Dr Lee Kang Hoe graduated from University of Cambridge, UK in 1987. He was a scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge and also received the Duckworth Prize at Jesus College. Dr Lee has also received a scholarship from the Kuok Foundation, Malaysia, for furthering his medical studies. He performed his surgical housemanship with Professor Sir Roy Calne (one of the pioneers in liver transplantation) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. This was followed by further training in internal medicine at Cambridge and he obtained his MRCP (London) in 1990. Subsequent to this, he joined Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, and underwent further training in Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine. This continued with a two year Critical Care Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA, the leading center for liver transplantation in the world under Professor Thomas Starzl and Professor John Fung, where he was awarded Fellow of the Year. He then returned to Singapore in 1995, and later joined the National University Singapore as a Lecturer in the Department of Medicine. He later became an Associate Professor of Medicine and Senior Consultant, and Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit. He was also one of the founding members for the Society of Intensive Care Medicine in Singapore. During this period, he has published many articles on respiratory related issues (especially pneumonias), ICU issues, health outcomes, and liver cirrhosis and liver transplantation. He has contributed various book chapters as well, and is the current editor for the Acute Medicine Handbook.

He has lectured in many international, regional, and local meetings in ICU, respiratory, renal, infectious diseases, and transplantation. He has been funded from NMRC, Singapore Cancer Society and industry for his research efforts. Research collaborations are ongoing with NUS investigators including a cross faculty research programme on decision support which is funded by IDA, and TEC. This is related to collaboration with an NIH decision support group led by Professor Alan Morris at LDS Hospital, Utah, on glucose-insulin computer decision support system. Dr Lee started the liver dialysis programme at NUH and was the lead investigator in a MOH sponsored programme that subsidized and evaluated the role of MARS® liver dialysis over a 4 year period.

Dr Lee has also been active in medical undergraduate education as part of his role in NUS and was responsible for bringing medical simulation training to the undergraduates and the establishment of a combined NUH-NUS simulation centre using SimMan®. He is still involved with postgraduate training and is currently a member in the two specialist training committee under the School of Postgraduate Medicine, NUS: Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr Lee joined Gleneagles Hospital in September 2005 as the Director of Critical Care and has been affiliated with the Asian Centre For Liver Diseases and Transplantation since then. He is still an adjunct Associate Professor at NUS. He has established close contacts with the King’s College Liver Unit, UK, as part of the development of the Asian Centre as a leading liver transplant centre. He is currently responsible for managing all the acute liver failure patients and liver transplant patients treated at this centre. Liver dialysis is offered in the liver ICU, and the overall Liver Unit at Gleneagles Hospital is a fully integrated ward to provide comprehensive care for the liver patient. The centre is conducting ongoing research on hepatitis B and liver cancer, and all aspects of liver transplantation.