Asst Prof Ho Kay Woon

MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med)

Senior Consultant

National Heart Centre Singapore

Specialty: Cardiology

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Research Trials

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Aortic Valve Stenosis Cardiac Catheterisation Cardiovascular Disease Chest Pain Coronary Angiography Coronary Angioplasty Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Heart Disease Heart Attack (Chest Pain) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR)

Clinical Interests

Interventional Cardiology

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Department of Cardiology

Academic Appointments

Vice Chair, Training and Education

Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme

About

Assistant Professor Ho Kay Woon is a Senior Consultant from Department of Cardiology with the National Heart Centre Singapore. He subspecialises in interventional cardiology with special interests in percutaneous coronary artery intervention, percutaneous valvular therapy including transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

He was also active in medical education being the past Director of Medical Student Training in NHCS, with contribution to teaching of medical students from Duke NUS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. Wiith effect from April 2021, Asst Prof Ho is the Vice Chair of Training and Education, of SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme.

Asst Prof Ho has also assisted and coordinated cases for various international and local interventional cardiology meetings, including Singapore LIVE course, local CTO courses and EuroPCR.

Education and Training

MMed (Internal Medicine), Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2004
MRCP UK, Royal Colleges of Physicians, UK, 2004
MBBS, National University of Singapore, 1992

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
Vice Chair of Training and Education, SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme, April 2021 – Present
Committee Member, Clinical Curriculum Review Committee, Duke NUS
Member of the Singapore General Hospital, Division of Medicine, Medical Officer Education Committee since 2008
AsiaPCR scientific committee member since 2007
Clinical Coordinator and Director, Duke Medical School, Students Cardiology Programme
Supervisor and senior lecturer for Yong Loo Lin Medical students’ cardiology attachment and elective
Module coordinator and lecturer for Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Biomedical Science (Cardiac Technology) course

Awards

Service Quality Award Star Award, National Heart Centre Singapore, 2016
Service Quality Award Gold Award, National Heart Centre Singapore, 2015
Service Quality Award Silver Award, National Heart Centre Singapore, 2014
Best Oral Paper (Clinical Research), Singhealth Duke-NUS Scientific Conference, 2012
Service Quality Award Bronze Award, National Heart Centre Singapore, 2010
Health Manpower Development Plan Award, SingHealth, 2009

Research Interests

General cardiology
Interventional cardiology
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement therapy

Research Trials

OCT Study, Ongoing
REMEDEE, Dec 2009 to 2015
GLAGOV, 2014
FOURIER, 2014
GLOBAL LEADERS, 2014
BIOSOLVE II, 2014
NOBORI 2 Registry, Oct 2008 to Jan 2014
PROTECT, Apr 2008 to 2014
PLATINUM WH, 2013
LEADERS FREE, 2013
EVOLVE II QCA, 2013
EVOLVE II, 2013
AMGEN, 2013
PERSEUS TAXUS, 2013
AMGEN 20110118, Oct 2012 to Oct 2013
DSMRI-CAD, Feb 2012 to May 2013
CARE II, 2011
RELYABLE, 2011
RELY, 2009

Publications

Impact of Direct Cardiovascular Laboratory Activation By Emergency Physicians On “False Positive” Activation Rates. Julian Tay CK, Wei LL, Zhong L, Terrance Chua SJ, Lim SH, Aaron Wong SL, Marcus Ong EH, Ho KW. Accept for publication in Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2016;45:351-6
Antithrombotic Therapy After Coronary Stenting in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation. KW Ho, J Ivanov, X Frexia, C Overgaard, M Osten, D Ing, E Horlick, K Mackie, P Seidelin, V Dzavik. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Feb;29 (2):213-8
Long-term Outcomes After Percutaneous Intervention of the Internal Thoracic Artery Anastomosis: The Use of Drug-Eluting Stents Is Associated With a Higher Need of Repeat Revascularization. X Freixa, M Carpen, M Kotowycz, KW Ho, A Krimly, M Osten, C Overgaard, E Horlick, P Seidelin, V Džavík Can J Cardiol. 2012 Jul ;28(4):458-63
Haemodynamic Support Devices for Complex and High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Ho KW, V Dzavik. Interventional Cardiology, 2011;6(1):17-24
Complete Atrioventricular Block Complicating Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction can be Reversed with Acute Coronary Angioplasty. Ho KW, Koh TH, Wong P, Wong SL, Lim YT, Lim ST, Hsu LF. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2010;39:254-7
Free floating thrombus in the right heart causing pulmonary embolism. Chin WL, Lim ST, Ho KW, Ding ZP. Postgrad Med J doi:10.1136/pgmj.2009.093021
Late Complications Following Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: The Need for Long-term Follow-Up. Ho KW, Tan RS, Wong KY, Tan TH, Shankar S, Tan JL. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007;36:947-53
Electrocardiographical case. A young man with chest pain. Ho K W, Hsu L F. Singapore Med J 2006; 47(5): 434