About
About Dr Chan Wah Hak Nien-Shen Charles Dr. Chan Wah Hak Nien-Shen Charles is a cardiologist having more than 30 years of expertise. Services provided by him includes adult congenital heart disease, cardiac syncope, cardiac arrhythmia, chronic heart failure, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and valvular heart disease. He also performs aortic valvuloplasty, carotid artery stenting, chronic total occlusions (CTOs), complex PTCA and coronary stenting, left main stenting, mitral valvuloplasty, peripheral artery angioplasty and stentings, renal artery ablation, renal artery stenting, septal ablation and transradial coronary intervention, and many more. Dr. Chan Wah Hak Nien-Shen Charles obtained his Bachelors of Medicine, graduating with first class honours, from the University of Ireland, followed by a Masters in Surgery. He then proceeded to study Cardiology and became the accredited Board Specialist in Cardiology, Singapore in 1989. Prior to practicing privately, Dr. Chan was previously the Senior Consultant Cardiologist & Director for Adult Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories at the National Heart Centre in Singapore. Dr Chan has also been very actively involved in medical education and research. He was the Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine at the National University of Singapore. He was also previously a Clinical Lecturer in Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, UK. He has also been a peer reviewer for other major journals such as Specialist Advisory Panel of Annals, Academy of Medicine and International Journal of Cardiology. Dr Chan has also been a very prominent figure in the field of clinical research. He is the principal investigator for various device researches like NUGGET Trial, PHARAO, APATEST- Terumo stent trial, etc. He is also the member of the Steering Committee as well as the principal investigator for a pharmacologic research called HERO-2 study. Dr. Chan Wah Hak Nien-Shen Charles is fluent in English, and French.
List of Treatments
- Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
- Coronary Artery Surgery
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
- Cardiac OPD Procedures
- ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
- 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Echocardiography with Color Doppler
- Stress Echocardiographyn
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
- Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
- 64 Slice CT Angiography
- PET Scan
- Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
- surgery
- Valve Repair Replacement
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Ross Procedure
- Cardiac Tumour Treatment
- Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
- Minimal access surgeries for valves
- ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
- Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
- Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
- TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
- Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
- ECMO Support
- heart disease
- Device Closure- ASD VSD
- Balloon Septostomy
- Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
- Pulmonary and Mitral
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- Coronary Angiogram
- Peripheral Angiogram
- PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Aortic Stent Grafting
- EPS-Electrophysiological
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
- Biventricular Pacing
- AICD
- PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
- Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Angiography
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Mitral Valve Replacement
- VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
- Heart Double Valve Replacement
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
- CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
- PDA Device Closure
- Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
- Valve Replacement
- Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
- Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
- Heart Implants
- Heart Surgery
- Rotational Atherectomy
- Redo CABG
- Angioplasty – 1 Stent
- Angioplasty – 2 Stent
- Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
- Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
- Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
- Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Mitral Valve Repair
- VP Shunting – Programmable Device
- AV Canal repair
- Bentall procedure
- PDA Ligation
- CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
- CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
- CRT – P
- Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
- ICD Implantation
- Cardiac catheterization
- Balloon mitral valvotomy
- Truncus Arterious Repair
- Cardiac ablation
- TAVI
- LVAD
Work Experience
Senior Consultant, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
Senior Consultant, National Heart Centre, Singapore
, Clinical Associate, National University of Singapore
, University Hospital Rechts der Isar
Special Interest
Cardiology Consultation
Carotid Stenting
Coronary Angioplasty
Diagnostic Coronary Angiogram
Duplex Scan Carotid
Peripheral Angioplasty
Renal Stenting
Treadmill Exercise Test
Two-Dimensional Echocardiogram (2D Echo)
Valvuloplasty