Dr. Mark Fernandes

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About Dr. Mark Fernandes Dr. Mark Fernandes is a gastroenterologist having more than 20 years of expertise. Dr. Mark Fernandes specialises in gastroenterology and has a clinical interest in fibroscan for tracking the evolution of liver disease as well as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and liver cancer.  Dr. Fernandes earned his B.Sc. with First Class Honors from the University of Edinburgh in 1997 and his MB ChB with Honors in 2000. After completing his residency in London and Singapore after his internship at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, he earned his MRCP(UK) in 2003. He received recognition from the Ministry of Health as a Specialist in Gastroenterology and was enrolled as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine in 2008. (Singapore). In order to pursue his Advanced Fellowship in Liver Cancer and Hepatitis B at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan under Professor Lin Shi Ming and Professor Liaw Yuan Fai, Dr. Fernandes was given the Healthcare Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) scholarship by MOH in 2007. At the King’s College Hospital in London, he expanded his exposure to the field of liver transplantation medicine. Along with actively participating in the NUH liver tumour ablation service and liver transplantation programme, Dr. Fernandes also developed Fibroscan to make it easier to track the development of liver disease. Dr. Fernandes has participated in various clinical research studies, written numerous peer-reviewed articles, and been asked to present his research findings at conferences throughout the world. His papers cover basic science, epidemiology, and clinical research on gastrointestinal malignancies, hepatitis B, and liver transplants, among other topics. Dr. Fernandes is fluent in English, and Mandarin.