Dr Koh Kim Hwee

Dr Koh Kim Hwee is currently the Clinic Director of Pasir Ris Polyclinic in SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP). With over 14 of years of service, he has not only been an active clinician but have also served in several academic leadership roles such as Deputy Clinic Director of Punggol Polyclinic, Clinical Core Faculty Member of SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Program and Cohort Program Director of the College of Family Physician Fellowship Program. As a medical educator, he is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Duke-NUS Medical School and Senior Lecturer of Lee Kong Chien School of Medicine. Dr Koh also serves as examiner for the Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine, and is an appointed Mentor to junior Family Physicians at SHP.
 
Beside currently practicing as a Consultant Family Physician in SingHealth Polyclinics – Pasir Ris, he is also Chair for the SHP Musculoskeletal Workgroup which provides multi-disciplinary inputs and coordinates musculoskeletal, rheumatological, neurological, dermatological and procedural services in SHP as well as Chair for the Medical Examination Taskgroup which coordinates medical examinations in SHP.
 
He was awarded the SingHealth HMDP Fellowship in 2019 to pursue the study of Management of Musculoskeletal Pain in Primary Care in United Kingdom for 4 weeks.

• Graduate Diploma Occupational Medicine (2018)
• FAMS (Family Med) (2016)
• FCFPS (2015)
• Graduate Diploma Geriatrics Medicine (2015)
• MCFPS (2013)
• Graduate Diploma Family Practice Dermatology (2013)
• Graduate Diploma Mental Health (2012)
• Master of Medicine (Family Med) (2012)
• MRCS (Glasg) (2010)
• MBBS (2007)

• Journal Reviewer, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021 to Present
• Examiner, Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine, 2017 to Present
• Journal Reviewer, Malaysian Family Physician, 2017 to Present
• Journal Reviewer, Singapore Family Physician, 2016 to Present
• Clinical coordinator, NUS MMed (Family Medicine) preparatory course, 2016, 2018
• Clinical coordinator, NUS MMed (Family Medicine) examinations, 2016
• Chair, SHP Musculoskeletal workgroup, 2016 to Present
• Member, SHP MMed Mock Exam committee, 2013 to Present

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2021
• SingHealth Learning Award, 2020
• AMEI Education Grant 2019
• Faculty Appreciation Award, SingHealth Residency, 2019
• College Teachers’ Award, CFPS, 2019
• SingHealth Learning Award, 2019
• Health Manpower Development Program Award (HMDP), 2019
• SingHealth Polyclinics 10 Years Long Service Award, 2018
• SingHealth RISE awards – Outstanding faculty Award, 2017
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Gold Award, 2016
• Singhealth Polyclinic Quality & Innovation Day Poster competition – winner, 2016
• Eastern Health Alliance Caring Award – Silver Award, 2014
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver Award, 2013
• Changi General Hospital, Annual Scientific Meeting 2009, Clinical Poster Award 1st prize

• Study on The Effectiveness of Musculoskeletal Pain Educational Program on Pharmacists’ and Pharmacy Technicians’ Learning (Co-Investigator)
• Osteoporosis management among primary care physicians (PCP) in Singapore (Co-investigator)
• A pilot study evaluating the feasibility of a patient decision support aid in cervical cancer screening (Principal Investigator)
• A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating the use of a Patient Decision Support Aid in Increasing Paediatric Pneumoccocal Vaccination (PCV 13) Uptake (Principal Investigator)
• AWESOME Study: AGP for Weight Studies to Optimize Metabolic control. AGP: Ambulatory Glucose Profile, as applied to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) (Site Principal Investigator)
• Current level of knowledge on Osteoporosis prevention amongst women 21-64 years in an urban dwelling Asian society (Principal Investigator)
• Biomechanical risk factors in trigger finger (Principal Investigator)
• Lipid HEALTH Study (Co-investigator)

• Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Malay version of the Neck Disability Index. Lim HHR, Tan ST, Tang ZY, Yang M, Koh EYL, Koh KH. Disabil Rehabil. 2020 May 6:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1758225.
• Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of the Simplified-Chinese Version of Neck Disability Index. Lim HHR, Tang ZY, Hashim AMBM, Yang M, Koh EYL, Koh KH. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Nov 18. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003325.
• Blood pressure goal attainment in multi-ethnic Asian patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia in primary care. Koh KH, Goh CC, Goh SCP, Koh YLE, Tan NC. Singapore Med J. 2019 Sep 6. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019102.
• Achieving triple treatment goals in multi-ethnic Asian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care. Goh CC, Koh KH, Goh SCP,  Koh YLE, Tan NC. Malays Fam Physician. 2018;13(2);10–18.
• A cross-sectional study of gender differences in lifestyle behavior and usage of medications among community-dwelling Asians towards achieving their LDL-Cholesterol treatment goals. Ngiap Chuan Tan, Eileen Yi Ling Koh, Chin Chin Goh, Paul Soo Chye Goh, Kim  Hwee Koh. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2017 Sep; 26(3): 158-165. doi: 10.1177/2010105817694906. Epub 2017 Feb 01.
• The effect of the intensity of lipid-lowering medications on the LDL cholesterol treatment goals of Asian patients with dyslipidaemia in primary care. Tan NC, Goh CC, Goh SC, Koh YL, Koh KH. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2016 Dec;41(6):677-683. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.12447. Epub 2016 Sep 19.
• Corticosteroid injection for adhesive capsulitis in primary care: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials. Koh KH. Singapore Med J. 2016 Dec;57(12):646-657. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2016146.
• Asian patients with dyslipidemia in an urban population: Effect of ethnicity on their LDL-cholesterol treatment goals. Tan NC, Koh KH, Goh CC, Koh YL, Goh SC. J Clin Lipidol. 2016 Mar-Apr;10(2):410-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2015.12.014. Epub 2015 Dec 24.