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Dr Chua Weiquan Darren

Dr Chua Weiquan Darren

MBBS (Hons), MRCS (Edin), MMed (Surg), FRCS (Edin), MCI (NUS)

Consultant

Specialty: Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery

Clinical Interest: Gallstones, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancers, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Endocrine Tumours, Pancreatic Tumours

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Liver Transplant.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Director, Advanced laparoscopic course

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct assistant professor, Duke-NUS Medical school
  • Adjunct assistant professor, Yong Loo Lin school of Medicine
  • Adjunct senior lecturer, Lee Kong Chien School of Medicine
  • Core faculty member, Singhealth PGY1 program
  • Core faculty member, Surgery ACP program

Profile

​Dr. Darren Chua is a Consultant in Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital. He graduated from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine with an MBBS (Honors) in 2015, earning a Dean's List in every academic year. He completed his residency with the SingHealth General Surgery program in 2020, receiving his MMed (NUS) and FRCS (Edinburgh). His residency achievements include his graduation from the Singhealth Residency Leadership Program and receiving the Residency in Service Excellence (RISE) awards in 2017 and 2020. In addition, Dr Chua was awarded the College of Surgeons Gold Medal for top performance in General Surgery exit examinations. He subsequently pursued a Master's in Clinical Investigation (MCI) from NUS in 2023 and was awarded an MOH HMDP scholarship to pursue liver transplantation under Professor Jeng Long Bin from the China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan. Dr. Chua has authored and co-authored multiple articles in various international peer-reviewed journals. He is committed in advancing minimally invasive surgery for complex liver and pancreatic resections, as well as liver and multi-organ transplantation.

Education

  • ​MCI (NUS)
  • FRCS (Edin)
  • MMed (Surg)
  • MRCS (Edin)
  • MBBS (Hons)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

  • ​Service with a heart award
  • Residency in-service excellence award 2020
  • Residency in-service excellence award 2017
  • College of Surgeons Gold Medal 
  • Dean's list (2015-2020)

Research Interests

Publications

Research Trials