Dr Koh Koh Jia Wen Janine Cynthia

MBBS, MRCPCH, MMed (Paeds)

Associate Consultant

Profile

Dr Janine Koh is currently an Associate Consultant in Children’s Intensive Care Unit.

She graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, in 2017 with a Dean’s List in MBBS. She underwent SingHealth Paediatric Residency training from 2017-2024 and trained in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Singapore General Hospital. She obtained Membership to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) and Masters of Medicine (MMED), Paediatric (Singapore) in 2021 and received the Wong Hock Boon Gold Medal Award. She received specialist accreditation in 2024.

During her years of training, she served in the SingHealth Residency Committee from 2018-2019 and as a Chief Registrar in 2021. She was awarded the SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award in 2020, 2021 and 2022, Outstanding Faculty Award Post Graduate Year 1 in 2022 and Best Quality Improvement Project Award in 2022.

Education

Paediatric Medicine Specialist Exit Examination 2024
MMED/MRCPCH Paediatric Medicine (Singapore) 2021, Wong Hock Boon Gold Medalist
MBBS Yong Loo Lin National University of Singapore 2017, Dean’s List

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Consultant, Department of Children’s Intensive Care Unit, KKH 2024 – Present

Awards

Wong Hock Boon Gold Medalist 2021-2022, Masters of Medicine (Paediatric Medicine)
Outstanding Resident Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels RiSE Awards) 2020, 2021, 2022
Outstanding Faculty Award Postgraduate Year 1 (Residency in SingHealth Excels RiSE Awards) 2022
Quality Improvement Project Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels RiSE Awards) 2022
SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme Quality Practice Improvement and Innovation Day, 1st prize

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Risk factors for mortality in children with pneumonia admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. Koh JWJC, Wong JJ, Sultana R, Wong PPC, Mok YH, Lee JH. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 Aug;52(8):1076-1084. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23702. Epub 2017 Apr 3. PMID: 28371525.
Favorable Outcomes With Early Interleukin 6 Receptor Blockade in Severe Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood. Koh JC, Murugasu A, Krishnappa J, Thomas T. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 Sep;98:80-84. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.04.009. Epub 2019 Apr 25. PMID: 31201070.
Mortality in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Judith Ju-Ming Wong, Mark Jit, Rehena Sultana, Yee Hui Mok, Joo Guan Yeo, Jia Wen Janine Cynthia Koh, Tsee Foong Loh, Jan Hau Lee. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2019;34(7):563-571. doi:10.1177/0885066617705109
Global Case-Fatality Rates in Pediatric Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Tan B, Wong JJ, Sultana R, Koh JCJW, Jit M, Mok YH, Lee JH. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Apr 1;173(4):352-362. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4839. Erratum in: JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Apr 1;173(4):401. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0488. PMID: 30742207; PMCID: PMC6450287.
Burden of respiratory support differs between critically ill children with severe bacterial and viral pneumonia. Loh SW, Wong JJ, Teoh OH, Koh JW, Mok YH, Lee JH. J Emerg Crit Care Med 2020;4:11. doi: 10.21037/jeccm.2019.11.03
Pharmacokinetics Alterations in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review. Sutiman N, Koh JC, Watt K, Hornik C, Murphy B, Chan YH, Lee JH. Front Pediatr. 2020 Jun 26;8:260. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00260. PMID: 32670992; PMCID: PMC7332755.
A retrospective review of serious infections in febrile infants 0–90 days old. Khoo ZX, Chua C, Yap ZM, JC Koh, SX Chong, NHY Wijedasa, K Peng, CY Chong. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2022;31. doi:10.1177/20101058211026003
Impact of COVID-19 on paediatric and OBGYN residency training in Singapore. Lam Shang Leen J, Wong TTC, Ku CW, Koh JC, Nguyen TAP, Shahdadpuri R, Mathur M, Chow C. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Sep;50(9):717-720. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020453. PMID: 34625760.