Dr. Jeremy Chow is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist. He was Consultant Cardiologist at Changi General Hospital and is Visiting Consultant at National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). He was Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) from 2006 to 2013.
Dr. Chow is currently a member of the Singapore Medical Association and Singapore Cardiac Society, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Chapter of Cardiologists. He is also a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and ASEAN College of Cardiology and an active member in numerous associations including the Heart Rhythm Society, European Heart Rhythm Association, and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society. He is currently a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) of the Heart Rhythm Society, USA.
Dr. Chow graduated with MBBS from NUS. He completed his basic specialist training in internal medicine and obtained MMed in internal medicine from NUS. He has been a certified cardiologist since 2010 upon completion of his advanced specialist training in cardiology at Changi General Hospital and NHCS. He was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Health under the Health Manpower Development Plan for further specialization in cardiac implantable electronic devices and electrophysiology in Germany. He completed the accorded fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Johannes Sperzel, a leading cardiac electrophysiologist at Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim.
Dr. Chow subspecialized in complex cardiac device management including cardiac resynchronization therapy, complex lead management and extractions, electrophysiology, and ablations including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. During his fellowship, he was involved in the research and application of numerous advanced device implantations and ablations.
Dr. Chow also has special interest in the management of atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention and actively participates as a member of Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) association. His other clinical interests include the management of supraventricular tachycardias and outflow tract ventricular tachycardias as well as cardiac device management for symptomatic bradycardias and sudden cardiac death prevention.
His specialty interests are atrial fibrillation, heart rhythm disorders, cardiac pacing, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implant, critical care cardiovascular disease, palpitation, syncope, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and preventive cardiology.
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