It's Our Goal
To ensure each child with cancer has access to state-of-the-art surgical management by advancing medical education in paediatric surgical oncology
Surgery Centre for Children is proud to serve in a facility with our top-of-the-line services and technologies. Its our pledge that we'd share our blessings in knowledge, skills and technology with all who are in need.

Lectures & Presentations
Gastrointestinal phytobezoars causing obstruction (Chui CH, Soo KC) - presented at 30th Annual Combined Surgical Meeting, Singapore, 2 November 1996
Laparoscopy in the evaluation of the nonpalpable undescended testis (Chui CH, Jacobsen AS) - poster presentation at the 2nd Paediatric Annual Scientific Meeting, KK Children’s Hospital, September 1998
The role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of the nonpalpable undescended testis (Teo H, Chui CH) - poster presentation at the 2nd Paediatric Annual Scientific Meeting, KK Children’s Hospital, September 1998
Scabbing in Childhood Circumcisions (Chui CH, Tan CEL) - November 1998 Hospital Monthly Research Meeting, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Vascular Invasion in Hepatoblastoma – a threat to treatment outcome? (Chui CH, VT Joseph) – presented at 1st SIOP-Asia meeting on April 26, 2000 (oral)
Meeting Changing Trends in the Management of Hepatoblastoma in Singapore (Chui CH, VT Joseph) – presented at 1st SIOP-Asia meeting on April 26 – April 28, 2000 (poster)
Is re-excision necessary in Pediatric Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcoma after an initial unplanned resection? – presented at 33rd meeting of SIOP/IPSO, and also at 13th Biennial meeting of Asian Surgical Association meeting.
Initial 5 years in the Development of Minimally Invasive Surgery in a Pediatric Surgical Unit (CH Chui, AS Jacobsen, NT Ong, VT Joseph) (Oral) 18th Congress of Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Oct 2002.
How I do Laparoscopic Fundoplication and Button Gastrostomy? (CH Chui, AS Jacobsen) (Video) 18th Congress of Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Oct 2002.
The Surgical Advances in Severe Childhood Feeding Difficulties. Invited Speaker at the Monthly Hospital Conference at KKH. 1 Mar 2003
Pediatric Laparoscopy in Suspected Acute Appendicitis – What Else Can It Be?
Poster presented at International Pediatric Endoscopy Group (IPEG) meeting 10 – 13 March 2003, in Los Angeles, USA.
Scrub Nurses’ Attitude Towards Development of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery in Singapore. Poster presented at International Pediatric Endoscopy Group (IPEG) meeting 10 – 13 March 2003, in Los Angeles, USA.
Critical Mediastinal Mass Syndrome in Childhood Cancers. Oral Presentation in Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, Sep 2003, in KL, Malaysia.
Advances in Paediatric Endosurgery. Invited lecture for ‘Perioperative Nursing Seminar-Towards Excellence’ 8 May 2004, KK Hospital, Singapor
Central Venous Access Ports in Childhood Cancers. Oral presentation in Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, Sep 2003, in KL, Malaysia.
Abdominal pain- Initial diagnosis and management, Invited speaker for 2nd Paediatric Update held Aug 2004, in KKH.
Appendectomies in Childhood Immunosuppression: in for a rough ride? Oral presentation in 36th IPSO at Oslo, Norway Sep 2004.
Lecture on Acute Abdomen – Recognition & Initial Management in Primary Care Setting. 2nd Practice Update in Paediatrics 14 Aug 2004, at KKH
Childhood Mediastinal Masses that Underwent Surgical Reseaction. Oral Presentation in 37th IPSO meeting at Vancouver, Canada Sep 2005.
Umbilicus: Window of Opportunity in Pediatric Laparoscopy. Oral presentation in Congress of Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, HongKong, Nov 2005
Paediatric Oncological Surgery in Neuroblastoma. Invited lecturer in ASEAN Childhood Cancer Workshop 2006 (Neuroblastoma and Lymphoma), 3-5 March 2006, Singapore
Gross Total Resection in Chemoresponsive Advanced Neuroblastomas – Preliminary results from KK Children’s Hospital. Oral Presentation in 4th SIOP-Asia Congress in Shanghai, China, April 2006.
Molecular Genetics in Paediatric Cancer Surgery. Invited Speaker in Symposium on Advances in management of malignant diseases. KKH Annual Scientific Meeting 8 Jul 2006
Changes in Practice – A concise update on recent developments in paediatric surgery. Lecturer in 4th Practice Update in Paediatrics. KKH 30 Jul 2006
Abdominal Wall Defects and Anorectal Malformations. Invited lecturer to Advanced Diploma Nurses at Nanyang Polytechnic. 2006
Delayed Complete Resection of Advanced Neuroblastoma. Oral Presentation in 1st ASEAN Congress for Pediatric Surgeons. Malaysia. August 2006.
Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy – MIS masterclass. Invited Speaker and Course Director in 8th Congress of Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists. Singapore Sep 2006
How Children Differ from Adults in MIS? Invited Speaker in Paediatric Laparoscopy masterclass. 18th Videourology World Congress. Singapore 2 March 2007.
Intestinal Obstruction in Children. Lecturer for Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing Course, Singapore. Mar 2007.
Molecular Genetics in Paediatric Cancer Surgery. Invited Speaker in Departmental meeting in National University Hospital, Singapore. 18 April 2007.
Surgical Options in Neuroblastomas in the Thorax. Oral Presentation in SIOP – International, Mumbai, India
Intussusception – Surgical Concepts and Management. Invited speaker at Monthly KKH Hospital Conference 4 May 2007.
Paediatric Surgery – An introduction to a panaroma of surgeries. East Shore Hospital CNE Jun 2007.
Paediatric Surgical Oncology. Invited speaker for Nursing Course in Paediatric Oncology. East Shore Hospital. July 2007.
Current Concepts in Paediatric Surgery. East Shore Hospital. CME to doctors. 2 Aug 2007.
Cancer Surgery in Children: Key-hole or big-hole? Public forum at Orchard Hotel, Singapore. 18 Aug 2007.
Day Surgery Option in Children. Public Forum at Day Surgery International in Paragon, Singapore. Oct 2007.
Surgical Options for Neuroblastoma in the Thorax. Oral presentation at 39th Congress of International Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Mumbai, India. (31 Oct 2007)
Unique Surgical Characteristics in Advanced Neuroblastoma. Oral presentation at Mount Elizabeth Hospital’s Annual Clinical Meeting. (Nov 2007)
Abdominal Pain in Children. GP forum at Waterfront Grand Corpthorne, Singapore. 18 Nov 2007.
The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Children. Mount Elizabeth Hospital CME. 30 Nov 2007.
The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Children. Gleneagles Hospital CME. 13 Feb 2008.
Management of Children with Abdominal Surgery. East Shore Hospital CNE. 21 Feb 2008.
Day Surgery in Children. Healthcare Public Forum. Park Hotel. 8 Mar 2008.
Tubes and Drains in Children. Mount Elizabeth Hospital CNE. 11 Mar 2008.
Surgical Advances in Children with Feeding Difficulties. Mount Elizabeth Hospital Paediatric Journal Club. 18 Mar 2008.
Neck Masses and Swellings in Children. Parkway GP forum. Jun 2008
VATS in Children. ‘Key-Holistic’ Surgery Symposium, 4th KKH Combined Annual Scientific Meeting. Jul 2008
Surgical Gastrointestinal Conditions in Children. Lecturer for PicNic (intensive care) course, KKH Sep 2008.
Tubes and Drains in Children. Mount Elizabeth Hospital CNE. April 2009
Role of Surgery in Childhood Cancers. Mount Elizabeth Hospital CNE (OT) 6 Mar 2010
Tummy Lumps in Children: A Contemporary Approach. College of Paediatrics and Child Health CME. 6 May 2010.
Neuroblastoma Surgery. Journal Club Presentation. Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Sep 2010.
Surgical Treatment in Neuroblastoma. Guangzhou Zhong Shan Zhong Liu Yi Yuan. 26 Nov 2011
Neuroblastoma: Surgical Treatment. The Second International Seminar on the Topic of Neuroblastoma Training Class for Inducing Differentiation Treatment for Neuroblastoma. Shen Yang, China. 15-17 Jul 2011.
Surgical Management of Complications of Multimodal Therapy. International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology Symposium. Auckland, New Zealand. 26-30 Oct 2011.
Complications of Cancer Therapy: A Surgical Perspective. Pediatric Journal Club at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. 22 Feb 2012.
Perioperative Management in Children. Continuing Nursing Education Program at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. 29 Aug 2012.
Chylous Ascites in Abdominal Neuroblastoma Surgery: Surgical Management and Prevention. International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology Congress. Hong Kong. 25 Sep 2013.
Update on Childhood Solid Tumors. 8th Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting. 2 Nov 2013.
Challenges in Vascular Encasement in Neuroblastoma. First Beijing International Forum of Pediatric Development. 9 Nov 2013.
Surgical Management of Rhabdomyosarcoma. Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting. Nov 2015.
International Collaboration in Paediatric Surgical Oncology. SIOP Asia 2016 in Moscow. 27 Nov 2016
The Role of Surgery in Management of Metastases. Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting. 26 Nov 2016.
Challenges in Neuroblastoma Surgery. Meeting of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Nov 2017, Kolkata, India
Challenges in Neuroblastoma Surgery. PHOCON 2017, 25 Nov 2017, Kolkata, India
Germ Cell Tumors – Surgeon’s Perspective. PHOCON 2017, 25 Nov 2017, Kolkata, India
The Role of Scientific Research in Paediatric Surgical Oncology, Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting. 16 Dec 2017.
Role of Surgery in Neuroblastoma 3rd International Conference of Paediatric Haematology & Oncology Society of Bangladesh. 24 Feb 2018, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Management of Complications of Neuroblastoma Surgery. Paediatric Surgical Oncology Symposium in Fuzhou, China 26 Oct 2018
The Management of Thoracoabdominal Neuroblastoma. IPSO Annual Congress’ Best of IPSO presentation in Kyoto Nov 2018.
Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Paediatric Surgical Oncology, Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting. 1 Dec 2018.
Diagnostic Approach to Thoracic Masses. Surgical Oncology Course at St Jude-Viva Forum, Singapore 28 Feb 2019
Management of Rhabdomyosarcoma. Surgical Oncology Course at St Jude-Viva Forum, Singapore 28 Feb 2019
International Collaboration in Pediatric Surgical Oncology. Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Lecture14 Aug 2019 (China)
Challenges in Neuroblastoma. Chinese Conference on Oncology, Chongqing, China. 18 Aug 2019.
Role of imaging in Neuroblastoma Surgery. Congress of Chinese Research Hospital Association-Children’s Oncology Committee, Shanghai, China 12 Oct 2019.
Impact of chemosensitivity in MYCN amplified neuroblastoma on surgical resection. Annual Congress of International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology in Lyon, France, 23 Oct 2019.
Role of Imaging in Neuroblastoma Surgery. Surgical Oncology Symposium, WOFAPS, Doha, Qatar, 3 Nov 2019
Role of Surgery in Neuroblastoma. Surgical Oncology Workshop, WOFAPS, Doha, Qatar, 4 Nov 2019.
Commissioned Training in Paediatric Surgical Oncology at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, 15-16 Nov 2019. (Diagnostic approach in thoracic mass, Soft tissue sarcomas, Management of metastases, MIS in paediatric oncology, Surgical techniques in Neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor management – COG)
Role of Surgery in Germ Cell Tumors. Guangdong Province Childhood Cancer Meeting, 30 Nov 2019.
HIPEC in Pediatric Solid Tumors. 2020 “How We Treat” Guangdong-HK-Australia Webinar. 7 Jun 2020.
Supraclavicular Lymph Node Metastases in Neuroblastoma – A Clinicopathological Study. 14 Oct 2020. IPSO Virtual Congress.
Contemporary Management of Neuroblastoma Surgery. Fudan University’s Pediatric Oncology Course. 7 Nov 2020.
Surgery in Pediatric Abdominal Tumors. 14th Philippines Society of Pediatric Oncology. 13 Nov 2020. Virtual Online Conference.
Neuroblastoma Surgery – Contemporary Strategies and Management. 2020 Chinese Conference on Oncology. Guangdong Province, China, Hybrid Meeting. Online Lecture. 14 Nov 2020.
Complications in Paediatric Surgical Oncology. SIOP-Asia Virtual congress. IPSO Session. 20 Mar 2021
Management of Cervicothoracic and Thoracic Neuroblastoma. SIOP-Asia Virtual Congress. IPSO Session. 20 Mar 2021.
The Role of Surgery in Neuroblastoma. 29th APSP Conference March 2021 NICH, Karachi. (Hybrid Format). 21 Mar 2021.
Management of Thoracic Neuroblastoma. First Webinar of Association of Pediatric Surgical Oncology (India). 26 Mar 2021.