Dr Chan Kwok Wai Adrian
Respiratory Physician
Experience
Dr Adrian Chan is a respiratory physician and intensivist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.
He has expertise in the field of respiratory medicine with regards to bronchoscopic techniques such as endobronchial ultrasound and bronchial thermoplasty.
In the field of adult allergy medicine, Dr Chan is well versed in allergy diagnostics and therapy, such as skin allergy testing, serum testing, drug challenges, drug desensitisation and allergen immunotherapy.
He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2006 and later received specialty training in respiratory and critical care medicine at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). In the University Hospital of Southampton, he pursued his master's degree in allergy and his clinical fellowship in allergy and asthma.
Prior to private practice, Dr Chan was a consultant at the department of respiratory and critical care medicine in SGH. In addition to general pulmonology, critical care and bronchoscopy services, he has also served in the Severe Asthma Clinic, providing comprehensive evaluation and advanced therapeutics for the patients.
Dr Chan is also a passionate advocate for clinical education and has held multiple education-related appointments including associate program director at Singapore Health Internal Medicine Residency, adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, clinical lecturer at NUS’ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and clinical tutor at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. In addition, he gives lectures at the Nanyang Polytechnic to advanced trainee nurses.
He was awarded the Singapore Health Residency Outstanding Faculty Award in 2017 and 2018.
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