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Dr Charn Tze Choong is the Head of Department (Otolaryngology) at Sengkang General Hospital. He is a Senior Consultant at Department of Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery) at Sengkang General and Singapore General Hospital. He is also a Visiting Consultant to the Department of Otolaryngology, KK Hospital and SNEC.
A graduate of the National University of Singapore, Dr Charn obtained his Masters of Medicine in Otolaryngology (ORL), and thereafter completed his specialist training and became accredited as a Otolaryngology specialist by MOH Specialist Accreditation Board. He also sat for and obtained two optional specialist qualifications of Diploma in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (England) and European Board Examinations in ORL. The latter of which he qualified as the Top candidate for the exam (sole gold medallist).
Dr Charn underwent Otolaryngology Clinical and Research fellowship training (ORL) in London, United Kingdom, under the London Northwest NHS Trust in 2012. He completed his Advanced Rhinology and Skullbase Fellowship training at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada in 2017. These opportunities to train at these international centres enhanced and imbued into Dr Charn the technical expertise, advanced specialist practice and thoughtful surgical philosophies to perform and practice as a skilled, competent and responsible surgeon.
Dr Charn has a passion for teaching and training the next generation of doctors and otolaryngologists. He is involved in the teaching of Anatomy and Otolaryngology to both undergraduate and graduate medical students in NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Duke NUS Medical School and overseas medical schools. In research, he continues to be active and has had presented research papers at various Otolaryngology scientific meetings both overseas and local, where he had also won presentation awards. He has published numerous research papers in peer reviewed scientific journals. He has also co-authored book chapters in Otolaryngology and Rhinology textbooks.
Education
- MBBS (NUS)
- MRCS (Edin)
- GDFM (NUS)
- MMed (ORL)
- DOHNS (Eng)
- FEBEORL
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Assistant Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- Clinical assistant Professor, Duke NUS
- Physician Faculty, SingHealth Otolaryngology Residency Programme
- Head of Department, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, SKH
- Chairman, Root cause analysis Committee, SKH
- Vice President – Singapore Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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Awards
- SingHeatlh Residency Outstanding Faculty Annual Award - 2020
- Outstanding NUS Tutor Award - 2019
- Top Candidate / Gold Medallist – European Board of Examinations 2015
- Imperial College Local Teaching Hero Award 2014
- Dean’s List, NUS School of Medicine 2004
- Dean’s List, NUS School of Medicine 2001
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Publications
- Yeo BSY, Chan JH, Tan BKJ, Liu X, Tay L, Teo NWY, Charn TC. Olfactory Impairment and Frailty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jul 11
- Wang Y, Koh KK, Chua E, Kiong KL, Kwan YH, Charn TC. The association between chronic sinonasal inflammation and nasopharyngeal carcinoma - A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Otolaryngol. 2024 Mar-Apr;45(2):104206.
- Pang NY, Song HJJMD, Tan BKJ, Tan JX, Chen ASR, See A, Xu S, Charn TC, Teo NWY. Association of Olfactory Impairment With All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 May 1;148(5):436-445
- Tan BKJ, Han R, Zhao JJ, Tan NKW, Quah ESH, Tan CJ, Chan YH, Teo NWY, Charn TC, See A, Xu S, Chapurin N, Chandra RK, Chowdhury N, Butowt R, von Bartheld CS, Kumar BN, Hopkins C, Toh ST. Prognosis and persistence of smell and taste dysfunction in patients with covid-19: meta-analysis with parametric cure modelling of recovery curves. BMJ. 2022 Jul 27;378:e069503
- Prognostic significance of cystic lymph nodal metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Ting Y, Chee J, Charn TC, Loh KS, Choong CC, Ting E, Lim CM. Head Neck. 2017 Sep;39(9):1832-1839.
- Necrotising fasciitis of the paranasal sinuses. Lim RQQ, Charn TC, Loke D, Siow JK. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 2017 Mar;274(3):1751-1760.
- Prophylactic use of fibrin sealant (ARTISS) for facilitating safe transition to drain-free thyroid surgery: A single-centre case series review of 109 procedures. Heyes R, Ramdoo K, Manjaly JG, Charn TC, Tatla T. Clin Otolaryngol, 2017 Oct;42(5):1081-1085.
- The longstanding sore throat. Tornari C, Ramdoo K, Charn TC, Tatla T. Aust Fam Physician, 2016 May;45(5):279-81.
- Teary eyes due to 21 pence? Wong PY, Charn TC, Ismail A, Tatla T. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Feb 16;2015.
- A flexible wide-field FLIM endoscope utilising blue excitation light for label-free contrast of tissue. Sparks H, Warren S, Guedes J, Yoshida N, Charn TC, Guerra N, Tatla T, Dunsby C, French P. J Biophotonics, 2015 Jan:8(1-2):168-78.
- Bell's palsy in Singapore: a view from the patient's perspective. Charn TC, Subramaniam S, Yuen HW. Singapore Med J, 2013 Feb;54(2):82-5.
- Voice problems amongst primary school teachers in Singapore. Charn TC, Mok PK. J Voice, 2012 Jul;26(4):e141-7.
- Outcomes of oral tongue cancer: does age matter? Yip CS, Charn TC, Wee JT, Tan TW, Goh C, Tan HK, Fong KW. Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2010 Dec;39(12):897-7.
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with chronic diseases in primary care is associated with perceived quality of care and cultural beliefs. Lee GB, Charn TC, Chew ZH, Ng TP. Fam Pract, 2004 Dec;21(6):654-60. Epub 2004 Nov 5.
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