Joyce Chua Horng Yiing
Surgeon
Paediatric Surgery
Raffles Medical Group
Singapore
Biography
Dr Joyce Chua obtained her basic medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 1998. She completed her basic surgical training in Singapore and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2001. Dr Chua went on to pursue a 5-year advanced surgical training program in Paediatric Surgery with the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Dr Chua had also spent time working in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Surgical Oncology under the tutelage of Dr Michael LaQuaglia, a paediatric oncology surgeon at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York in 2008. Prior to joining Raffles Hospital, Dr Chua enjoyed an active paediatric surgical practice in KK Hospital, where she managed a wide spectrum of neonatal and paediatric surgical conditions and was privileged to touch many young lives. In 2014, Dr Chua was awarded the Singapore Health Quality Service STAR Award in recognition of her dedication to the care of sick children and their families.
Research Interest
Paediatric oncology and hematology
