Dr Chua Felicia

FRCS (Edin), MRCS (Edin), MBBS (Aus)

Associate Consultant

Profile

Dr Felicia Chua Hui Zhuang is an Associate Consultant with the Department of Neurosurgery at the National Neuroscience Institute. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Dr Felicia completed her Neurosurgical Residency training in Singapore and was the pioneer in the Singapore Integrated Programme for Neurosurgery as the first resident who trained with both the National Neuroscience Institute and National University Health System, before becoming Chief Resident of Neurosurgery.

She is passionate about medical education and advancement, and participates actively in teaching and research activities. In addition, Dr Felicia chairs the Alumni Board of the Singapore Medical Society of Australia and New Zealand, and is committed to giving back to the next generation of Doctors by mentoring Singaporean medical students abroad to facilitate their integration back into the Singapore healthcare system.

Education

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Edinburgh
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), Edinburgh
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Consultant, National Neuroscience Institute, 2024 - present
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), 2024
Chairperson of Alumni Board, Singapore Medical Society of Australia and New Zealand (SMSANZ), 2021 – present

Awards

Outstanding Resident Award, National Neuroscience Institute, 2022
Best Medical Officer Award, National Neuroscience Institute, 2019

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

2024 Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms: Experience from a Singapore Children’s Hospital. Surgeries. 2024; 5(2):434-448. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries5020036. Chua FHZ, Cheong TM, Kirollos RW, Ng LP, Seow WT, Low SYY.
2022 Paediatric Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation: Outcomes from a Singapore Children’s Hospital. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Mar;31(3):106283. Lim JX, Cheong TM, Ng LP, Seow WT, Chua FHZ, Kirollos RW, Low DCY, Low SYY.
2018 Acute Trauma Coagulopathy: Prevalence and Impact on Outcomes of Trauma Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. ANNALS Academy of Medicine Singapore, February 2018; 47(2):82-84. Balasubramaniam S, Teo Y. X., Felicia Hui Zhuang Chua, Cheng JY, Teo L.T.
2017 Medulloblastoma with tri-vergent melanocytic, myogenic and cartiligious elements. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, July 2017. Felicia H. Z. Chua, David C. Y. Low, Derrick W. Q. Lian, Lee Ping Ng, Kenneth T. E. Chang, Eva Loh, Wan Tew Seow and Sharon Y. Y. Low.
2017 Anomalous intracranial germinoma with unilateral cerebral peduncle swelling. Child’s Nervous System, January 2017. Felicia H. Z. Chua, David C. Y. Low, Derrick W. Q. Lian, Seow Wan Tew and Sharon Y. Y. Low.
2017 Post-operative diffusion weighted imaging as a predictor of posterior fossa syndrome permanence in paediatric medulloblastoma. Childs Nervous System, January 2017. Felicia Hui Zhuang Chua, Ady Thien, Lee Ping Ng, Wan Tew Seow, David C. Y. Low, Kenneth T. E. Chang, Derrick W. Q. Lian, Eva Loh and Sharon Y. Y. Low.
2016 Disseminated extracranial metastatic meningioma: a case report. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, January 2016. Felicia Hui Zhuang Chua, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Tham Chee Kian, Cristine Ding, Wong Chin Fong and Colum Patrick Nolan.
2013 Management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in the post-ISAT era: outcome of surgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in a Singapore tertiary institution. Singapore Medical Journal 2013; 54 (6); 332-338. Roy Kok Miang Koh, Zhixu Ng, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Felicia Hui Zhuang Chua, Ning Chou, Shiong Wen Low, Tseng Tsai Yeo.