Changi General Hospital (CGH) Women’s Health Webinar Forum: Women in the New Age

Date: 06 March 2021
Time: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Audience: Public
Cost: Free

This International Women's Day, #ChooseToChallenge the new normal as a new age woman. Learn to identify changes in your body as you age - find out which changes are considered normal, and when more detailed checks are required. Is your hair loss a cause for worry? How should you maintain a healthy weight? When should you get a breast lump checked?

Sign up here for the Changi General Hospital (CGH) Women’s Health Webinar Forum today, and learn about the changes to expect as a woman living in the new age.

Programme

9.00am - 9.20am Getting to the root of the problem - Understanding hair loss in women
Dr Koh Wei Liang
Consultant, Department of Dermatology

9.25am - 9.45am Be breast assured - Common breast problems in women
Dr Mok Chi Wei
Consultant, Department of Surgery

9.50am - 10.10am All for the (kilo)gram - Weighing in on a healthier you
Dr Lin Jinlin
Consultant, Department of Surgery

Speakers’ Profile

Dr Koh Wei Liang

Dr Koh Wei Liang is a Consultant with the Department of Dermatology, Changi General Hospital who practices all aspects of general and inpatient dermatology. After graduation from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2008, he obtained his MRCP (UK) in 2014. He proceeded to complete his specialist training in dermatology at Changi General Hospital and National Skin Centre in 2017. Thereafter, he undertook his fellowship training in hair and scalp pathology in Melbourne, Australia in 2020.

Dr Koh has published more than 20 research articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, co-authored a few textbook chapters, and is currently a clinical lecturer at his alma mater.

Dr Mok Chi Wei

Dr Mok Chi Wei is a Consultant Surgeon with the Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital. He attained his specialist qualifications in General Surgery in 2017, with the Fellowship Examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery), before sub-specialising in breast surgery, in particular breast cancer surgery.

In his pursuit to achieve safe cancer surgery and excellent aesthetic outcomes, he completed his advanced training in the full spectrum of oncoplastic and keyhole breast surgery techniques, including robotic breast surgery in 2019.

Dr Lin Jinlin

Dr Lin Jinlin currently practices as a Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital. He graduated from the National University of Singapore School of Medicine in 2006 and finished his advanced surgical training, being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in November 2015. Dr Lin’s interest is in Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Metabolic surgery. In 2018, Dr Lin was awarded the MOH Health Manpower Development Program scholarship. He completed fellowship training at the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia with a focus on Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Metabolic surgery.

Dr Lin believes that bariatric and metabolic surgery provides effective and sustained weight loss for patients suffering from morbid obesity, helping them not only regain health but also improve psychosocial well-being.