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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.

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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.

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