Prof Ying Khee William Hwang
Head of Department of Hematology
Haematology, Singapore General Hospital
Sing Health research
Singapore
Biography
Associate Professor William Hwang is the current Head of Department of Hematology of the Singapore General Hospital. He serves as Medical Director of the Singapore Cord Blood Bank, the country’s only public cord blood bank and Director of SingHealth Transplants, Singapore’s largest healthcare cluster. He is currently chairing the workgroup on Biobanking for the Ministry of Health. For the last few years, his research has centered on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, particularly in the field of ex vivo expansion of cord blood hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stromal cell therapy.
Research Interest
Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal stem cell expansion for cellular therapy.
