Clin Asst Prof Dennis Chia

Dr Dennis Chia is an Emergency Physician at Sengkang General Hospital and the Programme Director of the Hospital Clinician Scheme. After completing his Emergency Medicine Residency with the National University Health System, he developed a strong focus on reducing healthcare barriers for underserved populations, particularly migrant and foreign domestic workers.

Passionate about career guidance and retention of non-specialist doctors, Dr Chia works to redesign roles that promote work-life harmony, career progression, and job fit within the public healthcare system. He is also committed to the professional and personal development of junior doctors and is actively involved in improving patient flow and alternate care models in the Emergency Department.

• ​Headache in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter Observational Study from Singapore. WS Kuan, R Kumar, YW Yau, WM Ng, DWJ Chia, EY Ng, KS Lather, MT Chua, Medicina 2023, 59(7), 1340
  
• Translation of Training to Practice - Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block for Analgesia in Patients with Hip Fracture. Gan S, Tan XY, Kaliannan S, Chia WJD, Chan KP, Pek JH. Med Ultrasound. 2022 Dec 21;24(4):485-490. 
  
• Health-seeking Behaviour of Foreign Workers in Singapore: Insights from Emergency Department Visits. SEJ Chan, DWJ Chia, Y Hao, SWQ Lian, MT Chua, MEH Ong. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:315-24
  
• Teaching Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block in the Emergency Department. Pek JH, DWJ Chia, S Kaliannan, YT Wong, KP Chan. Med Ultrason. 2020 Mar 1;22(1):97-101
  
• Difficulties faced by a Medical Team based at a COVID-19 Quarantine Facility. S Shanker, DWJ Chia, S Ganti. Singapore Med J 2020, 1–9
  
• Early predictors for the diagnosis of liver abscess in the Emergency Department. DWJ Chia, WS Kuan, WH Ho, TB Sim, MT Chua. Intern Emerg Med 14, 783–791 (2019)