Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital

Quek Hong Hui Richard

Cancer · Singapore

Dr Richard Quek is a medical oncologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Gleneagles Hospital, and Parkway Cancer Centre. He specialises in managing many different types of cancer, including rare and complex ones. These include sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), melanoma, lymphoma, as well as cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary system, head and neck, skin, chest, and lungs. Dr Richard Quek graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1997. He received his internal medicine and medical oncology training at the Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS). In 2008, he was awarded the Singapore Government HMDP fellowship to pursue advanced training and research in the field of soft tissue and bone sarcoma at the Dana Farber/ Harvard Cancer Centre, Boston, USA. And in 2009, he was awarded the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) fellowship to further his research work in USA. Prior to joining Parkway Cancer Centre, Dr Richard Quek was the Deputy Head, Division of Medical Oncology at the NCCS from 2013 – 2018. During this period, he also served as the Programme Director of the SingHealth Medical Oncology Senior Residency Programme. Dr Richard Quek founded the Singapore Sarcoma Consortium in 2013 and the Asian Sarcoma Consortium (ASC) in 2015. He has received numerous awards including Service Excellence Awards in 2004 and 2005 and the SingHealth Outstanding Educator Awards in 2013 and 2015. He has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and continues to be actively involved in research and education.

Lee Cheng Kiang

Brain surgery · Singapore

Dr Lee Cheng Kiang is a neurosurgeon practising at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. Dr Lee graduated from the National University of Singapore's Medicine Faculty in the year 2000. He obtained his membership to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Masters of Medicine in general surgery in 2005. He applied for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Neurosurgery training programme in 2004 and obtained his Fellowship in Neurosurgery in 2009. During his training, he was seconded to the Metropolitan Health Service of Western Australia where he covered neurosurgical service in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital focusing primarily on neuro-oncology, spinal degenerative diseases, nerve compression syndromes, vascular and skull base neurosurgical conditions. In addition, he was responsible for head injury coverage at the Royal Perth Hospital and paediatric neurosurgical conditions at the Princess Margaret Hospital. During his tenure in public service, Dr Lee Cheng Kiang lectured medical students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine regularly, he was also regularly invited to give lectures on perioperative considerations for neurosurgery and neuro-oncology to the advanced diploma in nursing students at Nanyang Polytechnic. He also contributed to surgery education as a faculty member for the Singhealth surgery residency programme. Dr Lee Cheng Kiang was actively involved in the management and surgery of neurosurgical patients during his tenure with the National Neuroscience Institute and Changi General Hospital. In addition, he was also responsible for ensuring that high clinical standards and quality of care were dispensed at the workplace as the chairman of morbidity and mortality audit committee for neurosurgery at Changi General Hospital, and was chief quality (clinical) officer in the neurosurgery department Singapore General Hospital and member of the trauma committee of the Singapore General Hospital. He was a member of the medical board in Changi General Hospital.

Pravin Lingam

General surgery · Singapore

Dr Pravin Lingam is a general surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. His specialties are in vascular and endovascular. Prior to joining private practice, Dr Lingam was a founding surgeon at Woodlands Health Campus. He served as a visiting consultant at major hospitals including the National University Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He has more than 15 years of clinical experience. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship and trained at Leeds Vascular Institute in the UK. Besides his clinical work, Dr Lingam is a clinical lecturer at NUS and an Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor.

Lee Kuo Ann

Cancer · Singapore

Dr Lee Kuo Ann is a radiation oncologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. He is experienced in treating multiple cancer sites such as head and neck, central nervous system (CNS), prostate, breast, gastrointestinal, lymphoma, sarcoma, lung and paediatric tumours. Dr Lee obtained his medical degree in 1996 from the National University of Singapore. He trained in clinical oncology at the renowned Royal Marsden Hospital in London from 2001 – 2003. Upon his return, he served as consultant radiation oncologist at the National Cancer Centre from 2004 to 2011. In 2023, Dr Lee completed his proton therapy training at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Lee has published in a variety of local and international medical journals on topics such as breast cancer, lymphoma and surgical treatment for cerebral metastases. Besides his clinical work, Dr Lee is an educator at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Nanyang Polytechnic and has been regularly invited to speak at local and regional conferences, including the Philippine Society of Oncology, the Indonesian Colorectal Conference, the Congress of ASEAN Association of Radiology and the Ho Chi Minh Oncology Conference.