Education Qualifications: MBBS, M.Med (Int Medicine), FRCP (Lond & Edin), FRACP, FAMS, AGAF, FACP, FACG
Prof Fock is a clinical professor of Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and a clinical professor with the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. His administrative duties include chief risk officer of Changi General Hospital (CGH). He was a master with the Academy of Medicine from 2008 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Medical Board of CGH (1999 – 2007). He has been president (2010 – 2014) and current board member of Asia Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF) and counselor of APSDE.
Prof Fock has authored more than 180 papers and spoke at numerous Gastroenterology conferences and seminars. His research interests include H-pylori, GERD, gastric cancer, functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel disease. He has also authored consensus on H.Pylori Infection, gastric cancer and GERD. Prof Fock was named outstanding reviewer for GIE in 2015 to 2016 as well as 2016 to 2017.
Prof Fock has been a visiting professor at University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tuscon, USA since 2007 and University of Utah School of Medicine, Utah, USA since 2003. Prof Fock has fellowships at the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG) and American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) as well as American College of Physicians (FACP) and Royal College of Physicians (FRCP – London & Edinburgh). He is a honorary fellow of The Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology and has served on editorial board of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Chief Risk Officer, CGH (Jan 2018 – Sep 2019)
- Special Advisor, MOHH Enterprise Risk Management Implementation Steering Committee (Aug 2017 – July 2018)
- Chair, Aesthetics Working Committee, Ministry of Health (Jan 2018 – Nov 2019)
- Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, NUS (1 Jul 2001 – present)
- Member, Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver
- Member, Asian-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy
- Fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Member, Complaints Committee, Singapore Dental Council
- Council Member, Singapore Medical Council
Awards:
- Public Administration Medal (Silver) 2010
- Long Service Medal 2010
Selected Publications:
Tay SW, Li JW, Fock KM. Diet and Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach. In press: Current Opinios in Gastroenterology 10 Dec 2020. Doi.1097/MOG.00000000000700.
G Hoffman, EM Quigley, KM Fock et al. “It ain’t over…till it’s over!” Risk-mitigation strategies for patients with gastrointestinal diseases in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 8 June 2020.
Huang KK, Ramnarayanan K, Zhu F, Fock KM, et al. Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling of High-Risk Intestinal Metaplasia Reveals Molecular Determinants of Progression to Gastric Cancer. Cancer Cell. 2018 Jan 8;33(1):137-150.
Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez, Khean-Lee Goh, Kwong Ming Fock, et al. Dysbiosis of the microbiome in gastric carcinogenesis. Published online: 21 November 2017.
Fock KM, Tiing Leong Ang. Editorial: Risk stratification for endoscopic surveillance of metachronous gastric cancer after endoscopic resection. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2017;46(10):1014-1015.
Yoshida A, Ueno F, Morizane T, Fock KM et al. Asia Perspectives on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report and Analysis of a Survey with Questionnaires. Digestion 2017;95:79-88
Ang TL, Fock KM. Current Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer. Singapore Med J 2014;55(12):621-628
Fock KM, Talley N, Goh KL et al. Asia-Pacific consensus on the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: an update focusing on refractory reflux disease and Barrett's oesophagus. Gut. 2016 Sep;65(9):1402-15.