Dr Ngo Su-Mien Lynette
Medical Oncologist
Specialty
Medical Oncology
Languages
English, Malay, Mandarin
Gender
Female
Insurance Panel
HSBC Life, AIA, Singlife, Income, Prudential^
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Experience
Dr Lynette Ngo is a medical oncologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.
Her areas of interest include breast and gynaecologic cancers, hereditary cancers and genetic counselling, psychosocial oncology and palliative medicine, and general medical oncology.
She previously worked at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. She was also a visiting consultant to the gynaecologic cancer centre and breast centre at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. In addition, she spent time caring for patients in hospice homecare and inpatient hospice services in the community.
After graduating from the National University of Singapore, she pursued a master’s in internal medicine and obtained her membership of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. She received a postgraduate diploma in palliative medicine from Edith Cowan University, Australia, and obtained her specialist accreditation in medical oncology from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. She also completed the intensive course in cancer risk assessment at City of Hope Hospital, USA. Dr Ngo was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan Award and spent a year at the Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA.
Besides her clinical work, she was a clinical tutor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Dr Ngo is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Clinical Oncology, Asian Society of Gynaecologic Oncology and Singapore Society of Oncology. She also serves on the Singapore cancer network guidelines committee.
In collaboration with MGH’s gynaecologic oncology team, Dr Ngo designed and conducted several investigator-initiated clinical trials, and testing novel drugs and treatment strategies in subsets of gynaecologic cancers with molecularly defined pathways. She received a grant from the SingHealth Foundation for her research work and was involved in multiple clinical trials focusing on breast and gynaecologic cancers. She also contributed to several publications in peer-reviewed journals and written book chapters.
Dr Ngo started a cancer patient support programme at a private hospital in Singapore to provide education, psychosocial and emotional support throughout the cancer journey.
Contact Our Call Centre
Clinic
Curie Oncology
38 Irrawaddy Road #08-21/29/30
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
6259 5368 & 6592 8616
Curie Oncology & Haematology
3 Mount Elizabeth #11-12
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
6970 8156
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