Division Of Rheumatology

The Division of Rheumatology provides tertiary outpatient and inpatient care to patients with rheumatic, soft tissue and metabolic bone disease; and is also actively involved with undergraduate and postgraduate education.

The Division presently comprises 3 Consultants, 2 Associate Consultants and a Rheumatology Nurse Clinician.

Our Services:

General Rheumatology
We provide care for the following conditions:

• Inflammatory arthritis eg. RA, psoriatic arthritis, AS, reactive arthritis
• Crystal arthritis eg. gout, pseudogout
• Degenerative arthritis
• Connective Tissue Disease eg. systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, inflammatory muscle disease, primary systemic vasculitis
• Osteoporosis
• Soft Tissue Rheumatism
• Miscellaneous rheumatic conditions eg. Adult onset Still’s disease, sarcoidosis

Outpatient Infusion Centre (OPIC)
The Outpatient Infusion Centre (OPIC) offers convenience to patients who require parenteral therapy. We work with a diverse group of patients with a broad range of medical conditions.

Currently the treatments offered help patients with a wide range of conditions from inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune neuropathy to conditions associated with ageing such as osteoporosis.

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Subspecialty clinics

• High-risk Obstetric clinic where patients with recurrent pregnancy losses or rheumatic disease evaluated and managed jointly by an obstetrician and rheumatologist
• Paediatric Rheumatology clinic where children and adolescents with joint pains or possible autoimmune disease are jointly assessed by adult and paediatric rheumatologists.
  

Interventional Services
There is a dedicated facility which provides outpatient procedural services for:

• Joint aspiration and injections for diagnosis and the relief of painful and swollen joints
• Soft tissue injections
• Viscosupplementation (Hyaluronan injection) for osteoarthritis
• Intravenous infusion of medications such as steroids, cyclophosphamide, zoledronate and biologic agents.

We believe in a holistic approach to patient care and strive towards engaging patient participation in order to ensure that the best outcomes are achieved (disease remission, quality of life). Our nurse clinician provides patient education in terms of diagnosis and management (lifestyle, drug therapy) of the patient’s underlying rheumatic condition.

The Division has been an active participant in clinical trials involving biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatic diseases and has clinical experience with the use of biological therapies in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and SLE.
We have strong links with other departments in NUH such as the orthopaedics, renal, physiotherapy, radiology, ophthalmology, medical social work teams in view of the multi-system nature of the illnesses that we treat.

Our Specialists

Clin A/P Boey Mee Leng
Senior Consultant and Head
MBBS, FRCP, Mmed (Int Med), FAMS (Rheumatology)

AP Koh Dow Rhoon
Vice Dean, NUS and Senior Consultant
MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med)
FAMS (Rheumatology), PhD

Prof Feng Pao Hsii
Emeritus Professor and Senior Visiting Consultant
MD, FRCP, FACP, FRACP, FRCPI, FAMS (Rheumatologgy)

Dr Anita Lim
Consultant
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Rheumatology)

Dr Sheila Vasoo
Consultant
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Rheumatology)

Dr Cheng Yew Kuang
Visiting Consultant Rheumatologist and Allergist
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Rheumatology)

Dr Anselm Mak
Associate Consultant and Assistant Professor, NUS
MBBS (HK), MRCP (UK), MHKCP, MmedSc
FAMS (Rheumatology)

Ms Tan Chiew Hwa
Bachelor of Nursing
Rheumatology Nurse Clinician