Education Qualifications: MBBS, FRCSEd (A&E), FAMS, IDHA, GDip Healthcare Management and Leadership
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
- Clinical Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
- Immediate past Head of Department, Emergency Medicine, SGH
- Member, International Board of Directors of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (2005-2009)
- Field Medical Commander, Disaster Site Medical Command, Ministry of Health, Singapore (1997-2008)
- Senior Consultant (Disaster Medicine), Operations Readiness and Control Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore (2007-2009)
- Council member, College of Emergency Physicians, Academy of Medicine Singapore
- Chairman, Emergency Medicine Specialist Advisory Board, SAF Medical Corp, MINDEF
Awards:
- HMDP Fellowship (Honorary Visiting Registrar, A&E Royal Infirmary Edinburgh and Hope Hospital Salford, 1991-1992)
- HMDP Fellowship (Clinical Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital 1996-1997)
- Best Clinical Teacher (Undergraduate) Award for ACSS SGH (2001)
- Health Care Humanity Award (2005)
- National Day Award 2014 - Long Service Award
- MOH Distinguished Senior Clinician Award (2017)
- AMEI Generativity Award for Educators (2018)
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Programme Director, SingHealth Emergency Medicine Residency Programme
- Member, Student Progression Committee, Duke NUS Medical School
- Dy Coordinator, Core Rotation in Emergency Medicine, Duke NUS Medical School
- Organizing Co-Chairman, SingHealth Duke NUS Education Conference (2017 and 2019)
- Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee, International Conference for Emergency Medicine (2010)
Selected Publications:
E Wong, Leong MKF, Anantharaman V, Raman L, Wee KP, Chao TC. Road Traffic Accident Mortality in Singapore. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 2, February 2002, Pages 139-146
Fong YT, Anantharaman V, Lim SH, Leong MKF, Pokkan G. Mass CPR99 - survey results of a multi-organisational effort in public education in CPR". Resuscitation 49(2001), 201-205
Ponampalam R, Leong M, Lim SH. Are We Prepared to Deal with Hazardous Material Incidents? – An SGH Experience. SGH Proceedings, Vol 11. Number 4. 2002
Leong MKF et al. Injury Related Deaths in Singapore. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine 2003. Vol 10 No 2: 88-96
Ngo A, Ponampalam R, Leong M K F, Lim S H. Chlorine and its Impact on an Emergency Department PDM 2007 Vol. 22(2):136-139
M. Chandran, M. Z. W. Tan & M. Cheen & S. B. Tan & M. Leong & T. C. Lau. Secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures—an “OPTIMAL” model of care from Singapore. Osteoporosis International 2013. 24(5)
Sohil P, Hao PY, Mark L. Potential impact of early physiotherapy in the emergency department for non-traumatic neck and back pain. World J Emerg Med. 2017; 8(2):110-115
Shen YZ, Leong MKF. Perforated Duodenal Diverticulum with Subtle Pneumo-retroperitoneum on Abdominal X-ray. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2017 Vol 2017 ID 7089573
Celia Ia Choo Tan, Jennifer Suet Ching Liaw, Bo Jiang, Sohil Equbal Pothiawala, Mark Kwok Fai Leong. Predicting outcomes of acute low back pain patients in emergency department - A prospective observational cohort study. Medicine (2018) 97:26
Leong, MKF. Pitfalls and Red Flags in Common Clinical Syndromes. Singapore Family Physician 2013; Vol 39(3):32-3
Role of Paramedics in Chemical Accident Published in Report Workshop on the Health Aspects of Chemical Emergencies, KL Malaysia Dec 1995
Health aspects of Chemical Emergencies – Country report for Singapore. Report of Workshop on the Health Aspects of Chemical Emergencies. WHO EHC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1995
Leong MKF. Evidence-Based Medical Response to Mass Casualty Events at Airports. J Aviation Management 2008: 55-64
Classic Concepts in Disaster Medical Response – Chapter in “Humanitarian Crisis-The Medical and Public Health Response”, edited by Jennifer Leanning, Susan M Briggs, and Lincoln C Chen. 1999, Harvard University Press
Leong MKF. Sphere Project and Standards in Medical Relief Mission Handbook – a primary care perspective. SingHealth Academy Publishing 2009. ISBN-13:978-981-08-2464-8
Leong MKF. Code of Conduct for the Humanitarian Aid Worker -– a primary care perspective. SingHealth Academy Publishing 2009. ISBN-13:978-981-08-2464-8
Medical Response to Hazmat Incidents in Hazmat Medical Life Support, A Basic Provider Manual, World Scientific Publishing Co ©2014. ISBN 987-981-4583-15-2
Introduction and Objectives in Hazmat Medical Life Support, A Basic Provider Manual, World Scientific Publishing Co ©2014. ISBN 987-981-4583-15-2
Historical Perspectives in Hazmat Medical Life Support, A Basic Provider Manual, World Scientific Publishing Co ©2014. ISBN 987-981-4583-15-2