About Sydney Ch'ng, MD
Introduction
Dr. Ch’ng delivers evidence-based, patient-focused care and consistently aims to optimize clinical, cosmetic, and functional outcomes for her patients.
A large part of Dr. Ch’ng's clinical practice focuses on oncology, specifically skin and head and neck oncology. She participates in weekly multidisciplinary meetings, during which clinicians from various specialties, including surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, dermatologists, radiologists, pathologists, and allied health practitioners, consider, discuss, and recommend management plans for complex cases. In addition to collaborating closely with her colleagues from other specialties, she also carries out shared care with her patients' general practitioners.
For her cosmetic patients, she follows AHPRA requirements, including a minimum of 2 consultations, observation of a cooling-off period before offering surgery, and screening for dysmorphic body disorder.
A large part of Dr. Ch’ng's clinical practice focuses on oncology, specifically skin and head and neck oncology. She participates in weekly multidisciplinary meetings, during which clinicians from various specialties, including surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, dermatologists, radiologists, pathologists, and allied health practitioners, consider, discuss, and recommend management plans for complex cases. In addition to collaborating closely with her colleagues from other specialties, she also carries out shared care with her patients' general practitioners.
For her cosmetic patients, she follows AHPRA requirements, including a minimum of 2 consultations, observation of a cooling-off period before offering surgery, and screening for dysmorphic body disorder.
Education & Training
Dr. Ch’ng studied medicine at the University of Melbourne. During her surgical training, she participated in the Surgeon Scientist Program of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). She conducted two years of full-time research on the biology of skin cancers, publishing numerous scientific papers and presenting her findings at national and international conferences. Her research culminated in the awarding of a PhD and resulted in changes to global guidelines for the staging and management of skin cancers.
Dr. Ch’ng won a number of research awards, including the Young Investigator Award presented by the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS), Best Proffered Paper at the ANZHNCS Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), the Louis Barnett Prize for Best Free Paper at the RACS (NZ) ASM, and Best Scientific Poster at the RACS Annual Scientific Congress.
Following this, she completed training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, obtaining Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS).
She undertook further training post-FRACS in head and neck surgery at the Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (now based at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre). This allowed her to gain extensive experience in both resection and reconstructive surgery for all types of head and neck benign and malignant (cancer) pathology.
Dr. Ch’ng then completed another fellowship in Adult Craniomaxillofacial (Facial Trauma and Cosmetic) Surgery at the renowned Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, working alongside world leaders in this field.
Subsequently, Dr. Ch’ng went to the premier cancer hospital in the USA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, as an international fellow on the highly competitive American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) Fellowship Program. There she learned the latest techniques in cancer surgery, including advanced microsurgery.
Dr. Ch’ng won a number of research awards, including the Young Investigator Award presented by the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS), Best Proffered Paper at the ANZHNCS Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), the Louis Barnett Prize for Best Free Paper at the RACS (NZ) ASM, and Best Scientific Poster at the RACS Annual Scientific Congress.
Following this, she completed training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, obtaining Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS).
She undertook further training post-FRACS in head and neck surgery at the Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (now based at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre). This allowed her to gain extensive experience in both resection and reconstructive surgery for all types of head and neck benign and malignant (cancer) pathology.
Dr. Ch’ng then completed another fellowship in Adult Craniomaxillofacial (Facial Trauma and Cosmetic) Surgery at the renowned Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, working alongside world leaders in this field.
Subsequently, Dr. Ch’ng went to the premier cancer hospital in the USA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, as an international fellow on the highly competitive American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) Fellowship Program. There she learned the latest techniques in cancer surgery, including advanced microsurgery.
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