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Prof Chong Tze Tec

Prof Chong Tze Tec

​MBBS (Sydney, Honours 1st Class), FACS (General & Vascular Surgery), RPVI

Head & Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Clinical Interest: Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Varicose Veins.

Clinical Appointments

  • Head & Senior Consultant Vascular Surgery Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Head SingHealth Duke-NUS Vascular Centre
  • Senior Consultant Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology National Cancer Centre SingaporeNational Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

​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,View More +

Education

  • ​University of Sydney MBBS (First class Honours)
  • Internship : Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  • General Surgery Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore & New England Medical Center, Boston
  • Fellowship: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
  • American Board of Surgery: General Surgery & Vascular Surgery

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​FACS (Fellow American College of Surgeons),
  • Platform Director – SingHealth Surgical Skills Center, 
  • Course Director – 2nd SGH Endovascular Surgery Course
  • Visiting Consultant – National Heart Center

Awards

  • ​Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Resident Achievement Award, 2006
  • Outstanding Faculty for Development Award, Duke-NUS GMS, 2013
  • Service Quality Award Winner – 2014
  • Service with a heart award – 2015
  • Faculty Appreciation Award, RiSE, 2015
  • Best Abstract Award, Dialysis Access Symposium, Korea 2015
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver 2016
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Research Interests

Publications

  1. 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
  2. Chong T, Khalpey Z, Gross C, Gates JD.
    Compartment Syndrome: a unique presentation
    Grand Rounds 2008;8:31-34
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. Chong T, Belkin M.
    Infrainguinal bypass surgery.
    Italian J of Vasc and Endovasc Surg 2012 Mar; 19(1):51-8
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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

Research Trials