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Clin Assoc Prof Ong Choo Phaik Caroline

MBBS, FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), FAMS (Paeds Surgery), MSurgicalEd (Melbourne)

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Paediatric Surgery

Sub-specialties: Paediatric Urology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Anorectal Malformation, Appendicitis, Congenital Cystic Lung Disease, Disorders of Sex Differentiation, Duplex Kidney, Emphyema, Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Faecal Incontinence, Fundoplication and Gastrostomy, Gallstones, Hernia, Hirchsprung’s Disease, Hydronephrosis, Hypersplenism, Hypospadias, Intestinal Obstruction, NEC, Neurogenic Bladder, Perianal Abscess, Testicular Tumour, Torsion Ovary, Undescended Testis, Vesicoureteric Reflux.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Children's Surgery Centre KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Visiting Consultant Neonatal and Developmental Medicine Singapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

Education (Postgraduate) SingHealth Duke-NUS Surgery Academic Clinical Programme

Profile

Dr Caroline Ong is a general paediatric surgeon with special interest in Paediatric Urology. After graduating from National University of Singapore, she completed Paediatric Surgery training in Singapore followed by subspecialty training in Paediatric Urology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Her special interests in Paediatric Urology are congenital abnormalities of the urinary system (CAKUT) and neurogenic bladder.

Her other area of interest is medical education where she holds several educational leadership positions in postgraduate surgical training at institutional and national level. Her education interests are in surgical skills training and faculty development.

Education

MSurgical Ed, University of Melbourne/ Royal Australian College of Surgeons 2015
FAMS (Paed Surgery) 2003
FRCS (Glasg) 1998
FRCSEd 1998
MBBS National University of Singapore 1993

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Associate Program Director, SingHealth General Surgery Residency Program, 2009 - present
Member, Specialist Training Committee, Paediatric Surgery, Ministry of Health, 2009 - present
Co-chairman, Hospital Medical Procedures Accreditation Committee, 2011 - present
Member, Hospital Infection Control Committee, 2004 - present
Clinical Senior Lecturer and Clinical Tutor Medical Ethics, YLL, NUS, 2006 - present
Clinical teacher, LKC School of medicine, NTU, 2016 - present
External Lecturer, Nanyang Polytechnic School of Nursing, 2005 - present
Reviewer, Journal of Paediatric Surgery case reports, 2014 - Present
Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ), 2007 - Present
Fellow, Academic Medicine Education Institute AM.EI, SingHealth, 2013 - present
Board Member /Chairman, Chapter of Paediatric Surgeons, College of Surgeons, Singapore, 2008 - 2015
Deputy Vice-chair, Education, SURG ACP SingHealth, 2013 - 2016

Awards

SingHealth Excellence Award – Distinguished Educator Award, SHS 2017
KK People Developer (KKPD) Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award, KKH 2014
SingHealth Academy Talent Development Fund Grant, Masters of Surgical Education, SHS 2013
KKH Service From the Heart Awards, KKH 2013, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006
Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2010
SingHealth Academy Talent Development Fund Grant Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Healthcare Professions, SHS 2011
Excellence Service Awards (Star), SPRING Singapore 2009 and 2006
Singapore Medical Journal Recognition Awards for reviewing with distinction, SMJ 2008 and 2007
Clinical Process Improvement Project (Gold), KKH 2007
Excellence Service Award (Silver), SPRING Singapore 2005

Research Interests

Publications

Understanding Experiences of Youth Growing Up with Anorectal Malformation or Hirschsprung's Disease to Inform Transition Care: A Qualitative In-Depth Interview SA Nah, CCP Ong, D Lie, VJ Marimuttu, J Hong, T Yap, Y Low. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018, 28 (01), 067-074
Neuronal defects an etiological factor in congenital pelviureteric junction obstruction? GY How, KTE Chang, AS Jacobsen, TL Yap, CCP Ong, Y Low, JC Allen. Journal of Pediatric Urology 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.07.014
Anorectal malformation & Hirschsprung's disease: A cross-sectional comparison of quality of life and bowel function to healthy controls SA Nah, CCP Ong, SE Saffari, LY Ong, TL Yap, Y Low, AS Jacobsen. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.08.018
STING versus HIT technique of endoscopic treatment for vesicoureteral reflux: A systematic review and meta-analysis. TL Yap, Y Chen, SA Nah, CCP Ong, AS Jacobsen, Y Low. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2016; 51(12):2015-2020
The role of ischemia in necrotizing enterocolitis. Chen Yong; Chang Kenneth Tou En; Lian Derrick Wen Quan; Lu Hao; Roy Sudipto; Laksmi Narasimhan Kannan; Low Yee; Krishnaswamy Gita; Pierro Agostino; Ong Caroline Choo Phaik. Journal of pediatric surgery 2016; 51(8):1255-1616
Beliefs and values about intra-operative teaching and learning: a case study of surgical teachers and trainees. Caroline CP Ong, Agnes Dodds, Debra Nestel. Advances in Health Sciences Education 2016; 21(3):587-607
Factors Predicting Testicular Atrophy after Testicular Salvage following Torsion. Lian Bertrand S Y; Ong Caroline C P; Chiang Li Wei; Rai Rambha; Nah Shireen Anne. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2016; 26(1):17-21
Candy crush: a confounding presentation of blood per rectum in a child. Ng Yvonne Ying Ru; Ong Han Lim; Sim Siam Wee; Ong Caroline Choo Phaik. BMJ case reports 2015; 10.1136/bcr-2015-211634
A new 2-step risk-stratification clinical score for suspected appendicitis in children. Yap Te-Lu; Chen Yong; Low Wilson Wei Xin; Ong Caroline Choo Phaik; Nah Shireen Anne; Jacobsen Anette S; Shen Liang; Low Yee. Journal of pediatric surgery 2015; 50(12):2051-2555
Undescended testis: Level of knowledge among potential referring health-care providers. Lim Li Yan; Nah Shireen A; Lakshmi Narasimhan K; Yap Te-Lu; Jacobsen Anette S; Low Yee; Ong Caroline C P. Journal of paediatrics and child health 2015; 51(11):1109-1141
Unprofessional doctors--are they really born this way? Ong Caroline C P; Tan Nigel C K. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2014; 43(11):521-533
Pseudomembranous trigonitis in a male with Klinefelter syndrome: a case report and evidence of a hormonal etiology. Lian Derrick W Q; Li Fay X; Ong Caroline C P; Kuick C H; Chang Kenneth T E. International journal of clinical and experimental pathology 2014; 7(6):3375-3999
Undescended testis: 513 patients' characteristics, age at orchidopexy and patterns of referral. Nah Shireen A; Yeo Charleen S W; How Guo Yuan; Allen John C; Lakshmi Narasimhan K; Yap Te-Lu; Jacobsen Anette S; Low Yee; Ong Caroline C P. Archives of disease in childhood 2014; 99(5):401-466
Transanal endorectal pull-through versus transabdominal approach for Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Chen Yong; Nah Shireen A; Laksmi Narasimhan Kannan; Ong Caroline C P; Chua Joyce H Y; Jacobsen Anette; Low Yee. Journal of pediatric surgery 2013; 48(3):642-651
Primary hepatic artery embolization in pediatric blunt hepatic trauma. Ong Caroline C P; Toh Luke; Lo Richard H G; Yap Te-Lu; Narasimhan Kannan. Journal of pediatric surgery 2012; 47(12):2316-2202
Anomalies associated with anorectal malformations according to the Krickenbeck anatomic classification. Nah Shireen A; Ong Caroline C P; Lakshmi Narasimhan K; Yap Te-Lu; Jacobsen Anette S; Low Yee. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2012; 47(12):2273-2888
Implications of incidental finding of testicular microlithiasis in paediatric patients. Chiang Li Wei; Yap Te-Lu; Asiri Musaed Mohammed; Phaik Ong Caroline Choo; Low Yee; Jacobsen Anette Sundfor. Journal of pediatric urology 2012; 8(2):162-155
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor mimicking carotid body tumor--case report and review. Lee R M; Ong C P; Jacobsen A S; Chan M Y; Hwang W S. Journal of pediatric surgery 2011; 46(3):554-588
A novel teaching proposition: case-based, evidence-based debate. Caroline CP Ong, KL Narasimhan. Medical Education 2010; 44(5):515-516
Meckel's diverticular complications in children: is laparoscopy the order of the day? Sai Prasad T R; Chui Chan Hon; Singaporewalla Fatima Reyaz; Ong Choo Phaik Caroline; Low Yee; Yap Te Lu; Jacobsen Anette Sundfor. Pediatric surgery international 2007; 23(2):141-177
Germ cell development in the descended and cryptorchid testis and the effects of hormonal manipulation. Ong C; Hasthorpe S; Hutson J M. Pediatric surgery international 2005; 21(4):240-254
The learning curve in learning the curve: a review of Nuss procedure in teenagers. Ong Caroline C P; Choo Kelvin; Morreau Philip; Auldist Alex. ANZ journal of surgery 2005; 75(6):421-444
Carbon dioxide laser circumcisions for children. How A C S W; Ong C C P; Jacobsen A; Joseph V T. Pediatric surgery international 2003; 19(1-2):11-13
Comparing wound closure using tissue glue versus subcuticular suture for pediatric surgical incisions: a prospective, randomised trial. Ong C C P; Jacobsen A S; Joseph V T. Pediatric surgery international 2002; 18(5-6):553-555
Secondary Procedures for Reconstruction in Esophageal Atresia. C.C.P.Ong, V.T.Joseph and A.S. Jacobsen. Asian Journal of Surgery 2001; 24(4):337-340
Case Report: An Unusual Penile Deformity. C.C.P. Ong, W.K.O. Lau and V.T. Joseph. BJU International 2000; 85(1):http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1464-4096.1999.01446.x-NA