Dr. DEBORAH CHUA

MB, BCh, BAO (NUI, RCSI), LRCP&SI (Honours) 2016

EDUCATION

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (IRELAND) Class of 2016, Medicine RAFFLES INSTITUTION (2009- 2010)
Singapore---Cambridge GCE Advanced Level, 2009 RAFFLES GIRLS’ SCHOOL SECONDARY (2005 – 2008)
MARYMOUNT CONVENT PRIMARY SCHOOL (1999- 2004)

MEDICAL LICENSE

Irish Medical Council Full Registration
Singapore Medical Council Full Registration

INTEREST IN AESTHETIC SURGERY

• Multiple observerships and strong involvement in research as a medical student at Great Ormond Street Hospital (London) 2013 – 2017, mentored by Ms Justine O’Hara
• Medical student attachment in the Plastics and reconstructive surgery department, Anam Hospital, Korea University 2014 – mentored by Prof Lee Byung-il
• Medical student attachment in the Plastics and reconstructive surgery department, Mt Sinai Hospital, New York 2014

AESTHETIC CONFERENCES / COURSES

• Advanced injection therapy with Dr Arthur Swift and Dr Sebastian Cotofana, Miami, 2023
• 26th ISAPS World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 22/09/2022 - 24/09/2022 attended the virtual non-surgical symposium

WHO IS DR DEBORAH CHUA?

Invited to Singapore’s 56th National ceremonial parade for the role of an outstanding essential healthcare worker in the COVID19 pandemic
SingHealth Best Medical Officer Award 2020
41st International College of Surgeons, World congress November 2018, Taiwan
- “3D Laparoscopic CBDE is safe and feasible” Mr Vishalkumar Shelat Awarded Young Surgeon Award, Gold Medal
10th Annual Collegiate Case Competition – Winner (2016)
“Is total laryngectomy only a means of last resort?” Awarded Professor James O’Neill Medal
9th Annual Collegiate Case Competition – Winner (2015)
“Transgastric drainage of the oesophagus – a case in eosinophilic oesophagitis”
- Mr Mayilone Arumugasamy (Consultant General Surgeon, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)
8th Undergraduate Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery Conference, London, UK, Novemeber 2015 “Alveolar Bone Graft – exploring treatment options”
- Supervised by Dr Jonathan Lee, Chief resident Plastic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, U.S.A Awarded Best Poster prize

Chua D, Loh AH, Tan E, Seow-En I. Perivascular epitheloid cell tumour (PEComa): an unusual cause of painful defaecation. 2022 Feb 9 BMJ Case Rep.
Tan EK, Tan BK, Fong HC, Chua D, Chew CY, Chung AYF, Lee SY, Teo JY, Cheow PC, Chan CY, Goh BKP, Jeyaraj PR. Impact of micro-surgical anastomosis of hepatic artery for liver transplant on arterial complications and survival outcomes. 2021 Jan Transplantation Proceedings.
Huan KWSJ, Tan CS, Chua D, Yap CJQ, Tan RY, Chong TT, Tang TT. The Cleaner XT device as an endovascular adjunct for pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis of thrombosed arterio-venous fistulas and grafts. 2020 Dec 25 Annals of Vascular Diseases.
Chua D, What volunteering in workers’ dorms taught me about the shadows behind S’pore’s wealth https://www.todayonline.com/voices/voices-front-lines-what-volunteering-workers-dorms-taught- me-about-shadows-behind-spores Today newspaper, Singapore. June 2020
Nguyen TK, Chua D, Shannon NB, Ng JCF, Tan HK. The Show Must Go On. Letter to Editor. Br J Surg. 2020
O’Hara J, Way B, Borghi A, Knoops PGM, Chua D, Hayward R. The Turricephaly Index: A validated method for recording turricephaly and its natural history in Apert syndrome. J Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. 2019; 47(3): 414-419.
Ablett DJ, Navaratne L, Chua D, Streets CG, Tai NRM. The modified 'Jo'burg' technique for securingintercostal chest drains. J R Army Med Corps. 2017;163(5):319-323.

24th International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery May 2019, Brazil “Meunke Syndrome – the Great Ormond Street Hospital Experience”
- Supervised by Ms Justine O’Hara (Consultant Plastic Surgeon)
41st International College of Surgeons, World congress November 2018, Taiwan
- “3D Laparoscopic CBDE is safe and feasible”
  Supervised by Mr Vishalkumar Shelat (Consultant General Surgeon, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore) Award Young Surgeon Award, Gold Medal
European Society of Craniofacial Surgery: Biennial Congress 2016, Birmingham, UK
- “Complications of cranial vault distractions – a single institution”
  Supervised by Mr Dylan Murray (Craniofacial Research Group, Temple Street Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)
10th Annual Collegiate Case Competition – Winner (2016) – February 2016
- “Is total laryngectomy only a means of last resort?” Awarded Professor James O’Neill Medal
8th Undergraduate Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery Conference, London, Uk, Novemeber 2015
- “Temporoparetial flap in traumatic auricular reconstruction, deliberating anatomical and clinical factors”
  Supervised by Professor Park Chul, Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea
16th Biennial Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, Japan September 2015 Presentation: Interesting associations between Twins and Craniofacial Anomalies
Supervised by Ms Justine O’Hara (Consultant Craniofacial Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK)
9th Annual Collegiate Case Competition – Winner (2015)
“Transgastric drainage of the oesophagus – a case in eosinophilic oesophagitis”
Supervised by Mr Mayilone Arumugasamy (Consultant General Surgeon, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)

Dr. DEBORAH CHUA

EDUCATION

MEDICAL LICENSE

INTEREST IN AESTHETIC SURGERY

AESTHETIC CONFERENCES / COURSES

WHO IS DR DEBORAH CHUA?

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