Highly Experienced Heart Doctor Specialist, and Cardiologist in Singapore
About Dr Gerard Leong
MBBS (Singapore), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edinburgh), FAMS (Cardiology), Diplomate ASCeXAM (National Board of Echocardiography, USA), FACC (USA)
At Gerard Leong Cardiology Clinic (GLCC), our experienced team offers the best available cardiology treatment for heart disease in Singapore.
It is customised to our patient’s appropriate needs, as part of our comprehensive evidence-based heart care for our patients.
Dr Gerard Leong is an experienced cardiologist sub-specialising in echocardiography imaging, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, including cardio-oncology care and resistant hypertension care.
He has a special interest in ischemic heart disease, especially appropriate use of stenting or bypass surgery, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardio-obstetrics, cardio-oncology, hypertension care, and strategies to reduce risk of stroke, and dementia.
Find out why we are highly regarded heart specialists (cardiologists) in Singapore.
Why Visit A Cardiologist, and Common Heart Conditions that a Heart Specialist Can Treat
Heart disease and its related conditions are common.
It accounts for about 30% of deaths in Singapore, and the trend is rising.
The number of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) episodes has increased from 7,344 episodes in 2010 to 12,533 episodes in 2019.
Between 2010 and 2019, the proportion of patients with hypertension as well as those with hyperlipidemia rose over the years.
In 2019, it was found that 75.3% of the AMI patients had hypertension while 73.4% had hyperlipidemia.
Common heart disease conditions include Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) aka Ischemic heart disease (IHD), hypertension, heart failure or cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, high cholesterol, and heart valve disease.
Common heart related disease includes stroke, and vascular dementia.
Vascular dementia accounts for 30-50% of all dementia cases.
There are treatment strategies to reduce the risk of the abovementioned conditions.
Our Services
Why Visit Gerard Leong Cardiology Clinic (GLCC) for your Specialist Heart Needs
Dr Gerard Leong and his committed colleagues at GLCC specialize in treating heart diseases.
At GLCC, we strongly emphasize lifestyle management as part of a comprehensive holistic care strategy, involving patient participation in lifestyle adjustments, judicious use of medications and appropriate use of procedures, e.g. echocardiography imaging, or stenting in heart disease.
Dr Gerard Leong has a special interest in ischemic heart disease, especially appropriate use of stenting or bypass surgery, heart failure, cardio-obstetrics, cardio-oncology, hypertension care, and strategies to reduce risk of stroke, and dementia.
Dr Gerard Leong’s Previous Appointments:
- Co-lead of the Ministry of Health Singapore Working Committee on Integrated Care Pathway for Ischemic Heart Disease and Heart Failure in 2011
- Chair of the Eastern Health Cluster Integrated Care-Cardiac Care Subcommittee in 2008
- Member of the Singapore Clinical Practice Guideline for Heart Failure Committee, Singapore Cardiac Data Bank sub-committee, Heart Failure Advisory Committee, and the National Heart Failure Services Improvement Program.
Together with like-minded colleagues, Dr Leong was a founding council member of the Heart Failure Society (Singapore), and served 2 terms, 2017-2018, and 2019-2020.