Specialist(s) Dr. Akash Verma
Dr. Ong Kian Chung
Background

CHESTMED PTE LTD provides end-to-end services for your respiratory needs.
It is located in the prime Orchard area, in the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

Special Interests
  • Bronchoscopy / Airway stenting
  • Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration
    (EBUS-TBNA)
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing
  • Oncology (Respiratory)
Facilities and Services

Specialist Medical Consultation on all Respiratory Disorders

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
(EBUS-TBNA)
Flexible / Rigid Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy and lung biopsy under fluoroscopy
Bronchoscopy with transbronchial needle lymph node aspirate/biopsy
Bronchoscopy with airway interventions – dilation of stenosis, stenting
for lung cancer
Bronchoscopic (endoscopic) lung volume reduction
Airway stenting (Metal / Silicone) for lung cancer and Tuberculosis
stricture
Bronchoscopic laser resection / Argon Plasma Coagulation /
Electrocautery

CT-guided Percutanous Lung Biopsy
Thoracentesis (chest tap)
Pleuroscopy or Medical Thoracoscopy
Pleural biopsy
Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions
Pulmonary Function Tests

Spirometry
Spirometry (pre/post bronchodilator)
Flow volume loop (including spirometry)
Lung Volume measurement (helium dilution technique)
Full lung function test (spirometry/lung volumes/diffusion)

Diffusion study (DLCO)
Methacholine Challenge Test
Exercise-induced Asthma Test
Skin prick allergy Test
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test

Sleep studies
Partial sleep study (Home)
Full sleep study (Home)
Full sleep study (Hospital)
CPAP therapy for sleep apnoea

Pulmonary rehabilitation
Home oxygen therapy prescription
Non-invasive ventilation
Long-term home ventilation