Full Name
Dr Gim Gee Teng
Designation
Head and Senior Consultant, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NUH
Head and Senior Consultant, Chronic Program, Alexandra Hospital
Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Head and Senior Consultant, Chronic Program, Alexandra Hospital
Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Bio
Dr Teng Gim Gee graduated from the School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, completed Internal Medicine Residency in Austin, Texas and pursued Rheumatology Fellowship at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr Teng is board certified in Internal Medicine (2003) and Rheumatology (2006). Dr Teng is highly committed to postgraduate medical education and was the program director of the NUHS Rheumatology Senior Residency from 2012 to 2018 where she received several teaching awards. She completed her Masters of Clinical Investigation at National University of Singapore in 2012. She joined the Alexandra campus development team since 2016 in building the outpatient services for chronic diseases, recruiting and mentoring young consultants. She has worked closely with nurses and pharmacists in developing team based care gout and rheumatic diseases. Her research interests include epidemiology and outcomes of gout, systemic sclerosis and inflammatory arthritis.
Topic
Rheumatology Capsules for Daily Consumption
Abstract
The field of Rheumatology has witnessed amazing progress in the understanding and management of rheumatic diseases over the past three decades. Targeted biological therapies have revolutionized the treatment of inflammatory arthritis, and now oral small molecules are on par as biologics after failure of traditional anti rheumatic drugs. We will review the current management of rheumatoid arthritis. Newer autoantibody profiles allow definitive diagnoses and prognostication especially in inflammatory myositis. Despite these advances, timely management of rheumatological diseases relies on careful history and physical examination. Managing comorbidities in patients with chronic rheumatic conditions is also essential in a holistic internist practice.
