Dr Cheng Zai Ru

MBBS (Spore), MMed (Paeds), MRCPCH (UK), GDMH (NUS), GDFM (NUS)

Staff Physician

Clinical Appointments

Staff Physician Respiratory Medicine Service KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Staff Physician SingHealth Duke-NUS Sleep Centre

Profile

Dr Cheng Zai Ru received her medical degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2008 and subsequently obtained her Master of Medicine in Paediatric Medicine (NUS) and attained Membership to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) in 2013. She further obtained the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health (NUS) in 2020 and Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (NUS) in 2022.

She has been providing outpatient care to patients seen within the Respiratory Medicine Service since 2014, treating patients with general respiratory conditions, asthma and sleep conditions. Between 2015-2019, she collaborated with local schools and organizations on excursions for KKH patients with chronic respiratory illnesses to help them realise the fun in exercise through the Breathe Easy And Restful Sleep (B.E.A.R.S) Club.

Since 2020, she has been the anchor clinician for video consultation services provided by the Respiratory Medicine Service.

She is currently an Adjunct Lecturer with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and a Clinical Tutor with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Her clinical research interests are in paediatric respiratory and sleep related disorders.

Education

Grad Dip Family Medicine (NUS) 2022
Grad Dip Mental Health (NUS) 2020
MMed (Paediatrics) (Singapore) 2013
MRCPCH (UK) 2013
MBBS (NUS) 2008

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Staff Physician, Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH 2021-present
Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2022-present
Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS 2021-present
Member, Transforming Model of Care Steering Committee (Acute Paediatrics), KKH 2022- present
Senior Staff Registrar, Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH 2017-2021
Staff Registrar, Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH 2014-2017
Medical officer, Paediatrics, Specialist Trainee (Basic), Ministry of Health, 2009-2013

Awards

Service from the Heart Award, KKH 2018, 2021
10 years Long Service Award, KKH 2020
Finalist, Young Investigator Award, International Congress of Paediatric Pulmonology, Tokyo, 2019
1st runner up (poster), Annual Scientific Meeting, KKH 2019
Nestle Nutrition Institute Award (Silver Medal) MMed (Paeds) Exam 2014

Research Interests

Paediatric Respiratory conditions
Paediatric Sleep conditions

Publications and Research Trials

Assessing the accuracy of AI enabled acoustic analytic technology on breath sounds in children. Cheng ZR, Zhang HY, Thomas B, Tan YH, Teoh OH, Pugalenthi A. J. Med Eng Technol. 2022 Jan;46(1):78-84.
Keeping pace with adolescent asthma- A practical approach to optimizing care. Cheng ZR, Tan YH, Teoh OH, Lee JH. Pulm Ther. 2022 Mar;8(1):123-137.
Approach to chronic cough in children. Cheng ZR, Chua YX, How CH, Tan YH. Singapore Med J. 2021 Nov;62(10):513-519.
Persistent opacity on X-ray: take a closer look at the ribs. Cheng ZR, Thomas B, Pugalenthi A, Tan YH, Teoh OH. Br J Hosp Med. 2020 Jul;81(7).
Integrated approach to e-learning enhanced both subjective and objective knowledge of aEEG in a neonatal intensive care unit. Poon WB, Tagamolila V, Toh YP, Cheng ZR. Singapore Med J. 2015 Mar;56(3):150-156.

Research Trials

Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension among children with sleep-disordered breathing: a prospective cohort study (Co-investigator; Paediatrics, SingHealth-Duke NUS, Tan Cheng Lim Research Fund) 2021-present