Dr Francis Teh Kok Ban

MBBS (UM), Mmed (Int Med), MRCP (UK)

Associate Consultant

Specialty: Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology, General Medicine

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Autoimmune Liver Disease, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Dyspepsia, Fatty Liver Diseases, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Gastrooesophageal Reflux, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Liver Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension, Viral Hepatitis.

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology Service Sengkang General Hospital
Associate Consultant Department of General Medicine Sengkang General Hospital

Profile

Education

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Malaya
Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
Membership of the Royal College Physicians, United Kingdom
European Specialty Certificate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal College of Physicians
Specialist Accreditation in Gastroenterology (Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Outstanding Resident Award RISE 2021
Hero Award 2021
CGH Quality Improvement Festival 2022 – Silver award
Best ACP QI Project 2022
CGH Quality Improvement Festival 2023 – Gold award

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Minimal monitoring is a safe but underutilised strategy for hepatitis C virus management in Singapore. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Tay WX, Koh SJ, Teh FKB, Tan YB, Qiu TY, Mai LW, Wong VL, Tan J, Kwek A, Fock KM, Ang TL.. 2023 Jun 27;52(6):321-3.
CHESS‐ALARM score to stratify decompensation risk in compensated advanced chronic liver disease patients: an international multicenter study. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. Wong YJ, Li J, Liu C, Chen Z, Chan YH, Putera M, Teh KB, Ang TL, Zhao L, Yan Z, Kumar R. . 2022 Jun;37(6):1043-51.
BAVENO-VI CRITERIA TO PREDICT VARICEAL BLEEDING AND LIVER DECOMPENSATION IN COMPENSATED ADVANCED CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS. Wong YJ, Li J, Liu C, Chen Z, Chan YH, Putera M, Teh KB, Ang TL, Zhao L, Yan Z, Qi X. . 2021
Efficacy and safety of albumin infusion for overt hepatic encephalopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Digestive and Liver Disease. Teh KB, Loo JH, Tam YC, Wong YJ. . 2021 Jul 1;53(7):817-23.
Small esophageal varices in compensated cirrhosis patients: to treat or not to treat?. Journal of Hepatology. Putera M, Teh KB, Kumar R, Wong YJ. . 2021 Aug 1;75(2):491-2.
CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND PREDICTORS OF SMALL ESOPHAGEAL VARICES AMONG PATIENTS WITH COMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS. Gastroenterology. Putera M, Teh KB, Wong YJ. . 2021 May 1;160(6):S-864.
Calcium gluconate extravasation injury with good response to sodium thiosulfate treatment. Clinical & Experimental Dermatology. Teh F, Oh CC. . 2021 Jul 1;46(5)