Profile
Dr Ho is a Family Physician with experience in clinical practice, healthcare administration and policy, teaching and research. He studied Gerontology in Kyoto University and completed his PhD with his research focusing on Quality of Life and Activities of Daily Living related to elderly. He completed his Management of Science in Management (Sloan Programme) in Stanford University Graduate School of Business. After years away from full-time clinical practice, he completed his Fellowship in Family Medicine in 2022. He is a clinical instructor with Duke-NUS Medical school and enjoys teaching family medicine at all levels: undergraduate, post-graduate and fellowship levels. As a clinician and researcher, his area of interest are in geriatrics and cardiovascular disease especially in chronic kidney disease. He now runs Family Physician Clinics, Grace (Memory) clinic as well as Health and Wellness clinics for patients with mental health issues. Dr Ho is conversant in English, Mandarin and Japanese.
Education
- FCFP, Fellow College of Family Physicians (2022)
- MSx Master of Science in Management (Stanford) (2013)
- PhD Doctor of Philosophy (Gerontology) (2004)
- Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) (2000)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Director, Primary Care, Singhealth Regional Health System Office 2023
- Supervisor, FCFP programme 2023
- Mentor, Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) Programme B 2022
- Tutor, Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine 2002
- Lead physician, My Care Team Teamlet A Euno Polyclinic, 2022
- Clinical Instructor Duke-NUS Medical School 2021
- Lead, Eunos Polyclinic Cardiovascular; Member 2021
- Lead, Eunos Polyclinic Community Advance Care 2021
- Examiner, GDFM examinations 2005-11, 2014-5, 2017-8, 2020
- Examiner, M.MED Family Medicine Examination, 2007, 2009-11, 2013-4, 2016-7
- Member, SHP Cardiovascular Workgroup 2021
- Member, SHP Community Advance Care Workgroup 2021
- Board Member, MOH-representative, Health Promotion Board (HPB), Apr 2010 to Mar 2012
- Member, Joint Committee on Family Medicine Training (JCFMT) 2005-10
- Founding secretariat, Family Physician Accreditation Board, MOH Singapore 2011
- Member, Organising Committee, 18th WONCA World Conference Jul 2007
- Member, Organising Committee, NHG Annual Scientific Congress 2004
- Member, MOH workgroup on Clinical Practice Guidelines on Depression 2003
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Awards
- MOH Post-graduate Scholarship Award 2012
- Monbusho (Japan Ministry of Education) Scholarship (Research) 200
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Research Interests
- Chronic Kidney Disease: self-care and health literacy; disease awareness
- Geriatrics: Quality of Life and Activities of Daily Living
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Publications
- Han Kwee HO, Kozo Matsubayashi, Taizo Wada, Miyuki Kimura, Shoki Yano, Kuniaki Otsuka, Michiko Fujisawa, Toru Kita, Kiyofumi Saijoh.
What determines the life satisfaction of the elderly? Comparative study of residential care home and community in Japan.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International Jun 2003, Vol 3 Issue 2, P79-85 JIF: 2.730, Times Cited: 19 - Han Kwee HO, Kozo Matsubayashi, Taizo Wada, Miyuki Kimura, Toru Kita, Kiyofumi Saijoh.
Factors associated with ADL dependence: A comparative study of residential care home and community-dwelling elderly in Japan.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International Mar 2002, Vol 2 Issue 2, P80-86
JIF: 2.730, Times Cited: 54 - Han Kwee HO, Wada et al.
Comparative Study of Community-dwelling elderly in Singapore and Japan.
Japanese Journal of Geriatrics 2002 May;39(Suppl):95. JIF: 0.06
- Han Kwee HO, SK Cheong, CW Siew et al.
Prevalence, Awareness and Control of Hypertension in Community-dwelling Elderly in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2003 Sep; Vol 32 (Suppl) No(5):S58-9 JIF: 2.473, Times Cited: 2
- Reshma A Merchant, Matthew Chen, Linda Tan, Moses Lim, Han Kwee HO, Rob M Van Dam.
Singapore Healthy Older People Everyday (HOPE) Study: Prevalence of Frailty and Associated Factors in Older Adults.
JAMDA 18 (2017) 734.e9-734.e14. JIF: 4.367, Times Cited: 68
- CW Siew, Han Kwee HO, SK Cheong et al.
Caregiver Stress in Activities of Daily Living dependent elderly Aged more than 65 Years. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2003 Sep; Vol 32 (Suppl) No(5):S69-71 JIF: 2.473, Times Cited: 3
- TY Wong, Han Kwee HO, C Lim et al.
Comparative Study of a Two-year Disease Management Program for Patient with Diabetes in a Primary Healthcare Setting.
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2003 Sep; Vol 32 (Suppl) No(5):S73-5 JIF: 2.473, Times Cited: 2
- SK Cheong, Han Kwee HO, CW Siew et al.
State of Health of Community-dwelling Elderly in Singapore- The Challenges Ahead.
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2003 Sep; Vol 32 (Suppl) No(5):S79 JIF: 2.473
- Han Kwee HO, K Matsubayashi, FS Lim, S Sahadevan, T Kita, K Saijoh.
Hypertension in Japanese old-old. The Lancet Vol 359, No. 9308, 2 Mar 2002, 804 JIF: 79.321, Times Cited: 4
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