Medical Director
Dr Felicia Teo
BMedSci (Hon), BM BS (UK),
EDIC (ESICM), FCCP (USA),
FRCP (London), FAMS (Singapore)
Dr Felicia Teo is a dual-accredited physician in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care with over 20 years of experience. She obtained her Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree with Honours followed by Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree 2 years later from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
After attaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK), she commenced advanced specialist training in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital and was accredited as a Respiratory specialist in 2008. She obtained the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) in 2010 and was accredited as an Intensive Care specialist in 2013. She was conferred Fellowship of the American College of Chest Physicians in 2012, and Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 2020.
Between 2014 and 2015, she underwent subspecialty training in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) at the Royal Brompton Hospital under Professor Athol Wells, and inaugurated the Interstitial Lung Disease Service at the National University Hospital in 2015. The service has since expanded to serve hundreds of ILD patients, drawing referrals from within the National University Health System (NUHS) network of hospitals as well as neighbouring Asian countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and China. She is active as a consultant in advisory boards on therapeutics for oncology and interstitial lung disease.
Apart from ILD, her special interests include asthma, intensive care, pulmonary oncology, respiratory infections in the immunocompromised, pulmonary immuno-therapeutics and rare lung diseases. She is credentialled to perform a variety of procedures in respiratory medicine (see services).
Dr Teo continues to contribute to public service care as a visiting consultant physician to the National University Hospital.
Experience in holistic ILD care through a specialist network
1. NUH combined connective-tissue disease ILD (CTD-ILD) service: Dr Teo has worked closely with many dedicated rheumatology specialists in NUH, where referred cases are assessed in a one-stop service together with specialty Rheumatology and ILD nurses. Difficult cases are further discussed amongst key colleagues in Rheumatology, Pulmonary Hypertension and ILD. NUH ILD multi-disciplinary team (ILD-MDT) meetings.
2. NUH ILD multi-disciplinary team (ILD-MDT) meetings: Dr Teo has helped to chair monthly meetings where ILD cases are presented by respiratory physicians, then discussed amongst a team comprising ILD physicians, thoracic radiologists and thoracic pathologists, with the aim of reaching a consensus diagnosis through combined specialty input.
3. National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT) dedicated respiratory service: Dr Teo served as named respiratory physician for direct referrals from the NUCOT liver transplant service, where difficult cases are managed together with the liver transplant team.
4. National University Cancer Institute (NCIS): Dr Teo served as first-line named respiratory physician for immune-related immunotoxicity (IrTox) referrals in the multispecialty Irtox team, in particular responding to patients with suspected immune-checkpoint inhibitor toxicities, many of whom needed urgent attention. Additionally, she has managed post-haematopoietic stem cell transplant-related lung complications, in particular lung graft-vs-host disease.
Medical Education
Following specialist accreditation in Respiratory Medicine, Dr Teo practised at Singapore General Hospital and later, National University Hospital. As assistant professor on the clinician educator track, she has served as core faculty member of the NUHS junior residency, then senior residency and national post-graduate year 1 training programs, where she has co-written training curriculums, co-ordinated teaching programs and interviewed prospective applicants for entry into the training program.
Additionally, she has contributed to the undergraduate medical and dental curriculum by bedside and didactic teaching, served as examiner as well as national convenor for the final MBBS exams. She has been part of teaching faculty in many workshops and courses in bronchoscopy, asthma, interstitial lung disease, pleural disease, pulmonary infections and cancer immunotherapeutics. Prior to her commencement of private practice, Dr Teo has regularly conducted teaching sessions for both the Respiratory National Training Program and National Core Rheumatology Series for specialist trainees, where she has been privileged to meet and mentor many promising junior doctors with a shared vision for patients.
She remains committed to imparting her skills and knowledge to the next generation of respiratory specialists by running a once weekly teaching cum service ILD clinic as visiting consultant to NUH. She is also a trainer in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, where she teaches regularly at Singhealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS).
Dedication to excellence
2003
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Courage Award
(Republic of Singapore)
2006 Inaugural respiratory Fellows’ case presentation prize winner
(Singapore Thoracic Society)
2007 Service Quality Partner’s Award (Singapore General Hospital)
2008 Service Quality Partner’s Award (Singapore General Hospital)
2011 Post-graduate resident’s choice award winner (NUH University
Medicine Cluster)
2011 Undergraduate outstanding teaching award (NUH University
Medicine Cluster)
2015 Long Service Award (National University Hospital)
2020 Long Service Award (National University Hospital)
2020 Outstanding medical simulation team resident’s choice award
(NUH University Medicine Cluster)
2020 Value-driven outcomes project award (National University Hospital)
2023 Undergraduate teaching awards -2 good teacher awards
(National University Health System)