Dr Chua Cherie

MBBS (Spore), MMed (Paed) (Spore), MRCPCH (UK)

Associate Consultant

Specialty: Endocrinology

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant Endocrinology Service KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr Cherie Chua graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, in 2016. She underwent Singhealth Paediatric Residency training from 2017-2023 and trained in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Singapore General Hospital. She was awarded Membership to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) and Master of Medicine, Paediatric (Singapore) in 2020. She received specialist accreditation in 2023.

During her years of training, she served in the Singhealth Residency Committee from 2017-2019 and as a Chief Registrar in 2020. She was awarded the Singhealth Outstanding Resident Award in 2020, Best Resident Tutor Award in 2021 and Best Quality Improvement Project Award in 2022.

Education

MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2016
Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) (Singapore), 2020
Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), 2020

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Consultant, Paediatric Endocrinology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (2023 – current)

Awards

SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award – 2020
Best Resident Tutor Award – 2021
SingHealth Duke-NUS Quality Improvement Project Award – 2022
SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme Quality Practice Improvement and Innovation Day 1st prize – 2023

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Paediatric Obesity Evaluation for Metabolic Susceptibility (POEMS). Chan D, Chua C, Loh C, et al. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2023;11:e003228.
Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies pasteurianus causing early onset neonatal sepsis complicated by solitary liver abscess in a preterm infant. O Geetha, Chua C, Tan WHN, K Merchant, Chua MC, S Chandran. Access Microbiology 2021; 3:0002000
A retrospective review of serious infections in febrile infants 0-90 days old. ZX Khoo, C Chua, ZM Yap, JC Koh, SX Chong, NHY Wijedasa, K Peng, CY Chong. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 1-8 2021.
A Review of the use of Ultrasound Imaging of the Spine in Neonates with Sacral Cutaneous Findings. Cherie C, Grace Tan M, Cheo Lian Y. Ann Pediatr Res. 2021; 5(1): 1053