Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Daniel Yam Thiam Goh

Biography

Daniel Goh was trained in paediatrics in Singapore and underwent subspecialty training in paediatric pulmonology and sleep at the Johns Hopkins Childrens Centre, USA.  Goh was awarded the Young Investigators Award at the Singapore-Malaysian Congress of Medicine in 1994 for his research on allergen sensitisation to local air spora and indoor allergens. He is the Head of Paediatrics at the National University Hospital and he also heads the Division of Paediatric Pulmonary & Sleep at the National University Hospital, Singapore and is the Founding Chairman of the Childrens Asthma and Allergy Network, better known as the I CAN! programme (a comprehensive programme for the management of asthma and allergies in children). He is the current President of the Asean Paediatric Federation and the Vice-President of the College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Singapore as well as the immediate past-president of the Singapore Paediatric Society. A/Prof Goh sits on multiple committees and advisory boards at institutional, regional and national level. He is also a reviewer for many regional and international peer-reviewed journals. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) and Governor (of Singapore) of the American College of Chest Physicians and a Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians (USA).

Research Interest

His clinical interests include childhood respiratory conditions including childhood asthma and allergies, sleep-related breathing disorders in children, paediatric bronchology and fiberoptic  bronchoscopy as well as paediatric vaccinology.