Asst Prof Chew Yun Chi Kenneth Michael

Dr Kenneth Chew is a Consultant from Department of Cardiology of the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS).
Apart from general cardiology, he has sub-specialty interests in general and advanced heart failure, advanced cardiac imaging (including peri-operative and invasive echocardiography), and community heart failure. He is currently co-leading a community heart failure program, which aims to facilitate a collaborative care effort between tertiary and community care providers for heart failure patients.

• Advanced PTEeXAM, National Board of Echocardiography, 2022
• ASCeXAM, National Board of Echocardiography, 2021 
• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, MRCP (UK), 2017
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS, University College London, United Kingdom, 2013
• Bachelor of Science (Hons), Clinical Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom, 2011 

• Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, May 2023 to Present
  
• Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, March 2022 to April 2023
  
• Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 1 July 2021​ - Present
  
• Senior Associate, SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme
  
• Member, Division of Medicine Senior Residents Committee, Singapore General Hospital, July 2018 to June 2019
• Chairman, Education Sub-Committee, Division of Medicine Senior Residents Committee, Singapore General Hospital, July 2018 to June 2019
• Co-Lead, Division of Medicine Clinical Handover Unit, July 2017 to June 2019
• Member, 6th Coronary Care Symposium Organizing Committee, February 2018 to September 2018 

• Service Quality Award (Bronze), National Heart Centre Singapore, 2023
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Singhealth Residency Program 2022
• Clinical Case Award Winner, Heart Failure Association, European Society of Cardiology, 2022
• Outstanding Resident Award, Singhealth Residency Program 2021
• Certificate of Commendation for Best Resident. Internal Medicine Residency, Changi General Hospital, 2013
• Certificate of Merit in Clinical Practice, MBBS Finals. University College London (UK), 2013
• First Class Honours, BSc Clinical Sciences. University College London (UK), 2011 
• Dean’s List, BSc Clinical Sciences. University College London (UK), 2011
• Research Project Prize, BSc Clinical Sciences. University College London (UK), 2011

• Real world implementation of STRONG-HF in the community setting
• Wearable Piezoelectric Acoustic-Sensing Fabric Undergarment for detecting heart failure 
  

Principal Investigator:

• Wearable Fabric Undergarment for Detecting Heart and Lung Sounds 
  

• A Pivotal Phase 3 Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the sGC Stimulator Vericiguat/MK-1242 in Adults With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction 
  
• Effects of Physical Activity, Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Calcium Score on Cardiovascular Health in Normal People (SingHEART) 
  

• Contemporary review of heart transplant immunology and immunosuppressive therapy. Kamalesh Anbalakan; Kenneth M Chew; Julian K Loh; David Sim; Siang Hui Lai; Louis Teo Loon Yee. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2022-06. DOI: 10.1177/20101058221138840 
• All that clots is not blood: Bone cement implantation syndrome presenting as an intracardiac mass and pulmonary embolism. May Anne Cheong, Kenneth Michael Chew. Thromb Haemost 2022. DOI: 10.1055/a-1738-1777
• An unusual presentation of lymphoma. Christopher SW Tham, Ya Hwee Tan, Kenneth Michael Yun-Chi Chew, Chun Yuan Khoo, Lester Lee, Soon Thye Lim, Valerie Shiwen Yang. Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports. Vol 4, Dec 2021.
• Harnessing technology and molecular analysis to understand the development of cardiovascular diseases in Asia: a prospective cohort study (Sing HEART). Jonathan Yap, Weng Khong Lim, Anders Sahlen, Calvin Woon-Loong Chin, Kenneth Michael Yun-Chi Chew, Sonia Davila, John Allen, Vera Goh, Swee Yaw Tan, Patrick Tan, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Stuart Alexander Cook, Khung Yeong Yeo. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. Nov 2019; 19:259 (2019)