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Ng Wai Hoe

Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme

gmsnwh@nus.edu.sg

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Professor Ng Wai Hoe is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) at SingHealth and Senior Consultant with the Department of Neurosurgery at National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He was previously Deputy Group CEO (Strategy & Planning) of SingHealth, CEO of Changi General Hospital, Medical Director of NNI, Academic Chair of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme as well as Deputy Chairman of the SingHealth Medical Board.

Prof Ng is a neurosurgeon with clinical interests in neurosurgical oncology (brain tumours), stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and underwent residency training in Singapore (NNI) and Australia (Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital). He underwent subspecialty training at the Royal Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital in Neuro-Oncology, Toronto Western Hospital in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) in Paediatric Neurosurgery. He was also a Sugita Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Nagoya University.

Education

Master of Business Administration

INSEAD, Singapore

Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore

Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Doctor of Medicine

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Fell, R Aust Coll of Surg (Neurosurgery)

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Australia

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Bio

Education

Master of Business Administration

Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore

Doctor of Medicine

Fell, R Aust Coll of Surg (Neurosurgery)

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Academic Contribution(s)

Most People Focused CEO, HR Excellence Awards (Singapore)

The Public Administration Medal (Gold) (COVID-19)

The Long Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Setia)

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Professional Appointment(s)

Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery

Group Chief Executive Officer

Professor

Member, Surgery-in-General (SIG) Residency Advisory Committee (RAC)

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Research Interests

Publications

103. Investigation of the usefulness of fluorescein sodium fluorescence in stereotactic brain biopsy

101. Interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 cooperates with EGFRvIII signaling to promote glioblastoma multiforme

99. Characterization of Pyramidal Tract Shift in High Grade Glioma Resection

The Fluoropen: a simple low-cost device to detect intraoperative fluorescein fluorescence in stereotactic needle biopsy of brain tumors.

97. Independent Mobility Achieved through a Wireless Brain-Machine Interface

85. Re-do craniotomy for recurrent glioblastoma

91. ST3GAL1-Associated Transcriptomic Program in Glioblastoma Tumor Growth, Invasion, and Prognosis.

87. Awake craniotomy using electromagnetic navigation technology without rigid pin fixation

90. Outcomes of Subdural Haematoma Drainage in Nonagenarians and Centenarians: A Multicenter Study

76. High-frequency Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus Interna Nucleus Modulates GFRα1 Gene Expression in the Basal Ganglia

69. Cortical Reorganization of Motor Functional Areas in Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

36. Glial Cell-Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Family of Ligands Confers Chemoresistance in Ligand-specific fashion in Malignant Gliomas

33. Diffusion Tensor Tractography: Corticospinal Tract Fiber Reduction is Associated with Temporary Hemiparesis in Benign Extra-Cerebral

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