Clin Prof Ng Kee Chong

MBBS, MMed (Paeds), FAMS

Chief Executive Officer

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Paediatric Medicine

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Trials

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Concussion Emergency Paediatrics General Ambulatory Paediatrics Injuries (Child) Submersion Injuries Throat Objects

Clinical Appointments

Chief Executive Officer

Senior Consultant

Children's Emergency

About

Clin Prof Ng Kee Chong is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Senior Consultant with the Children’s Emergency at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). He is concurrently Deputy Group Chairman Medical Board (Disease Outbreak and Preparedness), SingHealth, spearheading strategy development for disease outbreak and pandemic preparedness for the SingHealth cluster.

A pioneer in paediatric emergency medicine, Clin Prof Ng is an advocate for clinical education, advancement and patient safety. He previously served as Chairman, Medical Board and Senior Associate Dean at KKH from May 2017 to April 2023. With keen insight on medical leadership and governance, clinical services and infrastructure capacity, Clin Prof Ng chairs and serves in numerous institutional, national and international programmes and committees that advance medical research and education, and enhance patient outcomes.

Education and Training

eMBA (Dean’s List), 2015
FRCPCH (UK), 2014
MMed (Paeds), 1996
MBBS (Singapore), 1989

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 2024 - present
Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 2020 – 2024
Adjunct Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2012 – present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2017 – present
Deputy Group Chairman Medical Board (Disease Outbreak and Preparedness), SingHealth, 2023 – present
Chair, Paediatrics Taskforce – 2015 International Committee Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), 2021 – present
Vice-Chair, Sub-committee on Emergency Issues, National Trauma Committee, 2020 – present
Vice President, Singapore Resuscitation & First Aid Council (SRFAC), 2018 – present
Deputy Chair, Rainbow Across Borders, 2015 – present
Member, National Trauma Committee, Ministry of Health, 2008 – present
Chairman Medical Board, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2017 – 2023
Senior Associate Dean, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2017 – 2023

Awards

Public Administration Medal (Silver), National Awards (COVID-19), 2023
Public Administration Medal (Silver), National Day Awards, 2022
National Outstanding Clinician Award, National Medical Excellence Awards, 2022
Distinguished Visionary Leader Award, SingHealth Excellence Awards, 2017
Mentoring Excellence Award, Singapore Chief Residency Programme, 2016
Healthcare Humanity Awards, 2014
Service from the Heart Award, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2010
Service from the Heart Award, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2008
GCEO Excellent Service Award (Medical), SingHealth, 2007
Service From the Heart Award, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2006
Best Journal Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal, 2005
Excellent Service STAR Award, SPRING Singapore, 2004
Service from the Heart Award, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2003
Excellent Service GOLD Award, SPRING Singapore, 2003
Service from the Heart Award, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2002

Research Trials

PRIME Proactive Rehabilitation to Improve Intergenerational Maternal-and-Child-Health Equity – A Needs Assessment, 2021
"Covid19 Protected & Resilient – The Role of cPASS in COVID Protection" Becoming COVID19 Protected & Resilient: A Profiling of SARS-CoV 2 Neutralising Antibodies in Completely Vaccinated Adults in Singapore. (A SingHealth-Duke-NUS Population Research In Collaboration with T-Pride), 2021
A Community-enabled Readiness for first 1000 Days Learning Ecosystem (CRADLE) for first-time families: study protocol of a three-arm randomised controlled trial, 2019
The Effect of Fertility Health Awareness Strategies on Fertility Knowledge and Childbearing in Young Married Couples (FertStart), 2019

Publications

Chong DJ, Lam JCM, Feng JXY, Heng ML, Mok YH, Chiang LW, Ng KC, Ong GYK. Blood lost: A retrospective review of blood wastage from massive transfusion protocol in a tertiary paediatric hospital. Children 2022, 9, 1799. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121799.
Tewani K, Agarwal A, Wong WHM, Teo I, Tan HK, Wong WL, Ng KC. Anxiety and burnout among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 circuit breaker in a Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore. GERMS. 2022;12(1):1-5. doi: 10.18683/germs.2022.1317
Ong GYK Ang AJF, Chen ZJ, Chan YH, Phua HT, Fong ESS, Tan JY, Aurangzeb ASO, Pek JH, Maconochie I, Ng KC, Nadkarni V,. Should Paediatric Chest Compression Depth Targets Consider Body Habitus? - A Chest Computed Tomography Imaging Study. Resuscitation Plus, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100202
Chan SL, Thumboo J, Boivin J, Saffari SE, Yin SQ, Yeo SR, Kok JYC, Ng KC, Chua KH, Yu SL. Effect of fertility health awareness strategies on fertility knowledge and childbearing in young married couples (FertStart): study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation Hybrid type I multicentre three-arm parallel group open-label randomized clinical trial. BMJ Open; 2022;12:e051710. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051710.
Ganapathy S, Chang SSY, Tan JMC, Lim C, Ng KC. Tele-Support for Acute Paediatrics Caregivers in Singapore – An Initial Experience with a prototype Chatbot : UPAL (Urgent Paediatric Advice Line). S Med J 2021; https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2021119.
Chong CY, Catahan MA, Lim SH, Jais T,7 Kaur G,Yin SQ, de Korne D, Thoon KC, Ng KC. Patient, staff empowerment and hand hygiene bundle improved and sustained hand hygiene in hospital wards. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (2021). doi:10.1111/jpc.15526.
Ong GYK, Ang AJF, Aurangzeb ASO, Fong ESS, Tan JY, Chen ZJ, Chan YH, Tang PH, Pek JH, Maconochie I, Ng KC, Narkhani VM. What are the risks of over-compression using current paediatric chest compression guidelines? - A Chest Computed Tomography Study. Resuscitation Plus, 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100112.
Topjian AA, Scholefield BR, Pinto NP, Fink EL, Buysse CMP, Haywood K, Maconochie I, Nadkarni VM, de Caen A, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Ng KC, Nuthall G, Reis AG, Van de Voorde P, Suskauer SJ, Schexnayder SM, Hazinski MF, Slomine BS. P-COSCA (Pediatric Core Outcome Set for Cardiac Arrest) in Children : An Advisory Statement From the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Resuscitation 2021; 162:351-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.01.023
Tan RMR, Ganapathy S, Tyebally A, Lee KP, Soo JSL, Thoon KC, Chan YH, Ng KC. Paediatric emergency department attendances during COVID-19 and SARS in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2021;50:126-34. https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020500.
Loy SL, Thilagamangai, Teo J, Chan SW, Khairani NAR, Chay OM, Ng KC. A Community-enabled Readiness for first 1000 Days Learning Ecosystem (CRADLE) for first-time families: study protocol of a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Trials 2021;22:191. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05144-5.
Chang SYS, MMed, Lim ZRA, Ong YKG, Piragasam R, Ng KC, Maconochie IK, Chong SL. Predictors of serious infections using serum biomarkers among infants 0-90 days old. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2021;5:e000861. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000861.
Chia MSY, Chan IPM, Wong J, Ng KC. What matters to patients - Parental and Caregiver opinions on ICHOM overall Health outcomes for Children in Singapore. Proceedings of Singaore Healthcare 2021; 30(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/201010582097932
Yin SQ, Chong CY, Ng KC, Lee KP. Resilience Engineering in Practice: Reflecting on a Pediatric Hospital’s Preparation for Unknown Coronavirus Outbreak. J Hospital Administration 2020; 9(6), DOI: 10.5430/jha.v9n6p1020.
Algurén B, Ramirez JP, Salt M , Sillett N, Myers SN, Alvarez-Cote A, Butcher NJ, Caneo LF, Cespedes JA, Chaplin JE, Ng KC, Garcia-Garcia JJ, Hazelzet JA, Klassen AF, Turquetto ALR, Mew EJ, Morris M, Offringa M, O’Meara M, Papp JM, Rodrigo C, Switaj TL, Mayer CV, Jenkins K. The development of an International Standard Set of Patient-Centered Outcome Measures for Overall Pediatric Health – a consensus process. Archives Dis Childhood 2020. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-320345.
Topjian AA, Scholefield BR, Pinto NP, Fink EL, Buysse CMP, Haywood K, Maconochie I, Nadkarni VM, de Caen A, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Ng KC, Nuthall G, Reis AG, Van de Voorde P, Suskauer SJ, Schexnayder SM, Hazinski MF, Slomine BS. P-COSCA (Pediatric Core Outcome Set for Cardiac Arrest) in Children. An Advisory Statement From the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. ILCOR Advisory Statement. Circulation. 2020;142:e246–e261. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000911
Yung CF, Kam K-q, Chong CY, Nadua KD, Li J, Hui Tan NW, Ganapathy S, Lee KP, Ng KC, Chan YH, Thoon KC. Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Adults to Children. The Journal of Pediatrics (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.07.009.
Yung CF, Chong CY, Li JH, Kam KQ, Nadua KD, Ng KC, Lee KP, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Chan YH. Novel coronavirus 2019 transmission risk in educational settings. Clinical Infectious disease. 2020
Courtney Davis, Kee Chong Ng, Jean Yin Oh, Amerie Baeg, Kumudhini Rajasegaran, Chu Shan Elaine Chew. Caring for Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders in the Current Coronavirus 19 Pandemic: A Singapore Perspective, Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 67, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 131-134, ISSN 1054-139X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.037. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X20301531)
Jensen JL, Ohshimo S, Cassan P, Meyran D, Greene J, Ng KC, Singletary E, Zideman D. Immediate Interventions for Presyncope of Vasovagal or Orthostatic Origin: A Systematic Review. Prehospital Emergency Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2019.1605431
Hornik, C, Gonzalez D, van den Anker J, Atz, A, Yogev R, Poindexter B, Ng KC, Delmore P, Harper B, Melloni C, Lewandowski A, Gelber C, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Lee JH. Population Pharmacokinetics of Intramuscular and Intravenous Ketamine in Children. J Clin Pharmacol.2018;58(8):1092-1104. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1116.
Geilleit R, Hen ZQ, Chong CY, Loh AP, Pang NL, Peterson GM, Ng KC, Huis A, de Korne DF. Feasibility Of A Real-Time Hand Hygiene Notification Machine Learning System In Outpatient Clinics. Journal of Hospital Infection (2018), 100 (2018) 183-189. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.04.004.
Chong SL, Ong GYK, Chin WYW, Chua JMZ, Nair P, Ong ASZ, Ng KC, Maconochie I. A retrospective review of vital signs and clinical outcomes of febrile infants younger than 3 months old presenting to the emergency department. PLoS One 13(1): e0190649. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190649
de Korne DF, Malhotra R, Wai Yee Lim WY, Christine Ong C, Sharma A, Tan TK, Tan TC, Ng KC, Østbye T. Effects of a portion design plate on food group guideline adherence among hospital staff. Journal of Nutritional Science (2017), vol. 6, e60, page 1 of 6 doi:10.1017/jns.2017.60.
Tan JHT, Rajendra B, Shahdadpuri R, Loke CY, Ng SSL, Jaafar N, Lau GM, Tan MCS, Ng KC, Arkachaisri T. A quality improvement project to reduce waiting time for pediatric outpatient referral clinics in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2017; N.A.:1-6 (Article; E-Published Ahead of Print)
Fu YQ, Chong SL, Lee JH, Liu CJ, Sheng Fu S, Loh TF, Ng KC, Xu F. The impact of early hyperglycaemia on children with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 2017; DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1264629
Chong SL, Barbierc S, Liuc N, Ong GYK, Ng KC, Ong MEH. Predictors for moderate to severe paediatric head injury derived from a surveillance registry in the emergency department. Injury 2015; 46 (7): 1270–74.
Song LWR, Chan JX, Chong SL, Ong YKG, Ng KC. Toy safety in Singapore: where are we now? Singapore Med J 2013; 54(11): 639-644.
Loo PY, Chong SL, Lek N, Bautista D, Ng KC. Evaluation of three paediatric weight estimation methods in Singapore. Loo Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (2013) doi:10.1111/jpc.12141.
Goh AEN, Tang JPL, Ho L, Teoh OH, Ng KC, Chay OM, Chan YH. Efficacy of Metered-Dose Inhalers for Children With Acute Asthma Exacerbations. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011; 46:421–427
Teo WY, Chan MY, Ng KC, Tan AM. Bony presentations of childhood haematological malignancy to the emergency room. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 48 (2012) 311–316.
Ng KC, Ang A. Ketamine as conscious sedation – a review of 500 children. Singapore Medical Journal 43(6) 2002; 300-4.
Ang A, Ng KC, Sim TP. Children’s Emergency based childhood accidental injuries surveillance - a one year perspective. Singapore Paediatric Journal1999;41(1): 27-34.
Ang A, Ng KC, Daneman A. Pediatric appendicitis in “real-time”: The value of sonography in diagnosis and treatment. Pediatr Emerg Care 17(5) 2001; 334-40.