Bio

Dr Kwok obtained his 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 Physicians (U.K.), after qualifying with a diploma from the Royal College in Edinburgh, Scotland in the U.K. He trained in cardiology at the National University Hospital & National Heart Centre in Singapore and completed a fellowship in Heart Failure & Heart Transplantation at Stanford University School of Medicine in USA.

He is Singapore’s first qualified transplant cardiologist, and established Singapore’s first multi-disciplinary Heart Failure Programme at the National Heart Centre of Singapore. As Director of the Programme, he oversaw the care of patients with advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices. Dr Kwok has been in private practice since 2007. In addition to practising general cardiology, his professional interests are in heart failure, heart transplantation and cancer-treatment related heart conditions.

Dr Kwok is the Founding-President of the Heart Failure Society (Singapore), a Past-President of the Singapore Cardiac Society, and Past-Governor of the Singapore Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. He recently retired from the Board of the Singapore Heart Foundation after 10 years of service.

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