Dr Lynette Ngo | Farrer Park Hospital

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Dr. Lynette Ngo graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1996. She further pursued a Master of Medicine degree in Internal Medicine and obtained her membership of the Royal College of Physicians in the UK in 2002. She received her post-graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine from Edith Cowan University in Australia in 2006 and obtained her specialist accreditation in medical oncology from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2007. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society of Clinical Oncology (ESMO), Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ASGO), and Singapore Society of Oncology (SSO). She serves on the Singapore Cancer Network (SCAN) guidelines committee. Prior to Curie Oncology, Dr. Ngo practiced at National Cancer Center, Singapore (NCCS) from 2005 to 2012 before moving to Raffles Cancer Center, Raffles Hospital from 2012 to 2019. Aside from being a Clinical Tutor at the Yong Loo Lin Medical School, she was also a Visiting Consultant to both KKWCH Gynecologic Cancer Center and KKWCH Breast Center as well as to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. In addition, she spent 5 years caring for patients in hospice home care and in-patient hospice services in the community prior to joining NCCS. Dr. Ngo’s areas of interest are breast and gynecologic cancers, hereditary cancers and genetic counseling, psychosocial oncology, and palliative medicine, in addition to general medical oncology. Manpower Development Program Award to spend a year at the Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA. In collaboration with the MGH gynecologic oncology team, she designed and conducted several investigator-initiated clinical trials, testing novel drugs and treatments She had received a grant from the SingHealth Foundation for her research work and was involved in multiple clinical trials focusing on breast and gynecologic cancers. She has contributed to numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and written book chapters.

Recognizing the challenges faced by patients, caregivers, and even survivors, Dr. Ngo started the Raffles Cancer Support Program in April 2013 to provide education and psychosocial and emotional support throughout the cancer journey.

Dr. Ngo has also completed the Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment at City of Hope Hospital in California, USA from Oct 2017 to Mar 2018. She established the Hereditary Cancer Risk assessment clinic and genetic counseling in Raffles Hospital.

Dr Ngo’s specialty interests are genetic counseling and genetic testing, gynecologic cancers including ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers.

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