About Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin
Expert In: Oncology – Medical
SUBSPECIALTIES: Oncology
Associate with: Oncocare Cancer Centre
GENDER: Male
Languages: English
Qualification & EXPERIENCE YEARS :
At Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore, Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin is an oncologist.
His interest in gastrointestinal cancers, including esophageal, gastric, biliary, pancreatic, liver (hepatocellular carcinoma), neuroendocrine, and colorectal cancers, is sub-specialized.
At the National Cancer Hospital Singapore, National University Hospital, Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin was previously a consultant in the Department of Haematology-Oncology.
Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin was actively involved in postgraduate teaching and research prior to entering private practice.
Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin was the director of postgraduate medical Qualification in medical oncology and was a central faculty member of the internal medicine residency program.
In 2011, he was honoured with the National University Hospital Postgraduate Teaching Excellence Award for his efforts. For several years, he has also been involved in clinical and translational research and has been the principal or co-investigator in international trials involving the use of new and targeted colorectal and pancreatic cancer therapy medications.
The NUH Groundbreaking Grant for research in warfarin pharmacogenomics was awarded to Dr. Chuah and the inaugural Kobayashi Foundation Award was recognized for his work on serial improvements in the expression of proteins linked to breast cancer in response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. His academic work, including Gastroenterology, GUT, and Annals of Oncology, has contributed to many first author publications in high-impact medical and oncology journals.
As a clinical cancer specialist and researcher, his work involves investigating the absence of somatic mutations in the VEGFR-2 tyrosine kinase domain in hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) with osteoarthritis, and the use of the chemotherapy drug docetaxel (Taxotere) with or without ketoconazole in breast cancer, small cell gall bladder cancer with paraneoplastic hyponatremia.
Dr Chuah Yen Seong Benjamin Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): BOOK BY Phone 66941721, Fax 66941722, Orchard +65 6250 0000, Novena +65 6898 6898 &
Chamber Name & Address: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Oncocare Cancer Centre, 38 Irrawaddy Road #09-59/60/61/62/63, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore 329563.
