“The wonderful thing about working with children is that you get to develop a great relationship with the child and their families as you watch them grow and follow them throughout their childhood.”

Dr Dawn Teo is a USA fellowship trained consultant paediatric Ear Nose Throat (ENT) surgeon. She is also the Medical Director of The Children's Eye and ENT Centre, and was appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor in Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

“The best way to practice medicine is to treat every child as if they are your own.”

As a mother of 2 young children, she is acutely aware of how distressing it could be to bring a child to the doctors. This led her to create a child friendly clinic that her patients may actually look forward to going. Within this comfortable stress-free environment, she is dedicated to bringing the latest and best possible care to her patients.

Her training & achievements

Dr Dawn received her Medical Degree from the National University of Singapore in 2000 and went on to complete her Specialist training in Singapore, where she graduated top of her cohort and was awarded the Academy of Medicine Gold Medal for Otolaryngology. After her specialist training, she was awarded the Health Manpower Development Program fellowship and went on to pursue a clinical fellowship in Paediatric Otolaryngology in Children’s Medical Center at University of Texas Medical Center in Dallas, USA.

She is an active member in the ENT community where she has been appointed honorary secretary of the Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Dr Dawn also has a passion for teaching and believes in molding the future generation of doctors. She remains an active teaching faculty for the Singhealth Residency program, and was recently awarded the outstanding faculty award.