Bio
Clinical Associate Professor Chua Yeow Leng is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He was appointed Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore on 01 August 2012. In addition, he is a part-time academic staff with the Faculty of Medicine at National University of Singapore and Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore. His sub-specialty interest is in cardiac surgery (adult), thoracic & vascular surgery and robotic assist surgery. He also has extensive experience in valve surgeries. Besides his clinical and teaching commitments, Associate Professor Chua has published numerous papers and is actively involved in clinical trials and research work.
Clinical Associate Professor Chua has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK since 1987; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, UK since 1987; and Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore since 1995. He completed his fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, USA in 1992 and Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA in 1996.
Professor Chua was previously the Head of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery from 1999 till June 2007 and more recently, he held the appointment as Group Director, International Collaboration Office, SingHealth from October 2012 to February 2020. He continues to be passionate about global health and currently co-leads the capacity building track in SDGHI since October 2017.
Education
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, England
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Glasgow
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Master of Medicine (Surgery)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore