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Dr Lai Boon Cheok

MD (Malaysia), MRCP (London), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Singapore), Special Accreditation in Renal Medicine (Singapore)

Senior Consultant

Sengkang General Hospital

Specialty: General Medicine, Renal Medicine

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acute Kidney injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetic Kidney Disease, End Stage Kidney Disease, Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance, Glomerulonephritis, Hypertensive Nephropathy, Lupus, Lupus Nephritis, Renal Bone Disease, Resistant Hypertension, Vasculitis.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Department of Renal Medicine Sengkang General Hospital
Senior Consultant Department of General Medicine Sengkang General Hospital

Profile

Dr. Lai Boon Cheok joined Sengkang General Hospital in 2017. He was promoted to Consultant position in 2019 and Senior Consultant in 2024.

Dr Lai received his medical degree from National University of Malaysia in 2008. He obtained his MRCP in 2011 and pursued his specialist training in Nephrology in Singapore.

Dr Lai has special interest in Chronic kidney disease, Haemodialysis and Intervention Nephrology. He enjoys teaching and he is a Faculty Member for SingHealth Internal Medicine and Renal Residency Programs.

Education

MD (Malaysia)
MRCP (London)
MRCP(UK)
FAMS (Singapore)
Special Accreditation in Renal Medicine (Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-National University of Singapore
Clinical Lecture: Yong Loo Lin school of medicine, Singapore
Clinical Educator: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Clinical Core Faculty, SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency Program
Physician Faculty Member for Singhealth Renal Medicine Residency Programme
Subcommittee, Singapore Renal Transplant
Member, Singapore Society of Nephrology
Member, American Society of Nephrology
Member, Academy of Medicine (Singapore)

Awards

Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2022-Winner of Silver award.

Research Interests

Publications

Low, rather than High, Body Mass Index is a Risk Factor for Acute Kidney Injury
in Multiethnic Asian Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study.
Allen Liu, Wang JX, Milind Nikam, Lai BC, Yeoh LY. International Journal of Nephrology. 09 Jan 2018; 3284612
Takayasu Arteritis: What Can Go Wrong in The Glomeruli for Large Vessel Vasculitis.
A Case Report of an unusual Cause of Persistent Microscopic Hematuria in a Patient
with Takayasu Arteritis.
Lai BC, Ye QH , Tin KK. Cureus 11(6):e5024.DOI 10.7759/ Cureus. 5024
The Impact of a Multi-displinary Clinic on the Outcomes of Incident Dialysis Patients in
a Regional Hospital in Singapore.
Lai BC, Shashidhare Baikunje, Mayank Chawla
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation May 2021 36.
Phentermine Induced Acute Kidney Injury secondary to Uncontrolled Hypertension in
a Patient with Weight Regain Post-bariatric Surgery.
Marvin WJ Chua, Lai BC.
Obesity Surgery. August 2021;31 (8):3874-79.
Factors Associated with Acute Catheter Bleeding after de novo Internal Jugular Vein Tunneled Dialysis Catheter Insertion.
14th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology May 2014 (Tokyo).