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About the doctor
Dr. Bernard Kwok obtained his basic medical degree from the National University
of Singapore (NUS) in 1990. He further qualified in internal
medicine with Master of Medicine from NUS. He became a Member
of the Royal College of Physician (UK), after qualifying with
a diploma from the Royal College in Edinburgh, Scotland. He
trained in cardiology at the National University Hospital
in Singapore, and completed a fellowship in Heart Failure
& Heart Transplantation at Stanford University School
of Medicine in USA. He is the first local qualified transplant
cardiologist.
Dr. Kwok is concurrently a Senior Consultant at the National
Heart Centre of Singapore. He is also Director of the Heart
Failure Program, where he continues to care for patients with
advanced heart failure and heart transplant recipients. With
a strong interest in exercise physiology, he is an Exercise
Specialist accredited by American College of Sports Medicine.
Dr Kwok is the elected President of the Singapore Cardiac Society.
He is effectively bilingual in English and Chinese,
and is conversant in spoken Bahasa. In addition, he speaks
3 dialects fluently (Cantonese, Hokkien & Teochew).
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Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Singapore
- Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Singapore
- Member, Royal College of Physicians (UK)
- ECFMG (USA)
- Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- Exercise Specialist, American College of Sports Medicine
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Appointments
- Consultant Cardiologist & Physician, Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre
- Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre
- Director, Heart Failure Program, National Heart Centre
- Lecturer/Co-examiner, Diploma in Medical Technology Course, Singapore Polytechnic / National Heart Centre
- Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic
- Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- External Expert, Centre for Drug Evaluation, Health Sciences Authority
- Chairman, Heart Failure Advisory Committee, Singapore Cardiac Data Bank
- Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, SGH Life Support Training Centre
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