Dr Cheow Peng Chung

MBBS, MMed (Surg), FRCSEd, FAMS, FACS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: General Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Gallstones Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancers Liver Cancer Liver Transplant Liver Tumours Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic Tumours

Clinical Interests

Hepatobiliary ＆ Pancreatic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery ＆ Surgical Oncology, Transplantation

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery

Senior Consultant

Surgery and Surgical Oncology, SGH & NCCS

About

Dr Cheow is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery. His area of practice is general surgery, with specialisation in open and laparoscopic surgery of the liver, pancreas and gall bladder, including deceased-donor and living-donor liver transplant. He is gazetted by the Ministry of Health, Singapore as a liver transplant surgeon since 2006. He was the Surgical Director (Apr 2010-Sep 2012) and subsequently Director (Oct 2012 – Dec 2014) of the Liver Transplant Program at Singapore General Hospital, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Transplantation, Ministry of Health (2010 – 2015).

Dr Cheow is actively involved in medical education, including teaching, mentoring and examination of medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees and nurses. In addition to appointments at the Duke-NUS Medical School and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, he is also an Examiner with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and a certified instructor in the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program of the American College of Surgeons. He served as the Associate Program Director of SingHealth General Surgery Residency Program Nov 2009-31 Dec 2012, and subsequently Program Director 1 Jan 2013 – 31 Jan 2018.

Education and Training

Clinical Fellowship, HPB Surgery and Gastro-intestinal Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Advanced Specialist Training (General Surgery), Ministry of Health, Singapore
Basic Specialist Training (General Surgery), Ministry of Health , Singapore
Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member, Accreditation Review Committee, Joint Committee of Specialist Training
Clinical Quality Officer, Department of HPB/Transplant Surgery, SGH
Director, Education, SingHealth Duke-NUS Liver Transplant Centre
Member, Blood Transfusion Committee, SGH
Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Awards

Certificate of Commendation for being Role Model to the Class of 2014, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
20-year Long Service Award, Singapore General Hospital, 2013
Surgical STaR Inspiring Teacher Award 2011, Division of Surgery, SGH
Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Academic Year 2008/2009), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Service with a Heart Award, SGH: May 2008, May 2009, July 2010
Health Manpower Development Program scholarship, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2004
10-year Long Service Award, Singapore General Hospital, 2004
Courage Award for SARS warriors, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2003
Special SARS Recognition Award, Singapore General Hospital, 2003

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=cheow+pc