Dr Desmond Teo Boon Seng

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Doctor Details

2024/03/11

Dr Desmond Teo Boon Seng

Designations:

Senior Consultant, Division of Advanced Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Qualifications:

MBBS (Singapore), MRCP (UK), MMed (Internal Medicine) (Singapore), GDFM (Singapore), GDPM (Singapore), GDA (Singapore), GDSM (Singapore)

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Internal Medicine

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Advanced Internal Medicine, Medicine

Special Interests:

Internal Medicine; Chronic pain; Acupuncture; Integrated and high value care

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Biosketch

Dr Desmond Teo is an internist and acupuncturist who graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed his Advanced Internal Medicine residency training at the National University Health System (NUHS). His clinical and research interests centre on integrated and high-value care, medical education, and quality improvement.

A committed medical educator, Dr Teo contributes actively to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He currently serves as faculty for the NUHS Internal Medicine Residency and Advanced Internal Medicine Senior Residency Programmes.

Awards

2025 – INSPIRE Award, NUHS
2023 – Research-in-Education Excellence Award, NUHS
2020 – Teaching Excellence Award, NUHS
2019 – Inter-Professional Teaching Award, NUHS
2019-2023, 2025 – Special Recognition Award, NUS

Journals & Publications

Book chapter

Teo DB, Teng GG.. Chapter 15 - Diabetes mellitus and gout. Diabetes Mellitus - Impact on Bones, Dental and Musculoskeletal Health. 2020. Editor: MengHee Tan, Academic Press, Elsevier. ISBN 9780128206058.

Journals

Phua SA, Yen ECS, Teo DB, Ng HP, Lim SH. Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore: Integrating education, practice, and research in a modern healthcare system. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2026 Sep 21;55(9):480-484. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2026323.
Chua CE, Ng IKS, Yuen K, Teo DB, Luke N. Re-imagining discharge summary training through artificial intelligence. Med Teach. 2026 Feb 27:1-4. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2026.2634066.
Ng SSY, Lai YL, Lee PY, Cera K, Michael EM, Chen XJ, Lin EH, Wong S, Chong YYN, Teo DB. Reducing inappropriate inpatient blood glucose monitoring. Clin Med (Lond). 2026 Jan;26(1):100537. doi: 10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100537.
Ng IKS, Choe R, Ong SS, Thng CRZ, Neo JWH, Teo DB, Chua CE. Postgraduate Pedagogical Training and Interventions to Promote High-Quality Discharge Summaries. Clin Teach. 2025 Oct;22(5):e70150. doi: 10.1111/tct.70150.
Ng IKS, Tung D, Seet T, Yow KS, Chan KLE, Teo DB, Chua CE. How to write a good discharge summary: a primer for junior physicians. Postgrad Med J. 2025 Jul 22;101(1198):764-772. doi: 10.1093/postmj/qgaf020.
Chua CE, Teo DB. Writing a high-quality discharge summary through structured training and assessment. Med Educ. 2023 Aug;57(8):773-774. doi: 10.1111/medu.15102.
Teo DB. A "productive failure" medical educator's perspective on tips for medical students' interruption in academic progress. Med Teach. 2021 Jul 1:1. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1945565.
Teo DB, Wong HC, Yeo AW, Lai YW, Choo EL, Merchant RA. Characteristics of Fall-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults. Intern Med J. 2018 Sep;48(9):1048-1055. doi: 10.1111/imj.13794.
Teo DB. Live and Let Live. Acad Med. 2017 Jun;92(6):771. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001691.

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