Email ephkohch@nus.edu.sg

Professor (Dr) Gerald Koh is currently seconded to Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) Office of Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) as Head and Clinical Director of its Future Primary Care programme where his area of focus is primary care transformation using tele-health, novel technologies and new models of care. He works with stakeholders including public polyclinics and private general practitioners to ensure that solutions which empower patients and providers to improve quality of care can be rapidly prototyped, evaluated, scaled and mainstreamed (e.g. Primary Technology Enhanced Care and Healthier SG). In 2023, he received the COVID-19 Resilience Medal and National Day Award, Commendation Medal (COVID-19) for helping to set up telehealth in community care facilities for migrant workers during the early COVID pandemic phase when the number of daily cases breached over 1,000. He also volunteers for ACTS (A Call To Share) medical missions in Cambodia under CHARIS (Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief Initiatives Singapore).

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• Head & Clinical Director, Future Primary Care, Ministry of Health (MOH) Office of Healthcare Transformation (MOHT)
• Joint Professor, Dean’s Office and Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Honorary Senior Consultant, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital

• Stroke and geriatric rehabilitation
• Medical education
• Family medicine
• Health technology
• Health services research

• Family medicine
• Geriatric medicine
• Public health, biostatistics and epidemiology
• Health services research

• Fellow of Academy of Medicine Singapore, Family Medicine Physician Chapter (2014)
• PhD in Family Medicine (2012), University of Western Ontario (now called Western University), Canada
• Masters in Gerontology & Geriatrics (2008), University of Malta
• Diploma in Gerontology & Geriatrics (2004), University of Malta
• Fellowship in Family Medicine (2003), College of Family Physicians (Singapore)
• Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (2002), National University of Singapore
• Masters in Medicine in Family Medicine (2000), National University of Singapore
• MBBS (1995), National University of Singapore

• Top 10% SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Journal Editors/Editorial Board Members (2025)
• Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide (Elsevier) (2025)
• COVID-19 Resilience Medal (2023)
• National Day Award, Commendation Medal (COVID-19) (2023)
• NUHS-Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Award (Excellence Award) (2019)
• NUS Outstanding Educator Award (2016)

• Future Primary Care, Ministry of Health Office of Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) (2018 – present)
• Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), NUS (2005 – present)
• Department of Epidemiology & Public Health (EPH), NUS (2009 – 2011)
• Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine (COFM), NUS (2005 – 2009)
• Raffles Medical Group (2004 – 2005)
• Ang Mo Kio Hospital (AMKH) (2000 – 2004)
• Woodland’s Polyclinic, Family Health Service (1999 – 2000)

• Head & Clinical Director, Future Primary Care, Ministry of Health (MOH) Office of Healthcare Transformation (MOHT)

• Liew TM, Foo JYH, Yang H, Tay SY, Koay WI, Yip KF, Kang SST, Narasimhalu K, Li WS, Tan CY, Luo DL, Chong R, Shong R, Sia C, Koh GCH, Thumboo J. PENSIEVE-AI a brief cognitive test to detect cognitive impairment across diverse literacy. Nat. Commun 2025:16:2847. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58201-x.
• Ang IYH, Yi W, Tiyagi S, Koh GCH, Cook AR. Preferences and Willingness-to-Pay for a Blood Pressure Telemonitoring Program Using a Discrete Choice Experiment. npj Digital Medicine 2023;6(1):176. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00919-3.
• Foo CD, Chia HX, Teo KW, Fawin A, Hashim J, Koh GCH, Matchar DB, Legido-Quigley H, Yap JCH. Healthier SG: Singapore’s multi-year strategy to transform primary healthcare. Lancet Reg Health – West Pac 2023:37:100861. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100861.
• Greenhalgh T, Koh GCH, Car J. 10 minute consultation: A primary care patient who may have COVID-19, assessed remotely. BMJ 2020; 368:m1182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1182.
• Car J, Koh GCH, Foong PS, Wang JC. Video consultations in primary and specialist care during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. BMJ 2020:371:m3945. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3945.
• Liew TM, Tai BC, Wee SL, Koh GCH. The Longitudinal Effects of Caregiver Grief in Dementia and the Modifying Effects of Social Services. J Am Geriatr Soc 2020;68(10):2348-2353. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16717.
• Asano M, Tai BC, Yeo FYT, Yen SC, Tay A, Ng YS, De Silva DA, Caves K, Chew E, Hoenig H, Koh GC. Home-based tele-rehabilitation presents comparable positive impact on self-reported functional outcomes as usual care: The Singapore Tele-technology Aided Rehabilitation in Stroke randomised trial. J Telemed Telecare 2019:1357633X19868905. doi: 10.1177/1357633X19868905.
• Tyagi S, Lim D, Ho W, Koh YQ, Cai V, Koh GCH, Legido-Quigley H. Acceptance of tele-rehabilitation by stroke patients: perceived barriers and facilitators. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2018;99(12):2472-2477.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.04.033.
• Tse T, Carey L, Cadilhac D, Koh G, Baum C. Application of the World Stroke Organization health system indicators and performance in Australia, Singapore, and the USA. Int J Stroke 2016;11:852-859. doi: 10.1177/1747493016660104.
• Jesus TS, GCH Koh, Landry M, Ong PH, Lopes AMF, Green PL, Hoenig H. Finding the ‘Right Size’ Physical Therapy Workforce: An International Perspective. Phys Ther 2016;96:1597-1609. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20160014.
• Tan CS, Falk MR, Ng SHX, Tan PZ, Chan B, Tang KF, Ahmad A, Kong KH, Chang HM, Chow KY, Koh GCH, Venketasubramanian N. Trends in stroke incidence and 28-day case-fatality in a nationwide stroke registry of a multi-ethnic Asian population. Stroke 2015;46:2728-2734. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009797.
• Koh GCH, Tai BC, Ang WL, Heng D, Yuan JM, Koh WP. All-cause and cause-specific mortality after hip fracture among Chinese women and men: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. Osteoporos Int 2013; 24(7):1981-9. doi 10.1007/s00198-012-2183-7.
• Koh GCH, Chen C, Cheong A, Tai BC, Choi KP, Fong NP, Chan KM, Tan BY, Petrella R, Thind A, Koh D, Chia KS. Trade-offs between effectiveness and efficiency in stroke rehabilitation. Int J Stroke 2012;7:606-14.
• Chen MIC, Lee VJM, Lim WY, Barr I, Lin RTP, Koh GCH, Yap J, Lin C, Cook AR, Laurie K, Tan LWL, Tan BH, Loh J, Shaw R, Durrant C, Chow VTK, Kelso A, Chia KS, Leo YS. 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Seroconversion rates and risk factors among distinct adult cohorts in Singapore. JAMA 2010; 303(14):1383-91.
• Koh GCH, Khoo HE, Wong ML, D Koh. The effects of problem based learning during medical school on physician competency: a systematic review. CMAJ 2008;178:34-41.

• More free health checks for rental flat residents, The New Paper, 7 September 2018
• Free healthcare screenings for residents of rental flats to include more checks, The Straits Times, 6 September 2018
• National pilot of Smart Health TeleRehab in Singapore for remote access to rehabilitation services, OpenGov Asia, 11 May 2017
• Singapore pilots telerehab to improve patient access to rehabilitation, MIS Asia , 8 May 2017
• Singapore pioneers use of Smart Health TeleRehab, Singapore Business Review, 8 May 2017
• Tele-rehab programme gets thumbs-up from 72-year-old, Today Online, 5 May 2017
• Tele-rehab option for physiotherapy to be rolled out at 14 institutions, Today Online, 5 May 2017
• ‘Telerehab’ system allows patients to do physiotherapy at home, The Straits Times, 5 May 2017
• Undergoing physiotherapy exercises from home now a reality for patients, Channel News Asia, 5 May 2017
• Challenge Tomorrow: Adapting to Ageing, Channel News Asia, 12 March 2017
• Would you want to grow old in today’s nursing homes?, The Straits Times, 5 January 2016, Tuesday
• Patients gain from new focus on home care, The Straits Times, 2 November 2015, Monday
• The doctor will not see you now: how Singapore is pioneering tele-medicine, CNN, 17 June 2015, Wednesday
• Singapore’s smart nation exhibition showcases NUS research, NUS news, 18 August 2014
• Tele-rehabilitation promises less hassle for stroke patients, The Business Times, 1 April 2014, Tuesday
• Patients to do rehab at home, thanks to tech, The Straits Times, 1 April 2014, Tuesday
• Tele-rehabilitation to give stroke patients more home therapy options, TODAY, 1 April 2014, Tuesday

View his full CV here.