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Dr Kok Jaan Yang
Senior Consultant Contact Details
6A Napier Road, #01-35 Professional Education
MBBS (Singapore), |
Profile
Dr Kok is a Specialist in Palliative Medicine with Parkway Cancer Centre. Before joining Parkway Cancer Centre in 2008, Dr Kok was a Consultant in Dover Park Hospice, and a Visiting Consultant in the Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital.
Dr Kok graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Singapore. He was subsequently awarded the Master of Medicine in Family Medicine (Singapore), and the Postgraduate Diploma of Palliative Medicine (Cardiff, UK). In 2004-05, under the Ministry of Health’s HMDP programme, Dr Kok spent a year in advanced training in Palliative Medicine in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Kok has extensive experience in palliative care, being one of the pioneer members of the Palliative Medicine Subspecialty Training Committee, appointed by the Specialists Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health, to oversee the training of Palliative Medicine Specialists in Singapore. He was also one of the examiners of the Advanced Specialists Training Exit Examination from 2009-2011.
He is a Clinical Tutor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing training in palliative care. He was the Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Singapore Palliative Care Conference 2008.
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Dr Kok Jaan Yang - Video Profile
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To server and to careParkway Cancer Centre staff share their thoughts and wishes as the Centre enters its fourth year “I am privileged to be able to share the journey with many cancer patients and their caregivers; for I have humbly learnt much from many of them through discovering new meanings in living despite adversity; strengths amid vulnerabilities; and the power of selfless love and care.” Gerald Boh, Senior Counsellor |
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Making their last days betterDr Kok Jaan Yang was a medical student when he first encountered palliative care through the doctor and nurses who cared for his dying mother. Today, the Consultant of Palliative Care Services at PCC has found his calling caring for and supporting the dying and their families. He tells his story |
