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Credentials MBBS (S’pore), MRCS (Edin), MMed (ORL), ACGME-I (ORL), FAMS (ORL)
Language English, Mandarin Chinese
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Dr Ker Liang graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 2009. She subsequently served as a Consultant with the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Singapore’s National University Health System (NUHS). She accumulated more than 13 years of experience in the field of Otolaryngology, providing specialised ENT outpatient services as well as surgical care in all three hospitals in Singapore’s western hospital cluster, namely National University Hospital (NUH), Alexandra Hospital, and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH).

Dr Ker Liang specialises in treating patients, including children and seniors, with general ENT conditions and has a particular interest in Laryngology. She underwent fellowship training under Professor Marc Remacle and is well-versed in Laryngological conditions related to the throat, voice, and swallowing. She is a seasoned Laryngologist and has treated many esteemed overseas patients, such as military generals, in her Voice and Swallowing Clinic at NUH.

Associated Treatments

ENT clinic services and treatment includes nasoendoscopy, microscopic ear clearance, swabs for microbiology, fine needle aspiration cytology (with/without ultrasound guidance), biopsy, toilet & suture of wounds, incision and drainage of abscesses, tracheostomy tube change as well as nasogastric tube insertion/change.

Special Treatments

Special clinical services and treatment includes videostroboscopy, therapeutic injection of filler/botox, and tracheo-esophageal prosthesis (TEP) change.

Publications

High-risk HPV genotypes and P16INK4a expression in a cohort of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients in Singapore, Oncotarget, December 27th 2016

Achievements

Phase IV Medical Undergraduate Director (ENT), NUS YLLSOM, 2021 to 2024

Assistant Professor, Clinical Educator track, for Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies at National University Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, since 2020

Associations

Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Singapore (SOHNSS) member

Academy of Medicine, Singapore, member

Singapore Medical Association (SMA), member

Awards and Honours

National Health System, Long service award – 10 years, in 2020

Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) sponsorship recipient in 2019

Fellowships and Accreditations

Completed fellowship in Laryngology under Prof Marc Remacle, in Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, from 2019 to 2020.