About Dr Lye Wai Choong
Specialty / Subspecialties: Renal Medicine
SUBSPECIALTIES: Renal Medicine
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS: Centre For Kidney Diseases
Gender: Male
Languages: English, Mandarin
Fellowship and accreditation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Australia
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Renal Medicine)
Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Singapore
Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
Education & Experience:
Dr Lye Wai Choong is a renal doctor practicing in Singapore at Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
Dr Lye Wai Choong specializes in renal medicine (nephrology), a medical specialty focused on the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease patients.
Dr Lye Wai Choong was a visiting assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University’s Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory in the US, and a consultant nephrologist and physician at Singapore’s National University Hospital.
He is the former president of the Singapore Society of Transplantation.
Dr Lye Wai Choong was awarded a travel grant by the International Nephrological Society in 1993 and the first prize at the 12th International Nephrological Congress the same year.
He is strongly interested in renal education and science, and is the author of more than 100 indexed journal papers and abstracts reviewed by peers. He is often regularly invited to speak at congresses and seminars worldwide.
In 2008, Dr Lye successfully performed an ABO incompatible and positive crossmatch kidney transplant on a renal patient in Singapore along with a team of surgeons.
Dr Lye Wai Choong Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): BOOK BY Tel 67364691, Fax 67364692, Orchard +65 6250 0000, Novena +65 6898 6898 & Online Appointment here.
Chamber Name & Address: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Centre For Kidney Diseases, 304 Orchard Road #05-23, Lucky Plaza, Singapore 238863.
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