Adj Asst Prof Khoo Poh Choo

Dr Khoo has been working in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore (KKH) since 1997, upon returning from the UK, where she did her undergraduate and postgraduate Paediatric training. She is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Neonatology, KKH since November 2006 and Head of Service, Neonatal Ambulatory Team since August 2012 and was Deputy Head of the Department of Neonatology (2017 – 2025).

She is Co-Chair of KKH’s Singhealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN)

Dr Khoo runs the Preterm Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Infant Follow Up Programme and is also Director of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in KKH. She is actively involved in managing and maintaining KKH’s participation in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) database, which is an international database of Premature VLBW Infants. She is advisor to the Early Bird Baby Club (Parent Support Group for the Premature Very Low Birth Weight Infants) in KKH.

She is an active member of Singapore’s Paediatric/Perinatal Fraternity. She is the current Chair of the Chapter of Neonatology (Year 2024-2026) under the College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Singapore and is in the executive council of the Perinatal Society of Singapore and Singapore Paediatric Society.

She is Co-Chair of KKH’s Singhealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN) and is a certified Esther Coach.

• Specialists Accreditation Board Neonatology, Singapore 2011
• Specialists Accreditation Board Paediatrics, Singapore 2003
• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS) Paediatrics 2003
• Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) (Paeds) (UK) 1997
• Member of the Royal College (Paeds) (UK) 1996
• MB ChB (UK) – University of Leicester Medical School 1990

• Head, Neonatology Ambulatory Service, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital – 2012 to current
• Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital – since 2006
• Chair, Chapter of Neonatology, College of Paediatrics and Child Health Singapore – 2024 to current
• Co-Chair SPAN (SingHealth Patient Advisory Network) at KKH – 2020 to current
• Director Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme – 2012 to current
• Member Hospital Transfusion Committee – 2012 to current
• Executive council Member, Singapore Paediatric Society, 2023- current
• Executive Council Member – Perinatal Society of Singapore
• Deputy Head of Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2017-2025
• President - Perinatal Society of Singapore, 2004- 2008

• SingHealth GCEO Outstanding Clinician Award – 2022
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Gold, 2022
• SingHealth HMDP Award 2011 – “Early developmental screening and health related quality of life in high-risk children including very low birth weight children and adolescents”, 2011
• HSDP Award – Multidisciplinary Developmental Follow Up for High-Risk Infants, 2014 to 2020
• National Day Award – Long Service – 2023
• Covid-19 Resilience Medal (Special National Award) – National Award 2023
• Esther Coach 2024

• Sociometric Play-based Remediation of Individual Neurodevelopmental Trajectories (SPRINT) - Site PI
• A Sociometric AI Screening Tool to Risk-Stratify infant Neurodevelopmental Trajectories (STARS) - Site PI
• A study to collect data to build artificial intelligence derived algorithms for estimating iron status of children (Ferrous 2) - PI

• Challenges and opportunities for early childhood intervention services in Singapore: addressing user satisfaction.
  Kim S, Zhang X, Sawant S, Poon KK, Khoo PC, Wong CM, Daniel LM, Law EC, Lee E, Leong V
  Front Public Health. 2025 Jul 1;13:1566167.
• Expert consensus on the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease and the utility of nirsevimab for disease prevention and protection of infants.
  DYT Goh, A Goh, CK Chen, SM Chan, PC Khoo, KC Thoon, JH Li, BW Lee, CF Yung
  World Journal of Paediatrics 21(6), 552-565, 2025
• Infant Milk Formula with Large, Milk Phospholipid-coated Lipid droplets enriched in Dairy Lipids Affects Body Mass Index Trajectories and Blood Pressure at School Age: Follow-up of a randomized Controlled Trial. Marieke Abrahamse-Berkeveld, Sabine NJ Jespers, Poh Choo Khoo, Vincent Rigo, Stefaan MK Peeters, Ronald HT van Beek , Obbe F Norbruis , Stefanie Schoen , Maya Marintcheva-Petrova , Eline M van der Beek, Gerlinde MSJ Stoelhorst , Yvan Vandenplas, Anita CS Hokken-Koelega, for the Mercurius Study Group.
  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 119 (1), 87-99, 2024.
• New BPD- prevalence and risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia/ mortality in extremely low gestational age infants < 28 weeks.
  G Odattil, VC Rajadurai, AJ Amand, RD Puerta, BH Quek, PC Khoo, MC Chua, P Agarwal.
  Journal of Perinatology 41 (8), 1943-1950, 2021
• The Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) in very low birth weight infants and outcome at two years of age. Anitha Madayi, Luming Shi, Yanan Zhu, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Asila Alia Noordin, Shelly Anne Marie Sherwood, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, Poh Choo Khoo, Bin Huey Quek, Pratibha Keshav Agarwal.
  Journal of Perinatology, 1-10. Publication date: June 2021.
• Academic school readiness in children born very preterm and associated risk factors Pratibha Agarwal; Qishi Zheng Phey Hong Yang; Luming Shi; Victor Samuel Rajadurai; Poh Choo Khoo; Bin Huey Quek; Lourdes Mary Daniel.
  Early Human Development 155, 105325 JIF 2.169. Publication date: April 2021
• Effectiveness of Palivizumab against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization among Preterm Infants in a Setting with Year-round Circulation. Kee Thai Yeo, Chee Fu Yung, Poh Choo Khoo, Seyed Ehsan Saffari, Jane Swee Peng Sng, Mee See How, Bin Huey Quek.
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Jul 2021; 224(2): 279-287
• Emotional and Behavioural disorders in a cohort with Down syndrome using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A pilot study. Kavitha Sothirasan, Anand A.J, Rashmi Mittal, Khoo Poh Choo, Suresh Chandran.
  Heliyon 6 (10), e05095 JIF 1.6. Publication date: October 2020.
• The Infancy Study: The Impact of caregiving arrangements in Singapore on Early Childhood Development. Chan Qing Rong, Rosie Li, Grace Yap, John M Elliot, Tan Seok Hui, Maria Shiu, Khoo Poh Choo
  Singapore Children’s Society Research Monograph No. 12.
• Evidence-Based Practices Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Improve Nutrition Outcomes in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants. Suresh Chandran, Amudha Jayanthi Anand, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, Ehsan Saffari Seyed, Poh Choo Khoo, Mei Chien Chua.
  Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition, Dec 2020; 45(7): 1408-1416.