL, Mougammadou Z, Lim RBT, Tung JYM, Sng GGR. In the shoes of junior doctors: a qualitative exploration of job performance using the job-demands resources model. Front Psychol. 2024 
  • Kee XLJ*, Sng GGR*, Lim DYZ, Tung JYM, Abdullah HR, Chowdury AR. Use of a large language model with instruction-tuning for reliable clinical frailty scoring. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024. *Joint First Authors
  • Sng GGR, Tan SYT, Chew EJC, Mantoo S, Chng CL. Aggressive Synchronous Papillary and Likely Follicular Thyroid Carcinomas in a Patient with Graves’ Disease. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies. 2024
  • Sng GGR, Tung JYM, Chua JL. Measuring the job satisfaction of junior doctors in Singapore: validating the Satisfaction of Employees in Health Care tool. Singapore Med J. 2023
  • Tung JYM, Lim DYZ, Sng GGR. Potential safety concerns in use of the artificial intelligence chatbot 'ChatGPT' for perioperative patient communication. BJU Int. 2023 
  • Sng GGR, Khoo YL, Yeo KK, et al. Comparison of existing methods of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol estimation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2023
  • Sng GGR, Tung JYM, Lim DYZ, Bee YM. Potential and pitfalls of ChatGPT and Natural-language Artificial Intelligence Models for Diabetes Education. Diabetes Care. 2023
  • Sng G, Tung J, Yeo SP et al. Complex and novel determinants of empathy change in medical students. Korean J Med Educ 2016

Research Trials