Dr Chia, Stanley

Biography

 ·         Dr Stanley Chia is an experienced interventional cardiologist and physician with expertise in managing complex coronary artery disease and a variety of cardiovascular conditions. Dr Chia currently runs his clinical practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre and Gleneagles Medical Centre. He is a visiting consultant at National Heart Centre Singapore, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, and Parkway East Hospital. ·         Dr Chia was awarded the British Heart Foundation Scholarship Scheme and Junior Research Fellowship to undertake cardiovascular medicine research in a Doctorate program at the University of Edinburgh from 2000 – 2002 under the supervision of Professor Keith Fox and Professor David Newby. He completed his cardiology advanced specialty training at the National Heart Centre Singapore and has been certified as a Specialist in Cardiology since 2006. ·         Dr Chia was a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and interventional cardiology fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States. During this period, he worked with eminent researchers and pioneers in interventional cardiology such as Harvard professors, Dr Igor Palacios and Dr Ik-Kyung Jang. He presented and published his research on advanced intravascular imaging techniques such as optical coherence tomography that provided insight into the development of coronary artery disease. He further developed his clinical expertise in interventional cardiology and specialized in structural heart and coronary interventional procedures. ·         Prior to leaving for private practice, he was a senior consultant cardiologist and interventional cardiologist at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He was concurrently clinical senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine and Program Director of the Cardiology Residency Program. ·         He is a highly skilled interventional cardiologist who has performed more than 3000 invasive coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures. He is experienced in managing complex cardiovascular disease and difficult coronary interventional procedures, such as left main disease, chronic total occlusions and calcified lesions. He specializes in performing coronary angiography and intervention using both the radial artery and femoral approach. He is an expert in using intravascular imaging, optical coherence tomography imaging, rotablation and complex bifurcation intervention techniques. ·         Dr Chia made significant contributions to cardiology education and training. Currently, he is the deputy chairman of the SingHealth Institution Research Ethics Committee, and previously also served as a member of the National Medical Research Council Scientific Review Panel. He has published extensively on cardiovascular research in international peer-reviewed journals. He continues to play a major role in organizing and speaking at numerous international and local cardiology conferences.

Research Interest

  Cardiology