Associate Professor Dr Kow Ken Siong

Associate Professor Dr Kow Ken Siong

  • Clinical Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery
  • Sir Jeffrey Cheah ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Medical School
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences

Biography

Associate Professor Dr Kow Ken Siong graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2002, receiving a Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He gained valuable clinical experience while working under the Ministry of Health, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his leadership as the Head of the Department of Medicine at Kajang Hospital in 2011.

Dr Kow achieved his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK) in 2008 and completed his fellowship in Respiratory Medicine in 2015. He served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Malaya until 2018, after which he joined ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Medical Centre as a resident Consultant Pulmonologist, a role he continues to hold.

In addition to his clinical duties, Dr Kow actively participates in international clinical trials focused on novel lung cancer therapeutics. He is also involved in clinical research led by his peers at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Medical Centre. Since 2024, Dr Kow has been appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the Sir Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine.

Dr Kow was awarded the Certificate for Excellence in Clinical Research by ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Medical Centre in 2024. His current research interests include lung cancer, asthma, COPD, and infectious respiratory diseases, and he continues to contribute to Phase III clinical trials in these areas.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • MB.BCh.BAO (NUI) LRCP & SI
  • MRCP (UK)396

Research Interests

  • Lung Cancer treatment
  • Early Lung Cancer detection
  • COPD
  • Asthma

Teaching Areas

  • Bedside Clinical Teaching
  • Problem based learning
  • Lectures

Notable Publications

  1. 2022 Analytical and clinical validation of a custom 15-gene next-generation sequencing panel for the evaluation of circulating tumor DNA mutations in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Yong Ping Chow, Norzila Zainul Abidin, Chieh Lee Wong, Ken Siong Kow, Lye Mun Tho PloS ONE 17(10) : e0276161. https : //doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0276161
  2. 2014 Acrometastasis from an epidermal-growth-factor-receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma. Mau Ern Poh, Chong Kin Liam,Jiunn Liang Tan,Yon Kek Pang, Chee Kuan Wong,Ken Siong Kow.Cancer Treatment Communications(2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrc.2014.08.0040
  3. 2014 Lung adenocarcinoma with ipsilateral pleural and breast metastases. Liam CK,Pang YK,Kow KS..Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2014 Jan; 09(1):e8-9.doi:10.1097/01.JTO.0000438376.45132.9c
     

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Gold Medal in Undergraduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2002
  2. Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang KKM 2011
  3. Certificate of excellence in Clinical research 2024, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Medical Centre

 

Professional Associations

  1. Malaysian Thoracic Society (Member)
  2. Asian Pacific Society of Respirologist (Member)
  3. European Respiratory Society (Member)