Dr. Chia Kok Hoong

Biography

Dr. Chia Kok Hoong was appointed as our Executive Director on 1 September 2015.   Dr. Chia has spent most of his career in the public healthcare sector, first serving as a Registrar at Alexandra Hospital before being appointed as a Consultant at SGH. Dr. Chia then moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he was appointed as a Senior Consultant before being appointed as Deputy Head of the General Surgery Department. Dr. Chia spent over 20 years in the public healthcare sector before establishing his private practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre in July 2009.   Dr. Chia graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1986. He is an accredited specialist in general surgery and an accredited renal transplant surgeon with the Singapore Ministry of Health, as well as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medicine Singapore. Dr. Chia has also participated in numerous educational activities, having served as an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, in addition to being regularly invited to give lectures at seminars and panel discussions. Further, Dr. Chia was also a member of several professional committees such as Ministry of Health Specialist Training Committee for General Surgery.   Dr. Chia has been the recipient of numerous awards over the years, including the Singapore General Hospital Service Quality Award (Service with a Heart) in 2002, the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Excellent Service Award (Gold) in 2005 and 2006, and the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Service Champion Award in 2006. He was also awarded the Minister's Award for Public Spiritedness in 2010.

Research Interest

General surgery