Dr. Stanley Liew Choon Fong

Endocrinology (Hormone Disorder)

Credentials	MBBS (London), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Endocrinology)
Language	English, Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Cantonese Dialect, Teochew Dialect, Hokkien Dialect
Info	Dr Stanley Liew is an endocrinologist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore. His areas of specialty include diabetes, thyroid and lipid disorders, weight management, osteoporosis, adrenal and pituitary disorders, and other endocrine disorders. Dr Liew graduated from the University College London Medical School and continued his medical training in the UK. He later pursued subspecialty training in endocrinology at NUH and the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, UK. He previously headed the Diabetes Clinic and Weight Management Programme at the National University Hospital of Singapore. He was a full-time Consultant Endocrinologist and then a Visiting Consultant at the National University Hospital. He was also passionately involved in teaching of both undergraduate and graduate students as a Clinical Tutor of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Dr Liew was the past President of the Endocrine Metabolic Society of Singapore (EMSS), the past President of the Federation of Endocrine Societies of Asia and Oceania (FESAO), and the past President of Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO). He was a Board Member of the Chapter of Endocrinologists, College of Physicians, Singapore.
Publications	Choi E, Liew CF, Oon HH. Cutaneous adverse effects and contraindications to COVID-19 vaccination; four cases and an illustrative review from an Asian country. Dermatol Ther 2021 Nov;34(6): e15123 Chan WSA, Liew CF, Theng CTS, Oon HH. Serum Adiponectin Levels and Their Association With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Patients With Psoriasis. Cureus. 2020 May 15;12(5):e8128 Chan WMM, Yew YW, Theng TSC, Liew CF, Oon HH. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with psoriasis: a cross-sectional study in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2020 Apr;61(4):194-199. Cheng HM, Liu WC, Chua G, Liew CF, Li W, Choo W, Oon H. Impact of a pharmacy-led smoking cessation clinic in a dermatology centre. Singapore Med J. 2019 Jan;60(1):31-33. Lie C, Liew CF, Oon H. Alopecia and the Metabolic Syndrome. Clin Dermatol. 2018 Jan-Feb;36(1):54-61. Yan P, Tan EK, Choo JC, Liew CF, Lau T, Waters DD. Statin-centric versus low-density lipoprotein-centric approach for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention: a Singapore perspective. Singapore Med J. 2016 Jul;57(7):360-7. Yeo B, Liew CF, Oon HH. Clinical experience and impact of a community-led volunteer atmospheric haze clinic in Singapore. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2014 Nov; 45(6):1448-53. Tan F, Mukherjee JJ, Lee KO, Lim P, Liew CF. Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is safe and effective in reducing albuminuria in Asian type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy. Singapore Med J. 2010 Feb;51(2):151-6. Oon HH, Chong WS, Liew CF. Indeterminate results on the interferon-gamma release assay for tuberculosis screening should not be ignored. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Sep;159(4):992-3. Nather A, Neo SH, Chionh SB, Liew SC, Sim EY, Chew JL. Assessment of sensory neuropathy in diabetic patients without diabetic foot problems. J Diabetes Complications. 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):126-31 Ho FL, Liew CF, Cunanan EC, Lee KO. Oral hypoglycaemic agents for diabetes in pregnancy – an appraisal of the current evidence for oral anti-diabetic drug use in pregnancy. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2007 Aug;36(8):672-8 Khoo CM, Liew CF, Chew SK, Tai ES. The impact of central obesity as a prerequisite for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome Obesity 2007 Jan;15(1):262-9 Liew CF, Wise SD, Yeo KP, Lee KO. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 is independently affected by ethnicity, insulin sensitivity and leptin in healthy, glucose-tolerant young men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Mar; 90(3):1483-8. Liew CF, Groves CJ, Wiltshire S, Zeggini E, Frayling TM, Owen KR, Walker M, Hitman GA, Levy JC, O’Rahilly S, Hattersley AT, Johnston DG & McCarthy MI. Analysis of the contribution to type 2 diabetes susceptibility of sequence variation in the gene encoding stearoyl-CoA desaturase, a key regulator of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Diabetologia. 2004 Dec;47(12):2168-75 Liew CF, Seah ES, Yeo KP, Lee KO, Wise SD. Lean, nondiabetic Asian Indians have decreased insulin sensitivity and insulin clearance, and raised leptin compared to Caucasians and Chinese subjects. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Jul; 27(7): 784-9. Liew CF, Cheah JS. Insulin Resistance and the Heart. ASEAN Heart J 2003 10(1): 21-7. Liew CF, Cheah JS. Hereditary Spherocytosis, a Pitfall in the Assessment of Glycaemic Control. Singapore Med J 2003 44(2): 94-7 Liew CF, Cheah JS. Thyrotoxicosis-induced hyperferritinaemia. Hosp Med. 2003 Feb; 64(2): 114.

Credentials

MBBS (London), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Endocrinology)

Language

English, Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Cantonese Dialect, Teochew Dialect, Hokkien Dialect

Info

Dr Stanley Liew is an endocrinologist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore.

His areas of specialty include diabetes, thyroid and lipid disorders, weight management, osteoporosis, adrenal and pituitary disorders, and other endocrine disorders.

Dr Liew graduated from the University College London Medical School and continued his medical training in the UK. He later pursued subspecialty training in endocrinology at NUH and the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, UK.

He previously headed the Diabetes Clinic and Weight Management Programme at the National University Hospital of Singapore. He was a full-time Consultant Endocrinologist and then a Visiting Consultant at the National University Hospital. He was also passionately involved in teaching of both undergraduate and graduate students as a Clinical Tutor of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Dr Liew was the past President of the Endocrine Metabolic Society of Singapore (EMSS), the past President of the Federation of Endocrine Societies of Asia and Oceania (FESAO), and the past President of Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO). He was a Board Member of the Chapter of Endocrinologists, College of Physicians, Singapore.

Publications

Choi E, Liew CF, Oon HH. Cutaneous adverse effects and contraindications to COVID-19 vaccination; four cases and an illustrative review from an Asian country. Dermatol Ther 2021 Nov;34(6): e15123
Chan WSA, Liew CF, Theng CTS, Oon HH. Serum Adiponectin Levels and Their Association With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Patients With Psoriasis. Cureus. 2020 May 15;12(5):e8128
Chan WMM, Yew YW, Theng TSC, Liew CF, Oon HH. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with psoriasis: a cross-sectional study in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2020 Apr;61(4):194-199.
Cheng HM, Liu WC, Chua G, Liew CF, Li W, Choo W, Oon H. Impact of a pharmacy-led smoking cessation clinic in a dermatology centre. Singapore Med J. 2019 Jan;60(1):31-33.
Lie C, Liew CF, Oon H. Alopecia and the Metabolic Syndrome. Clin Dermatol. 2018 Jan-Feb;36(1):54-61.
Yan P, Tan EK, Choo JC, Liew CF, Lau T, Waters DD. Statin-centric versus low-density lipoprotein-centric approach for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention: a Singapore perspective. Singapore Med J. 2016 Jul;57(7):360-7.
Yeo B, Liew CF, Oon HH. Clinical experience and impact of a community-led volunteer atmospheric haze clinic in Singapore. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2014 Nov; 45(6):1448-53.
Tan F, Mukherjee JJ, Lee KO, Lim P, Liew CF. Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is safe and effective in reducing albuminuria in Asian type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy. Singapore Med J. 2010 Feb;51(2):151-6.
Oon HH, Chong WS, Liew CF. Indeterminate results on the interferon-gamma release assay for tuberculosis screening should not be ignored. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Sep;159(4):992-3.
Nather A, Neo SH, Chionh SB, Liew SC, Sim EY, Chew JL. Assessment of sensory neuropathy in diabetic patients without diabetic foot problems. J Diabetes Complications. 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):126-31
Ho FL, Liew CF, Cunanan EC, Lee KO. Oral hypoglycaemic agents for diabetes in pregnancy – an appraisal of the current evidence for oral anti-diabetic drug use in pregnancy. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2007 Aug;36(8):672-8
Khoo CM, Liew CF, Chew SK, Tai ES. The impact of central obesity as a prerequisite for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome Obesity 2007 Jan;15(1):262-9
Liew CF, Wise SD, Yeo KP, Lee KO. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 is independently affected by ethnicity, insulin sensitivity and leptin in healthy, glucose-tolerant young men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Mar; 90(3):1483-8.
Liew CF, Groves CJ, Wiltshire S, Zeggini E, Frayling TM, Owen KR, Walker M, Hitman GA, Levy JC, O’Rahilly S, Hattersley AT, Johnston DG & McCarthy MI. Analysis of the contribution to type 2 diabetes susceptibility of sequence variation in the gene encoding stearoyl-CoA desaturase, a key regulator of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Diabetologia. 2004 Dec;47(12):2168-75
Liew CF, Seah ES, Yeo KP, Lee KO, Wise SD. Lean, nondiabetic Asian Indians have decreased insulin sensitivity and insulin clearance, and raised leptin compared to Caucasians and Chinese subjects. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Jul; 27(7): 784-9.
Liew CF, Cheah JS. Insulin Resistance and the Heart. ASEAN Heart J 2003 10(1): 21-7.
Liew CF, Cheah JS. Hereditary Spherocytosis, a Pitfall in the Assessment of Glycaemic Control. Singapore Med J 2003 44(2): 94-7
Liew CF, Cheah JS. Thyrotoxicosis-induced hyperferritinaemia. Hosp Med. 2003 Feb; 64(2): 114.