Bio
Prof Thoon Koh Cheng obtained his postgraduate Specialist Paediatrics qualifications from RCPCH as well as NUS in 2004. He trained in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto in 2007, and was appointed as Head of Infectious Disease Service at KKH since June 2010. He is also a Clinical Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School.
He is currently Chairman of the Division of Medicine, Chairman of the Hospital Infection Control Committee, and former Academic Vice-Chair (Education) of the Paediatrics ACP in KKH. He is also the current Chairman of the National Verification Committee for Measles Elimination, Chairman of the National Paediatrics ICU-ID Subcommittee, and was previous Vice-Chairperson of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Control Committee in the Ministry of Health (MOH), previous Chairman of the Singhealth Hand Hygiene Event Committee, and previous Director (MOH designate) of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at KKH. In addition, he sits as a Member on multiple Departmental and Hospital committees including the Medical Board, as well as Singhealth and MOH Committees including the Expert Committee on Immunisation. He was instrumental in developing the KKH Infectious Disease System, the KKH Vaccine Pocketbook (and subsequently the Vaccine Calculator and eBook App), and piloted the 1st National Inpatient Active Vaccine Safety surveillance in collaboration with Health Science Authority (HSA). In 2018, he was awarded the Public Sector Transformation Star Service Individual Award by the Singapore Civil Service for championing the prevention and therapy of childhood infectious diseases. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed articles, letters, editorials, books and book chapters, and his research interests include epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases (particularly invasive pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae disease) and respiratory viral diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, adverse events following immunization, mycobacterial infections (including TB and NTM), severe invasive bacterial and viral diseases, HIV and dengue. He has also been the principal investigator/ holder of more than $7 million worth of grant funds so far.
Education
Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
University of Melbourne, Australia
NUS Appointment(s)
Adjunct Associate Professor
YLL-NUS School of Medicine,
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