Raffles Children's Centre - Kids Clinic - 莱佛士儿科医疗中心

Dr Tan Mein Chuen is a Paediatrician. Dr Tan graduated from Leicester Medical School, England. He has worked in the paediatric department at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and in the paediatric respiratory/cardiology department at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.

After returning to Singapore, Dr Tan completed his specialist training in paediatrics and was a consultant neonatologist at KK Women and Children’s Hospital. Apart from paediatrics, his interest is in neonatal intensive care, especially ventilatory support for premature; developmental screening and neonatal renal disorders.

Dr Chu Hui Ping is a Paediatrician. Dr Chu graduated with MBBS from NUS in 2001 and obtained her MRCPCH (UK) in 2005. She completed her paediatric training in KKH and obtained her specialist accreditation in 2009. She was awarded the MOH HMDP award in 2010. She did her subspecialty training in paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition in Great Ormond Street Hospital and paediatric hepatology in Kings’ College Hospital in London. She also completed her Diploma in Dermatology with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2011.

Prior to joining Raffles Hospital, Dr Chu had been practicing at KKH as a Consultant in Paediatric Medicine as well as a Specialist in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition services. She manages general ambulatory paediatric conditions including childhood vaccinations, developmental assessment, and common paediatric illnesses. Dr Chu’s main areas of interest are recurrent abdominal pain, constipation, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, food allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, and feeding issues. She is also experienced in performing oesophago- gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD), colonoscopy, and 24 hour pH and impedance studies in children.

Dr Veronica Toh is a Paediatrician. Apart from general paediatrics, her interests are in neonatal intensive care, especially prematurity, neonatal neurological disorders, neonatal encephalopathy, hydrocephalus, intracranial haemorrhages, developmental follow-up, cranial ultrasonography, MRI and cerebal hypothermia.

Dr Toh is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Paediatrics) (UK).

Dr Joyce Chua obtained her basic medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 1998. She completed her basic surgical training in Singapore and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2001. Dr Chua went on to pursue a 5-year advanced surgical training program in Paediatric Surgery with the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Dr Chua had also spent time working in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Surgical Oncology under the tutelage of Dr Michael LaQuaglia, a paediatric oncology surgeon at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York in 2008. In addition to general neonatal and paediatric surgery, Dr Chua is passionate about Paediatric Oncology and Haematology practice.

Prior to joining Raffles Hospital, Dr Chua enjoyed an active paediatric surgical practice in KK Hospital, where she managed a wide spectrum of neonatal and paediatric surgical conditions and was privileged to touch many young lives. In 2014, Dr Chua was awarded the Singapore Health Quality Service STAR Award in recognition of her dedication to the care of sick children and their families. Her unique skill sets have allowed her to dedicate part of her practice to the care of children with cancers, implementing several initiatives to better meet the surgical needs of these children In 2011, Dr Chua won a Merit Award at the SingHealth Quality Convention for her work in reducing premature removals of central venous access devices placed in children receiving chemotherapy. An active member of the Paediatric Oncology Group, Singapore, Dr Chua remains active in paediatric oncology research. Recognising that closely-knitted multi-disciplinary care is often the key to a successful paediatric practice, Dr Chua looks forward to working intimately with her colleagues at Raffles Children’s Centre to deliver a consistently high level of specialised care to the children in Singapore and the region.

Dr Ng is an accredited Paediatrician and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom. He received his MBBS and Master of Medicine from the National University of Singapore and completed his training in Paediatrics at the National University Hospital (NUH).

Dr Ng has a sub-specialty interest in paediatric allergy. While working at NUH, he has managed a variety of patients with atopic disease, including food and drug allergies, allergic rhinitis, asthma and atopic dermatitis.

Dr Ng’s prior work includes publishing abstracts and presenting posters at international allergy conferences, such as at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and World Allergy Organization joint meeting, and the joint congress of the Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology. He has also co-authored an article in the Lianhe Zaobao regarding a possible link between excessive hygiene and increased allergic disease.

Dr Ng’s practice includes all areas of general ambulatory paediatrics including a wide range of common childhood conditions like acute infections, growth and developmental concerns. He is experienced in developmental assessment and vaccinations.

Dr Isaac Liu is an accredited Paediatrician and Paediatric Nephrologist (children’s kidney specialist) with experience in dialysis and kidney transplantation. He received his MBBS and Master of Medicine (Paediatric Medicine) from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom. He completed his training in paediatrics at National University Hospital (NUH) and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He subsequently obtained a PhD in the field of paediatric kidney disease on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship.

Prior to joining Raffles Hospital, Dr Liu was a Consultant in the Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation at NUH and an Assistant Professor (Clinician-Investigator) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS.

Dr Liu treats infants and children suffering from common childhood ailments, and performs developmental assessment and vaccinations. In addition, as his subspecialty focus, Dr Liu also cares for children suffering from kidney-related disorders such as recurrent urinary tract infection, urinary frequency, bedwetting problems, high blood pressure, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis including lupus and chronic kidney disease.

Dr Liu supplements his clinical experience with research experience, having published papers in topics related to kidney diseases in children, in international peer-reviewed journals. He is the co- author of a regional guidebook on paediatric kidney diseases. For his work, Dr Liu has received research accolades such as the Singapore Young Investigator Award (Basic/Translational Research), the International Paediatric Nephrology Association Nature Reviews Nephrology Research Award, the ExxonMobil Fellowship as well as the Ministry of Health Healthcare Research Fellowship.

Dr Isaac Liu is currently practicing at Raffles Children’s Centre and continues to serve as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at both NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School. He also serves as Junior Councillor of the International Paediatric Nephrology Association, representing Asia on the IPNA Best Practices and Standards Committee, and on the Panel of Advisors to the Youth Court, Singapore.