Dr Loh Wenyin

Dr Loh Wenyin is a Senior Consultant with the Allergy Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and has a special interest in food allergy, allergen immunotherapy and allergic gastrointestinal diseases. She is actively involved in the development of hospital protocols for the evaluation and management of paediatric allergic diseases, including oral immunotherapy for food allergy. As a leading member of the multidisciplinary teams that manage eczema and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, she has extensive experience in managing and coordinating care of complex allergic disorders. She also plays a key role in promoting food allergy awareness in schools as the program director of the KKH Childhood Food Allergy & Asthma training program since 2015. She completed a research fellowship at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Melbourne, Australia), focusing on oral immunotherapy in children with peanut allergy as well as a postgraduate certificate in allergy with Imperial College London (UK).

• MMed Paediatrics (Singapore) 2012
• MRCPCH (UK) 2009
  
• MBBS (Singapore) 2006

• Senior Consultant, Department of Paediatric Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2012- Present
• Associate Editor, World Allergy Organization Journal 2023-Present
• Member, Royal College of Paeditatrics & Child Health, UK 2010-Present
• Member, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2013-Present
• Member, Allergy & Clinical Immunology Society, Singapore 2013-Present
• Member, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2023-Present

• Food Allergy
  
• Food Specific Immunotherapy
• Allergic Gastrointestinal Disorders

• Kiwi allergy in Singaporean children. Matthew S, Goh SH, Loh W, Chong KW. Clin Exp Allergy 2025 DOI 10.1111/cea70015.
• Improving school teachers’ self-efficacy and knowledge on food allergy and management of anaphylaxis using a virtual multidisciplinary workshop. Nagajothi R, Goh SH, Lim HH, Loh W, Chong KW. Ann Acd Med Singap 2024;54:67-69.
• Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders: a narrative review on clinical perspectives and research gaps in the Asian context. Chiou FK, Ng LQ, Loh W. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024;23(9): 69.
• Outcomes of oral food challenges conducted in a paediatric tertiary centre in Singapore. Chong KW, Loh W, Lee MP, Tan LL, Ng MH, Ong HJ, Ong LW, Lim HH, Chiang WC, Hoh A, Goh SH. Clin Exp Allergy 2024;54(7):509-511.
• IgE-mediated cow’s milk protein allergy in Singaporean children. Chong KW, Goh SH, Saffari SE, Loh W, Sia I, Seah S, Goh A. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2022;40:65-71.
• Clinical, histopathological features and efficacy of eliminary diet and proton-pump inhibitor therapy in achieving histological remission in Asian children with eosinophilic gastritis. Ng LQ, Loh W, Ong JX, Merchant K, Chiou FK. J Paediatric Child Health 2022;58(7): 1244-1250.
• An evaluation of the mechanisms of Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS)-induced IgE cows-linking on basophils in GOS allergy. Lee LYGN, Leow SY, Wen H, Soh JY, Chiang WC, Zhong Y, Them EH, Loh W, Selsing DJ, Lee BW, Huang CH. Front Allergy 2022;3:840454.
• IgE-mediated fish allergy in Singaporean children. Tan LL, Lee MP, Loh W, Goh A, Goh SH, Chong KW. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2023 DOI 10.12932/AP-250722-1417.
• IgE-mediated cow's milk protein allergy in Singaporean children. Chong KW, Goh SH, Saffari SE, Loh W, Sia I, Seah S, Goh A. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2022;40(1):65-71
• Outcome of drug provocation testing in children with suspected beta-lactam hypersensitivity. Chong KW, Goh SH, Chiang WC, Goh A, Loh W. Asia Pac Allergy. 2021 Jan;11(1):e3.
• Perioperative anaphylaxis: A five-year review in a tertiary paediatric hospital. Toh TSW, Foo SY, Loh W, Chong KW, Goh A, Hee HI, Goh SH. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 2021 Jan;49(1):44-51.
• A 5-year retrospective review of children with peanut allergy in the largest paediatric hospital in Singapore. Lee MP, Saffari SE, Loh W, Goh SH, Goh A, Chiang WC, Chong KW. Asia Pac Allergy. 2020 Jan;10(1):e6.
• Goat's milk anaphylaxis in a cow's milk tolerant child. Goh SH, Chong KW, Loh W, Goh A. Asia Pac Allergy. 2019 Oct;9(4):e34
• Predictive value of peanut skin prick test, specific IgE in peanut-sensitized children in Singapore. Chong KW, Saffari SE, Chan N, Seah R, Tan CH, Goh SH, Goh A, Loh W. Asia Pac Allergy. 2019 Jul 8;9(3):e21
• Cause and clinical presentation of anaphylaxis in Singapore from infancy to old age. Goh SH, Soh JY, Loh W, Lee KP. Tan SC. Heng WJK. Ibrahim I, Lee BW, Chiang WC. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2018;175:91-98.
• Cashew nut allergy in Singaporean children. Chitta S, Lian BX, Rao R, Loh W, Goh A, Chong KW. Asia Pac Allergy 2018; 8: e29
• The epidemiology of food allergy in the global context. Loh W, Tang MLK. Int J Environmental Research and Public Health 2018;15:2043.
• Debates in Allergy Medicine: Oral immunotherapy shortens the duration of milk and egg allergy – the con argument. Loh W, Tang MLK. World Allergy Organization Journal 2018;11:12.
• An unusual case of infant seizures with anaphylaxis to wheat. Chong KW, Ling S, Loh W. Asia Pac Allergy 2018;8:e13-15.
• Cause and clinical presentation of anaphylaxis in Singapore: from infancy to old age. Goh SH, Soh JY, Loh W, Lee KP, Tan SC, Heng WJK, Ibrahim I, Lee BW, Chiang WC. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2018;175:91-98.
• Adjuvant Therapies in Food Immunotherapy. Loh W, Tang MLK. Immunol Allergy Clin N Am 2018;38:89-101.
• Absence of esophageal eosinophilia in a toddler with severe eosinophilic esophagitis. Loh W, Wright KM, Chiou FK. Asia Pac Allergy 2017;7:243-246
• A stepwise approach in the management of chronic spontaneous urticarial in children. Lee XHM, Ong LX, Cheong JYV, Sultana R, Rao R, Lim HH, Ding XM, Loh WY, Punan M, Chiang WC. Asia Pac Allergy 2016;6:16-28.
• Pilot study of the use of Yin Qiao San in children with conventional antipyretic hypersensitivity. Liew WK, Loh W, Chiang WC, Goh A, Chay OM, Kidon MI. Asia Pac Allergy 2015;5:222-229.
• Anaphylaxis to Galacto-oligosaccharides - An Evaluation in an Atopic Population in Singapore. Soh JY, Huang CH, Chiang WC, Llanora GV, Lee AJ, Loh W, Chin YL, Tay VY, Chang YH, Delsing D, Lee BW. Allergy 2015;70(8):1020-1023.
• Tolerance to etoricoxib in children with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug hypersensitivity. Loh W, Lim HH, Rao R, Goh A, Ong LX, Chiang WC. Asia Pac Allergy 2015;5:40-46
• Allergic Rhinitis and Non-Allergic Rhinitis in Children in the Tropics: Prevalence and Risk Associations. Chiang WC, Chen YM, Tan HK, Balakrishnan A, Liew WK, Lim HH, Goh SH, Loh WY, et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. Oct 2012; 47(10): 1026-33.