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Clinical Interests

Forensic Psychiatry

Languages

English
Mandarin
About

Dr Kenneth Koh has been a Senior Consultant with the Department of Forensic Psychiatry and East Region in the Institute of Mental Health since 2012. Having obtained his MBBS in 1995 and his Masters of Medicine in Psychiatry in 2001, he then received the Ministry of Health’s Health Manpower Development Plan award to undergo subspecialty training in Forensic Psychiatry in Victoria, Australia, in 2005 and again in 2012, with the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health. 

Dr Koh regularly appears as an Expert for the State and High Courts. Dr Koh also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry with the NUS Yong Loo Lin and the NTU Lee Kong Chian Schools of Medicine, and also with the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS. Dr Koh has been a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine since 2018. He was awarded the the Long Service Medal [Pingat Bakti Setia] in 2021 and the COVID-19 Resilience Medal in 2023. Dr Koh served as a member of the Singapore Medical Council Complaints Committee from 2012 to 2016. 

Dr Koh's clinical practice centres on Forensic and Correctional Psychiatry, in the assessment and management of offenders and the rehabilitation of formerly incarcerated persons. He believes in the just and proper allocation of medical resources to socially disadvantaged and challenging psychiatric patients, such as those in prison. His areas of research include diverse areas in Forensic Psychiatry such as murder, sentencing outcomes and the mandatory treatment of offenders.

This page was last updated in 2026.