Our Speakers

Dr Andy Chua is a Consultant at the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital, and a nationally-awarded Clinician Innovator. He serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor with Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and concurrently as the Director of the Innovation Office at Sengkang General Hospital.

 

Dr Chua graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore with Dean's List honours. He completed Residency training with the SingHealth programme, and was awarded the College of Surgeons Gold Medal for best performing candidate in the specialist qualifying exam.

 

He went on to further hone his skills through two fellowships in the United States – firstly in Houston where he trained in advanced sinus and skull base surgery, and then at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard Medical School) where he researched novel skull base surgical techniques to deliver drugs into the central nervous system.

 

He is passionate about research and innovation, having published in multiple international peer-reviewed journals. He is a regularly invited speaker at international ENT conferences, and an invited reviewer for multiple ENT journals. For his work on a novel ear surgery toolkit, he was awarded the NMRC Clinician Innovator Award.

Assoc Prof Chua Jian Kai, Andy's Sessions:

• Surgical Symposium 3
  Date: 19 Sep 2025, Friday | Time: 1525—1655 | Venue: Level 2, L2-S2
  
  
  
• Innovation Symposium
  Date: 20 Sep 2025, Saturday | Time: 1115—1245 | Venue: Level 2, Whitespace