Education Qualifications: MBBS (Sydney, Honours 1st Class), FACS (General & Vascular Surgery), RPVI
Dr Chong graduated from the University of Sydney with MBBS (First class honours). He did his general surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore and Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston. Upon being awarded the John Homan’s fellowship, he pursued his subspecialty training in vascular and endovascular surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is double boarded by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and vascular surgery.
He was then recruited to Brown Alpert School of Medicine to develop their vascular and endovascular surgery program at The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals. After four successful years of practice, he has relocated to Singapore with his family to be at SGH. His clinical interests are in all aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery including carotid artery surgery and stenting, aortic aneurysm repair (open and minimally invasive), lower extremity revascularization, and varicose vein treatments.
Regionally, Dr Chong serves as an expert proctor for complex aortic and lower limb revascularization surgery. He is also sought after as an invited speaker and key opinion leader in vascular surgical interventions.
He also strongly believes in medical education of the next generation of doctors and is on faculty at Duke-NUS and SingHealth surgery residency. He is currently Vice Chair (Undergraduate Education) at Surgery Academic Clinical Programme and clerkship coordinator at Duke-NUS Medical School.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
- FACS (Fellow American College of Surgeons)
- Platform Director – SingHealth Surgical Skills Center
Awards:
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver (2016)
- Best Abstract Award, Dialysis Access Symposium, Korea (2015)
- Faculty Appreciation Award, RiSE (2015)
- Service with a heart award (2015)
- Service Quality Award Winner (2014)
- Outstanding Faculty for Development Award, Duke-NUS Medical School (2013)
- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Resident Achievement Award (2006)
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Surgery clerkship coordinator, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Course Director, 2nd SGH Endovascular Surgery Course
- Associate Program Director, Singhealth General Surgery Residency
- Clinical Competency Committee, Singheatlh General Surgery Residency
- Clinical Curriculum Review Committee, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
- Introducation to OCY Tutor, Oral Presentation Written Notes, History Taking & Physical Examination
- Orientation to Clinical Year (OCY) Course Coordinator, DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School
- Creating a positive learning experience (faulty development workshop with AMEI, Program Coordinator, Surgery year 2, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
- Course Director, Basic Suturing and Knot Tying Introduction to Basic Suturing & Knots Tying (BSK)
- Platform Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Selected Publications:
Chong T, Alejo DE, Greene PS, Redmond JM, Sussman MS, Baumgartner WA, Cameron DE. Cardiac valve replacement in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. Ann Thorac Surg. Aug 2003;76(2):478-80
Chong T, Khalpey Z, Gross C, Gates JD. Compartment Syndrome: a unique presentation. Grand Rounds 2008;8: 31-34
Chong T, Nguyen LL, Owens, CD, Conte MS, Belkin M. Suprarenal aortic cross clamp position: a reappraisal of its effects on outcomes for open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. J Vasc Surg. 2009; 49:873-80
Robinson WR, Owens CD, Nguyen LL, Chong T, Conte MS, Belkin M. Inferior outcomes of autogenous infrainguinal bypass In hispanics: an analysis of ethnicity, graft function and limb salvage. J Vasc Surg. 2009;49:1416-25
Tan TW, Chong TT, Marcaccio EJ Jr. Popliteal vein thrombosis after radiofrequency ablation of greater saphenous vein for varicose vein. Ann Vasc Surg. 2010 Nov;24(8):1136.e13-5.
Chong T, Belkin M. Infrainguinal bypass surgery. Italian J of Vasc and Endovasc Surg 2012 Mar; 19(1):51-8
Johnstone JK, Garcia-Toca M, Slaiby JM, Marcaccio EJ, Chong TT. Escherichia coli primary aortitis presenting as sequelae of incompletely treated urinary tract infection. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Jun;55(6):1779-81
Ratanaprasatporn L, Gonsalves G, Garcia-Toca, Slaiby J, Marcaccio E, Chong T. Bilateral deep femoral vein thrombosis. J Vasc Ultrasound. 2012 Dec;36(4):274-6
Johnstone JK, Slaiby JM, Marcaccio EJ, Chong TT, Garcia-Toca M. Endovascular repair of mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. Ann Vasc Surg 2013 Jan;27(1):23-8
Watson J, Slaiby J, Garcia-Toca M, Marcaccio E, Chong TT. A 14 year experience with blunt thoracic aortic injury. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Aug;58(2):380-5
Rajaee S, Cherkassky L, Marcaccio EJ, Carney WI, Chong TT, Garcia-Toca M, Slaiby JM. Open revascularization procedures are more likely to influence smoking reduction than percutaneous procedures. Ann Vasc Surg 2014 May;28(4):900-8
Chong TT, Soo KC. General Surgery (GS) Residency Selection Process: A Comparison Between Singapore (Singhealth) and United States. Ann Acad Med. 2014 May;43(5)288-90
ZM Lin, JK Chng, TT Chong, KC Soo. Renal pelvis squamous cell carcinoma with inferior vena cavainfiltration: Case report and review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep 2014;5(8):444–447
Chan DYS, Chong TT. Carotid subclavian bypass and stent grafting for mycotic pseudoaneurysm of right subclavian artery. Ann Vasc Surg 2015 Oct;29(7):1448.e11-4
Lee KG, Chong TT, Goh N, Achudan S, Tan YL, Tan RY, Choong LH, Tan CS. Outcomes of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) Creation, Effect of Preoperative vein mapping and Predictors of Fistula Success in Incident Hemodialysis Patients – A Single- center Experience. Nephrology (Carlton) 2016 Apr 4 doi: 10.1111/nep.12788