Melvin Khee-Shing Leow

Melvin Khee Shing Leow is a senior consultant endocrinologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, visiting consultant at the Division of Endocrinology at the National University Hospital and the Clinical Trials & Research Unit of Changi General Hospital in Singapore. He is a clinician scientist and is jointly appointed a principal investigator in addition to being the deputy director of the laboratory of the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre located at the Centre for Translational Medicine on the NUS...See more

Melvin Khee Shing Leow is a senior consultant endocrinologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, visiting consultant at the Division of Endocrinology at the National University Hospital and the Clinical Trials & Research Unit of Changi General Hospital in Singapore. He is a clinician scientist and is jointly appointed a principal investigator in addition to being the deputy director of the laboratory of the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre located at the Centre for Translational Medicine on the NUS campus. His research focuses on energy metabolism and metabolic physiology including feedback loops regulating the intricate network of the adipose tissue, thyroid, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver, and skeletal muscles. His eld of interests includes thyroidology, adipocyte biology, diabetes, endocrinologic oncology, and endocrine manifestations of systemic disorders. In addition, he has a deep interest in mathematics for many years and does mathematical modeling of endocrine physiology. Dr. Leow holds academic and teaching appointments including associate professor in the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, clinical associate professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and adjunct associate professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, the Academy of Medicine (Singapore), the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Pathologists of London and Dr. Leow is also the President-elect of the Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore (EMSS). See less