DR REUBEN WONG KM

About Dr Wong

Dr Reuben Wong is a specialist in Gastroenterology, with a clinical interest in reflux and swallowing disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), gut microbiota, chronic constipation and diarrhoea. Dr Wong obtained his MBBS from NUS in 1998 and attained his MRCP (UK) in 2004. In 2008, he was accredited as a Gastroenterologist by the Ministry of Health and admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore). Dr Wong is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), and Visiting Consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH).

Dr Wong undertook subspecialty training at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders under the MOH Healthcare Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) scholarship in 2008. At NUH, Dr Wong helmed the Functional Gastroenterology Clinic, and established the Gastroenterology-Psychology multidisciplinary service to offer an alternative treatment approach to IBS. As Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory at NUH, he introduced High Resolution Manometry to Singapore, enabling new clinical insight into the diagnosis and management of esophageal disorders.

Dr Wong has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, is regularly invited to speak at international scientific meetings and his research has been presented at international conferences. He has received several research grants and a number of his research projects have been published in major international journals. Among his accolades are three Young Investigator Awards, an MOH Quality Improvement Merit Award and a Leadership in Academic Medicine Award. Dr Wong is currently faculty on the International Anorectal Physiology Workgroup, which seeks to draft the new language and definitions for High Resolution Anorectal Manometry, a member of the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee and President of the IBS Support Group of Singapore.