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Chua Siang Jin Terrance

Clinical Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme

Senior Associate Dean, Office of Academic Medicine

Duke-NUS Medical School

Bio

Clinical Professor Terrance Chua is the Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiology at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). He was the Chief Executive Officer at NHCS to 31 May 2023. He is the Group Chairman, Medical Board at SingHealth, and is the Advisor of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme. Additionally, Clin Prof Chua is the Chairman of the Residency Advisory Committee for Cardiology, Ministry of Health, Singapore. His sub-specialty interest is Nuclear Cardiology.

He has special interests in cardiac imaging and has certification in Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT) by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the National University of Singapore. Prof Terrance Chua is a Fellow of American College of Cardiology, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Physicians in London, as well as the Academy of Medicine, Cardiology, Singapore. 

Clin Prof Chua contributes to research with a special interest in cardiac imaging. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology and the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. He has a interest in promoting training in cardiology and started the Cardiology Update and Cardiology PACES courses at NHCS. He has an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. 

Clin Prof Chua has received numerous awards and he was conferred the National Outstanding Clinician Award at the National Medical Excellence Awards in 2013 for his contributions to the development of nuclear cardiology in Singapore.

He is also the immediate past chairman and current board member of the Singapore Heart Foundation, a charity whose goals are to promote heart health in Singapore and educate the public on heart disease.

Education

Member, Royal Coll of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians, UK, United Kingdom

Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine)

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

National University of Singapore, Singapore

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