Bio
Dr. Christopher Beng-Ti Ang trained in neurosurgery at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), Singapore and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. During his residency, he carried out bench research defining the molecular mechanisms in oligodendrocyte development and myelination, with notable publications in Cell, EMBO J and J Biol Chem.
He is currently a senior consultant neurosurgeon and Head of Neurosurgery at the Singapore General Hospital with a sub-specialty practice in endonasal skull base surgery and radiosurgery. He co-ordinates the multi-disciplinary pituitary tumor service which brings together the varied specialties of neurosurgery, rhinology, neuro-ophthalmology, endocrinology and radiation oncology.
He also co-directs the Neuro-Oncology Research Lab where the primary focus is defining precision medicine strategies for the treatment of malignant gliomas, with work having been published in Cancer Res, Clin Cancer Res, Stem Cells, J Natl Cancer Inst and Nat Comms. In addition, he is an Associate Professor at the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, where he contributes to the Brain and Behaviour programme.
Education
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fellow, Royal Coll of Physicians & Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore