Alvin Ng Chung Meng
Dr. Alvin Ng is a physician and endocrinologist practicing at Mount Elizabeth Medical Center in Singapore. In 1999, he graduated from the medical faculty of National University of Singapore (MBBS). He received the qualification of a graduate student in internal medicine (MRCP UK and MMed Internal Medicine, S'pore), an accreditation specialist in endocrinology, and then was inducted. as a fellow of the Medical Academy of Singapore (FAMS, Endocrinology).
He was awarded a fellowship by the Department of Health Human Resources Development Program (HMDP) from the Department of Health for general endocrinology and osteoporosis training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (USA) in 2007 under the supervision of Dr. Sandip Hosle, Dr. Matthew Drake and Dr. Bart Clark . Upon returning to Singapore and during his stay at the Singapore General Hospital, he was one of the leading clinicians at the SGH Osteoporosis Clinic, dealing with a wide range of cases, including postmenopausal bone loss, male osteoporosis, cancer-induced bone loss, and renal failure. bone disease, osteoporosis caused by glucocorticoids (steroids), idiopathic hypercalciuria, metabolic bone diseases, pseudohypoparathyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta, hypercalcemia, primary hyperparathyroidism, hypocalcemia, autoimmune hypoparathyroidism and diabetes mellitus and weight through lifestyle modifications and pharmacological interventions, and he works closely with bariatric surgeons on patients with morbid obesity m Dr. Ng is well versed in the treatment of diabetes mellitus (type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes), lipid / cholesterol disorders, thyroid diseases, including the use of ultrasound-controlled fine needle aspiration (FNA), testosterone deficiency, Polycystic ovary syndrome, the study of hirsutism and gynecomastia, endocrine causes of secondary hypertension and pituitary-adrenal diseases. In addition to his clinical expertise, he has won consistent rewards for his care, and his patients speak of him as a patient and caring doctor.