Donald Poon Yew Hee
Medical Director
Medical Oncology
Raffles Medical Group
Singapore
Biography
Dr Donald Poon is a Medical Oncologist who graduated from NUS. He underwent advanced specialty training in medical oncology at National Cancer Centre, Singapore (NCCS), and subsequently practised as a consultant in NCCS. Dr Poon was Assistant Professor in Medicine at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and clinical teacher at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He was also Honorary Medical Director of Singapore Cancer Society from 2007 to 2009, and founding President of the Society of Geriatric Oncology in Singapore. In recognition of his efforts in patient care, he received the Humanity Healthcare Award in 2006 and STAR Excellent Service Award in 2009. In addition to general medical oncology, Dr Poon has keen interest in sarcoma, melanoma, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, neuroendocrine tumours and geriatric oncology. He developed a geriatric oncology programme that specialises in treating elderly patients with all varieties of cancer, and was given the SingHealth HMDP training award in geriatric oncology in Moffitt Cancer Centre, USA in 2006. He is the national representative of Singapore in the International Society of Geriatric Oncology. He is also an active clinical investigator in multiple investigator-initiated and pharma clinical trials. His research work in oncology has been extensively published in international oncology journals.
Research Interest
oncology
