Dr Ho Vui Kian

Dr Ho Vui Kian completed the local specialist training in Anaesthesiology in November 2012, and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in February 2013. He completed sub-specialty training in Intensive Care in March 2015, having done 1 year of Intensive Care Medicine at the Alfred Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) under a SingHealth Health Manpower Development Plan Fellowship.

Dr Ho was Head, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital from 2017 to 2023, and is currently Head, Department of Surgical Intensive Care, SGH. He is also Programme Director for the Singapore Integrated Programme for Intensive Care Medicine.

Dr Ho's areas of interests include trauma, burns, resuscitation and crisis resource management, critical care rehabilitation, point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography, difficult airways and medical simulation.

• MBBS (Melbourne)
• BMedSc (Melbourne)
• MMed Anaesthesiology (Singapore)
• FANZCA (Australia)
• Specialist Accreditation in Anaesthesiology (Singapore)
• Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine, The Alfred, Melbourne (Australia)
• Specialist Accreditation in Intensive Care (Singapore)
• Graduate Diploma in Clinical Ultrasound (Melbourne)

• Programme Director, Singapore Integrated Programme for Intensive Care Medicine
• Chairperson, Singhealth Intensive Care Unit Council

• Singhealth Health Manpower Development Plan Fellowship 2013 in Intensive Care Medicine
• Public Administration Medal (Bronze) (COVID-19) in 2022

• Intensive Care
• Post Intensive Care Syndrome - Early Rehabilitation/ Early Mobilization
• Resuscitation
• Rapid Response Systems
• Medical Simulation
• Burns
• Trauma
• Difficult Airways

• Difficult intubation in a patient with vallecular cyst. Kothandan H, Ho VK, Chan YM, Wong T. Singapore Medical Journal 2013; 54 (3): e62-e65
• Anaesthesia Management for MitraClip Device Implantation Harikrishnan Kothandan. Ho Vui Kian, Yeo Khung Keong, Hwang Nian Chih. Ann Card Anaesth 2014; 17:17-22.
• Clinical features and predictors of severity in COVID-19 patients with critical illness in Singapore. SH Puah, BE Young, PY Chia, VK Ho, J Loh, RS Gokhale, SY Tan, DW Sewa, et al. Scientific Reports 2021; 11:7477.
• Trauma-induced coagulopathy: Mechanisms and clinical management. Ho VK, Wong J, Martinez A, Winearls J. Ann Acad Med Singap 2022:51:40-48
• Brain Death in Asia: Do Public Views Still Influence Organ Donation in the 21st Century? Liu CW, Yeo C, Zhao BY, Lai CK, Thangavelautham S, Ho VK, Liu JC. Transplantation 2019;103: 755–763
• Chest compressions quality & patient outcomes with the use of a CPR feedback device: A retrospective study. WZ Leo, D Chua, HC Tan, VK Ho. Scientific Reports 2023; 13:19852
• Association between lung compliance phenotypes and mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. SH Puah, ME Cove, J Phua, A Kansal, J Venkatachalam, VK Ho, DW Sewa, et al. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:686-694
• Resuscitation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from high-fidelity simulation. Lim WY, P Wong, Teo LM, Ho VK. Resuscitation 2020;152:89-90