Dr. Cheng Yew Kuang is currently an Allergist and Rheumatologist at Allergy, Arthritis & Rheumatism Clinic, Farrer Park Hospital.
Prior to private practice, Dr. Cheng served as Consultant Physician at Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Cheng received his basic medical training at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He underwent specialist training in Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Thereafter, he was awarded a scholarship by the Singapore Ministry of Health to train at the Mayo Clinic of Rochester in Minnesota, U.S. in 2004. Upon his return, he established the immunotherapy service for insect venom allergy; the first in Singapore. He has been performing high-resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures since 2004 in his daily clinical practice.
Despite his hectic schedule in private practice, Dr. Cheng remains an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine with the NUS’ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, where he continues to teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Dr. Cheng sits on the Board of Farrer Park Hospital (Singapore), Management Committee of Saint Andrew’s Community Hospital (Singapore) and Board of Saint Andrew’s Mission Hospital (Singapore). He is also a Board Member of Asia Pacific League Against Rheumatism (APLAR) and chairs the APLAR Young Rheumatologist network (Asia Pacific).
Dr. Cheng's specialty interest is immunology and allergy.