Dr. Melissa Teo Ching Ching

Dr. Melissa Teo is a General Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore & Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. She has expertise in cancer of the colon and rectal, lower gastrointestinal cancers and surgical oncology, and has treated complex abdominal, pelvic and peritoneal cases in Southeast Asia. She has experience in the management of peritoneal disease (Cytoreductive Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (CRS HIPEC)) in Southeast Asia and is the president of the Asian Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Group (ASPMG).

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Singhealth Service Excellence Award, Outstanding Faculty Award – Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) award in 2018 and Outstanding Faculty for Surgery – DukeNUS Medical School in 2016.

Prior to leaving to set up her own practice, she was the Head of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), the country’s specialty centre for the diagnosis, research and treatment of cancer. At NCCS, she co-chaired the Sarcoma and Melanoma workgroup and was a member of the Gastrointestinal Tract workgroup for NCCS Cancer Service Line. She was the Vice-Chair for faculty affairs and professional development in ACP surgery was also the Chairperson for the new NCCS Building committee and Director of Strategic Initiatives of Oncology Academic Clinical Programme.

She has performed an average of 400 surgeries a year and has performed more than 10,000 gastroscopies and colonoscopies. She has been practising medicine for more than 20 years.

Associated Treatments:

• Abdomen & the pelvis
• Endoscopic procedures
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• The Chest

Certification & Qualification:

• MBBS
• MMED
• FRCS
• FAMS
• MPH

Language:

• English