Dr Troy Puar

MBBS (NUS), MRCP (UK), PhD (NUS)
Specialty: Endocrinology
Sub-specialties: Adrenal Hypertension, Pituitary, and Adrenal Disorders

Profile

Dr Troy Puar is an Endocrinologist at Changi General Hospital (CGH), Singapore. He completed his medical degree and specialist training in Singapore, before completing a year-long fellowship at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands focusing on adrenal endocrinology.

Dr Puar has initiated both an Adrenal Subspecialty, and Resistant Hypertension Service in CGH. He has a keen interest in patients with adrenal hypertension and works together with various specialists in CGH to deliver world-class care for patients with adrenal hypertension.

He is a recipient of several National Medical Research Council (NMRC) awards and is a nationally funded clinician scientist with several studies on patients with primary aldosteronism. He is currently leading a nationwide clinical trial, aiming to improve identification of patients with curable forms of hypertension using PET-CT functional imaging.

Dr Puar is also the lead Principal Investigator for the Shimadzu–Changi Clinomics Centre (SC3) which utilises state-of-the-art liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to measure hormones for personalised treatment of hypertension.

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Vice-President – Chapter of Endocrinologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Honorary Secretary - Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore
Member - Singapore Hypertension Society

Research Interests

Adrenal hypertension: Primary Aldosteronism, Pheochromocytoma