Assistant Professor Teo Boon Wee, Jimmy

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital Telephone DID: (65)6772 2089 Mail to: mdctbw@nus.edu.sg
Qualifications
MB, BCh, BAO, B Med Sci, FASN American Board of Internal Medicine (Int Med)(Nephrology)

Dr Teo graduated from the National University of Ireland (University College, Cork) and won the Aodan O Donnchada Memorial Prize for the best pediatric project and the P.F. Fitzpatrick Prize in Social and Preventive Medicine. He underwent internal medicine residency training at the University Hospitals of Cleveland (Case Western Reserve University), winning the Norman Gordon Award for being an outstanding medical resident. He subsequently graduated from the Cleveland Clinic Nephrology Fellowship training program, and remained as a Clinical Scholar in Nephrology undertaking clinical research training and special training in dealing with nephrologic problems in patients with transplants including heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, liver, bone marrow, and/or combinations of transplants. Dr Teo is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, member of the American College of Physicians, and American Society of Transplantation.

Research Interests

Dr Teo has a special interest in intensive care nephrology, and is particularly interested in the support of critically ill patients with acute renal failure, especially with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and their different modes. He is also interested in the risk stratification of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing major surgery for developing acute renal failure. In addition, he is involved in the long-term care of kidney transplant patients. His other research interests include the epidemiology of acute and chronic kidney failure and glomerular filtration rates.