Expert In: Urology SUBSPECIALTIES: Urology Associate with: Panasia Surgery Pte Ltd Gender: Male Languages: English
Fellowship and accreditation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
Master of Science (Research)
Qualification & EXPERIENCE YEARS :
Dr Chong Kian Tai is a urologist practising in Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore.
Dr Chong Kian Tai specialises in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer and penile cancer.
Dr Chong Kian Tai is proficient in several surgical techniques, such as traditional open surgery, advanced keyhole laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, as well as the da Vinci Surgical System, a robotic surgical system.
In the treatment of urological cancers, some of the procedures he focuses on include focal therapy for prostate cancer, MRI-ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy, bladder cystoscopy with narrow-band imaging, da Vinci robotic partial nephrectomy, and da Vinci robotic radial prostatectomy.
In the treatment of general urological disorders, he has an emphasis on less invasive procedures to treat benign prostate hyperplasia, such as UroLift, Rezum, and Prolieve procedures. He is also familiar with retrograde intrarenal surgery, a procedure that uses a flexible ureteroscope to treat small kidney stones by laser stone surgery.
Dr Chong Kian Tai received the full-time clinical Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York, USA.
Prior to private practice, he was the consultant, adjunct assistant professor, co-director of urologic oncology and the director of research in the department of urology in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) (TTSH). He also operated the urology cancer clinical databases and tissue archive in TTSH. In the Singapore Cancer Society, he was an advisory panel member and helped improve prostate cancer awareness and survivorship.
Dr Chong Kian Tai started molecular research in urologic-oncology on prostate cancer immunology at Seattle, Washington, USA, which was funded by the Southwest Oncology Group, USA, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. During his time in the Singapore Urological Cancer Consortium, he led several teams in prostate, kidney, bladder and testis cancer research, including projects on precision medicine, biomolecular, nanoparticle, bioimaging and biomedical device studies.
To improve holistic care for urological cancer patients, Dr Chong served as a chairman for the Urology Cancer Multidisciplinary Tumour Board, chairman for the Urology Cancer Support Programme, chairman for Advanced Care Planning Team, and chairman for TTSH’s Prostate Cancer Support Group.
Dr Chong Kian Tai Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): BOOK BY Phone 67378538, Fax 67376130, Orchard +65 6250 0000, Novena +65 6898 6898 & Chamber Name & Address: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Panasia Surgery Pte Ltd, 3 Mount Elizabeth #11-15
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510.