Dr Hong Rilong

Dr Hong Rilong is a Consultant with the Department of Cardiology at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) and Changi General Hospital (CGH). His clinical interest is in Heart Failure, with a clinical focus that spans the entire continuum of care—from acute management in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to long-term care in the community. His expertise also includes Pulmonary Hypertension and multi-modality cardiac imaging, specifically Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology.

A dedicated clinician, Dr Hong was a recipient of the Best Practice Medal (Care Redesign) at the National Healthcare Innovation and Productivity (HIP) Medals 2024 for his work in improving safety for patients on ECMO. He is also actively involved in medical education as a Clinical Instructor at Duke-NUS Medical School and has been recognised with the NUS Junior Doctor Teaching Award.

• Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, May 2026 - Present
• Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Feb 2024 - April 2026
• Adj Lecturer , Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 1 Dec 2025 - Present
• Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 16 October 2024 - Present
• Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin Medical School, 16 October 2024 – Present
• Chief Resident, Cardiology, Senior Residency, Singhealth, July 2022 to June 2023
• Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Junior Residency, SingHealth, July 2019 - June 2020

• Wong JJ, Hong R (Co-first author), Ong TIW, Lim JY, Yan T, Park DW, Tan GHN, Zhang H, Nguyen TTH, Nguyen HTT, Dong Y, Kong WKF, Li S, Tan JWC, Vu HTT, Koh AS. Addressing Frailty in Cardiology: Identifying Barriers Faced by Cardiologists and Health Care Professionals in Asia. JACC Asia. 2025 Sep 1:S2772-3747(25)00373-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.07.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40910961.
• Wong, J.J., Hong, R., Teo, L.L.Y. et al. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in aging and the role of advanced cardiovascular imaging. npj Cardiovasc Health 1, 11 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44325-024-00012-y. 
• ​Outpatient Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Scan for a Low-Risk Chest Pain Cohort From the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Analysis. Tan WA, Hong R, Gao F, Chua SJT, Keng YJF, Koh CH. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Mar;48(3):101517. Doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101517.
• Script concordance test to assess diagnostic and management reasoning in acute medicine. Letter to the Editor. Fong N, Hoe R, Huang D, Wong C, Kee J, Teng A, Hong R, Saffari S, Tan K, Tan K. Ann Acad Med Singap 2023;52:383-5. https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202327
• Pericarditis and Myocarditis after mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccination. Hong R, Yap J, Yeo KK. Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2022;1:e17. Doi: 10.15420/japsc.2021.26.
• Clinical presentation of cardiac myxoma in a Singapore national cardiac centre. Lee PT, Hong R, Pang PY, Chua YL, Ding ZP. Singapore Med J. 2020 Mar 31. Doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020041.