Dr. Benjamin Chua is currently Medical Director and Senior Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Vascular & Interventional Centre (VIC) with outpatient clinics at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. In April 2020, VIC opened its third and largest clinic, at Novena Specialist Center, which houses a day surgery center to perform vascular and interventional procedures.

 

Prior to setting up the VIC, Dr. Chua was the Founding Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), the first department of its kind in Singapore dedicated to caring for patients with vascular diseases. He was also concurrently Senior Consultant Surgeon and Director of Endovascular Surgery.

 

Dr. Chua graduated with MBBS from the National University of Singapore. In 2001, he was awarded the Singapore National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Fellowship Training Award, to pursue the Clinical Research Training Programme at Duke University School of Medicine, where he obtained his MHSc in Clinical Research in 2003. While at Duke, he was also a research fellow at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, focusing on lower limb peripheral artery disease in the dialysis-dependent populations and the development of randomized trials in surgery.

 

He returned to Singapore in 2003 to complete his basic and advanced training in General and Vascular Surgery at SGH. In 2008, he obtained Specialty Accreditation from the Ministry of Health, Singapore, and was admitted as a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 2009, Dr. Chua was awarded the Singapore Ministry of Health – NHG HMDP Award to pursue sub-specialty training in Advanced Endovascular Surgery in Melbourne, Australia. He trained as a Fellow under the tutelage of Professor Michael Denton, an expert in advanced aortic stent grafts and fenestrated devices. Dr. Chua was also the Honorary Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery at St. Vincent’s and Epworth Hospitals, Melbourne.

Dr. Chua is a regional proctor and case demonstrator, traveling regularly in the Asia-Pacific region to teach and proctor complex aortic stenting, peripheral vascular interventions, vein surgery, and vascular malformation treatment. He is also regularly invited to be faculty and speaker at regional and international vascular conferences. Dr. Chua also travels to neighboring regional countries to consult on patients and assist in surgeries.

 

Dr. Chua’s active research interests include the development of novel surgical devices. He is the recipient of competitive grants from A*STAR/ SERC and SMART. He also holds patents and invention disclosures for several vascular surgery devices. While at SGH, he was the Deputy Director for Device Development under the Academic Clinical Programme in Surgery and also sat on the SingHealth Centralized Institutional Review Board. He has written book chapters and has published research articles in international vascular surgery journals.

 

In his clinical practice, Dr. Chua’s passions are in treatments of aortic aneurysm, diabetic limb salvage, stroke prevention (carotid surgery), vein diseases, dialysis access issues, and vascular malformations. His drive is to provide effective treatment for patients suffering from vascular-related health problems.

Dr. Chua is also very passionate about his patients. From 2011-2015 he received several patient quality care awards ay SingHealth including the Heart of Gold and the Singapore Health Care Quality Gold and Silver awards. Through VIC, he hopes to provide dedicated personalized care to patients with the goal of achieving optimal patient outcomes.

 

Skills & Expertise

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• Carotid Artery Disease

• Peripheral Artery Disease

• Chronic Wounds

• Aortic Aneurysm & Dissection

• Lymphedema

• Deep Vein Thrombosis

• Varicose Veins

• Vascular & Lymphovenous Malformations

• Dialysis Access Creation & Management

• Benign Prostate Hyperplasia & Pelvic Congestion

 

Qualifications

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• MBBS (Singapore)

• MHSc (Duke)

• MRCSEd

• FRCSEd (Gen Surg)

• FAMS
   

Languages

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English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese