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Prof Christopher Cheng

Prof Cheng Cheng Wai Sam Christopher

​MBBS, FRCS (Edin & Glasg), M Med (Surg), FAMS (Urology)

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Urology

Sub-specialties: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Uro-Oncology, Prostate Diseases

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Urology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Senior Consultant Department of Urology Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Senior Consultant Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology National Cancer Centre SingaporeNational Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

Prof Christopher Cheng graduated from Singapore University in 1982 and obtained his post-graduate degree in Surgery FRCS in 1986, and FAMS (Urology) from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1993. He obtained his Uro-oncology Fellowship after spending two years at the Mayo Clinic, USA from 1990 to 1992. Prof Cheng’s clinical and research fields of interest include uro-oncology, renal transplantation (living-related and cadaveric) and minimally invasive surgery.   
 
He is a member of the Transplant Advisory Committee at the Ministry of Health, Singapore. He is also the Chairman of the Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Steering Committee at SGH. Prof Cheng also spearheaded the project ‘A Minimally-Invasive Surgery (MIS) research centre based on a robotic surgery unit da Vinci system) and an image-guided intervention unit’ funded from Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2003. Prof Cheng was the Principal Investigator to develop the Urological Oncology Unit at the Department of Urology for Basic and Clinical Research in Urinary Tract Cancer, fully funded by the then Singapore Totalisator Board.
He has over 90 publications in local and international journals on Prostate Cancers, Bladder Cancers and Stone Diseases. He has contributed to several book chapters on urology in local and international publications. He is on the editorial board of several well-known journals, namely Journal of Robotic Surgery and Oncology & Haematology News. He was the Editor of the MOH Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prostate Cancer, published by the Ministry of Health in May 2000.
  
He was one of the workgroup members of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Health Screening published by Ministry of Health, Singapore in June 2003.

Education

  • MBBS
  • FRCS
  • FAMS (Urology)
  • Uro-oncology Fellowship

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • CEO, Sengkang General Hospital
  • Member of Transplant Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health Singapore
  • Chairman, Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Steering Committee, SGH
  • Principal Investigator, Urological Unit, Department of Urology for Basic and Clinical Research in Urinary Tract Cancer

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

  • Christopher W S Cheng, Roger E Cupps, John D Earle, George M Farrow, Michael M Lieber. Nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid content measured by static cytometry: important prognostic association for patients with clinically localised prostate carcinoma treated by external beam radiotherapy. J of Urol 1992; 147: 794 - 797 
  • Christopher W S Cheng, Mark Frydenberg, Erik Bergstralh and Horse Zincke.  Radical Prostatectomy for Pathological Stage C (PC) Prostate Cancer: Influence of Pathologic Variables and Adjuvant Treatment on Disease Outcome. J of Urol 1992; 147,  
  • Christopher W S Cheng, Horst Zincke. Stage D1 Prostate Cancer: A Non-randomized comparison of Conservative Treatment Options versus Radical Prostatectomy. Cancer 1993; 71(3): 996 
  • Christopher Cheng, Mark Frydenberg, Erik Bergstralh and Horse Zincke . Radical Prostatectomy for Pathological Stage C (PC) Prostate Cancer. Urology September 1993; 42 (3): 283 - 291 
  • Wai S Cheng, Erik J Bergstralh, Mark Fridenberg, Horst Zincke. Prostatic-Specific Antigen Levels after Radical Prostatectomy and Immediate Adjuvant Hormonal Treatment for Stage D1 Prostate Cancer Are Predictive of Early Disease Outcome. European Urology 1994; 25:189-193 
  • HG Sim, S Yip, W Lau, J Tan, C Cheng. Early experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Asian Journal of Surgery 2004; 27 (4): 321-326 
  • Hong Gee Sim, Sidney Kam Hung Yip, Christopher Wai Sam Cheng. Equipment and technology in surgical robotics. World J Urol (2006) 24: 128 - 135 
  • Hong Gee Sim, Sidney Kam Hung Yip, Weber Kam On Lau, Yeh Hong Tan, Michael Yuet Chen Wong, Christopher Wai Sam Cheng. Team-based approach reduces learning curve in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. International Journal of Urology 2006; 13: 560 – 564 
  • Louis Phee, John Yuen, Di Xiao, Chee Fatt Chan, Henry Ho, Choon Hua Thng, Puay Hoon Tan, Christopher Cheng, Wan Sing Ng. Ultrasound-guided robotic biopsy of the prostate. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR) 2006; 3 (4): 463-483 

Research Trials