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Dr Kunarso Galih

MD, GDFM, MMed (Family Medicine), MCFP(S), FCFP(S)

Associate Consultant, SHP-Tampines

Specialty: Family Medicine

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant, SHP-Tampines

Academic Appointments

Faculty Member, Practice & Management Faculty for the Master of Medicine (Family Medicine), College of Family Physicians Singapore

Profile

Dr Galih Kunarso is a Family Physician, Associate Consultant with SingHealth Polyclinics – Tampines. He is currently the lead for one of the My Care Teams there.

Dr Galih is also a member of SingHealth Polyclinic CVD Workgroup and is involved in multiple CVD initiatives with Ministry of Health and MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation. He is also active in undergraduate and postgraduate teachings, both internally within SingHealth Polyclinics as well as with the College of Family Physicians Singapore.

Besides clinical work, Dr Galih also has experience in research with 9 peer-reviewed publications prior to his medical school year. He is currently embarking on doing more research studies within SingHealth Polyclinics Research Department, in cardiovascular diseases and data analysis.

Education

FCFP(S) – 2023
MCFP(S) – 2022
MMed (Family Medicine) – 2020
GDFM – 2017
MD – 2013

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member, MOHT Virtual Professional Consult Workgroup, 2024 – to date
Member, MOH Shared Care: Stable Ischaemic Heart Disease Workgroup, 2024 – to date
Member, MOH National Ischaemic Heart Disease Strategy Workgroup, 2024 – to date
Acting Clinical Core Faculty Member, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency, 2023 – 2024
Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Committee for APN Competence (CAC), 2021 – to date
Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Cardiovascular Diseases Workgroup, 2021 – to date

Awards

Family Medicine ACP Quality Festival 2023 Poster Competition (Gold Award)
SingHealth Family Target Zero Harm Award 2022 (Individual Award)

Research Interests

Cardiovascular Diseases
Data Science

Publications

CTCF-mediated functional chromatin interactome in pluripotent cells
Handoko L, Xu H, Li G, Ngan CY, Chew E, Schnapp M, Lee CW, Ye C, Ping JL, Mulawadi F, Wong E, Sheng J, Zhang Y, Poh T, Chan CS, Kunarso G, Shahab A, Bourque G, Cacheux-Rataboul V, Sung WK, Ruan Y, Wei CLNat Genet. 2011 Jun 19;43(7):630-8. Erratum in: Nat Genet. 2011 Aug;43(8):815.
Coassembly of REST and its cofactors at sites of gene repression in embryonic stem cellsYu HB, Johnson R, Kunarso G, Stanton LW Genome Res. 2011 Aug;21(8):1284-93. Epub 2011 Jun 1.
The pluripotency regulator Zic3 is a direct activator of the Nanog promoter in ESCs
Lim LS, Hong FH, Kunarso G, Stanton LW
Stem Cells. 2010 Nov;28(11):1961-9.
Transposable elements have rewired the core regulatory network of human embryonic stem cells
Kunarso G, Chia NY, Jeyakani J, Hwang C, Lu X, Chan YS, Ng HH, Bourque G
Nat Genet. 2010 Jul;42(7):631-4. Epub 2010 Jun 6.
Zfp206, Oct4, and Sox2 are integrated components of a transcriptional regulatory network in embryonic stem cells Yu HB, Kunarso G, Hong FH, Stanton LW J Biol Chem. 2009 Nov 6;284(45):31327-35. Epub 2009 Sep 9.
The transcription factor Zfp281 controls embryonic stem cell pluripotency by direct activation and repression of target genes
ZX, Teh CH, Chan CM, Chu C, Rossbach M, Kunarso G, Allapitchay TB, Wong KY, Stanton LW Stem Cells. 2008 Nov;26(11):2791-9. Epub 2008 Aug 28.
REST regulates distinct transcriptional networks in embryonic and neural stem cells
Johnson R, Teh CH, Kunarso G, Wong KY, Srinivasan G, Cooper ML, Volta M, Chan SS, Lipovich L, Pollard SM, Karuturi RK, Wei CL, Buckley NJ, Stanton LW
PLoS Biol. 2008 Oct 28;6(10):e256.
Detailed characterization of the mouse embryonic stem cell transcriptome reveals novel genes and intergenic splicing associated with pluripotency
Kunarso G, Wong KY, Stanton LW, Lipovich L
BMC Genomics. 2008 Apr 9;9:155.
9. Complex Loci in human and mouse genomes
Engström PG, Suzuki H, Ninomiya N, Akalin A, Sessa L, Lavorgna G, Brozzi A, Luzi L, Tan SL, Yang L, Kunarso G, Ng EL, Batalov S, Wahlestedt C, Kai C, Kawai J, Carninci P, Hayashizaki Y, Wells C, Bajic VB, Orlando V, Reid JF, Lenhard B, Lipovich L
PLoS Genet. 2006 Apr;2(4):e47. Epub 2006 Apr 28.

Research Trials

PI for Assessing the Wellbeing using Abpm in peRsons with slEep apnea (AWARE Study): Evaluating the use of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) to influence patient’s decision-making in going for sleep study and subsequent usage of CPAP, in patients with suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Site-PI for Beginning Early: SingaPore’s Ongoing Study starting in Infancy of Twenty-first-century-skills, Individual differences, and Variance in the Environment (BE POSITIVE study)