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Dr. CHOO Bok Ai
Dr. CHOO Bok Ai
Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
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Mount Alvernia Hospital, 820 Thomson Road Medical Centre E #02-91 Singapore 574623
Languages: English, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Cantonese, Hakka
About Dr. CHOO Bok Ai
Dr Choo is a Senior Radiation Oncologist in private practice with 25 years of experience in cancer treatment. He obtained Internal Medicine (MRCP) specialist qualification from the Royal College of Physicians UK in 2002 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists UK in 2007, having been trained as a Clinical Oncologist. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore and held the post of chairman of the Chapter of Radiation Oncology for four-years at the Academy of Medicine. He was Assistant Professor in Medicine at the National University of Singapore from 2011-2018.
Dr Choo Bok Ai accepts referrals for all cancer types and his sub-specialities includes the use of VMAT radiation therapy technologies for the treatment of breast, gynaecological, head and neck, lung, prostate, skin and sarcoma cancers. He is an expert in stereotactic radiosurgery and accredited in proton treatment. He set up the first MRI-based cervical interstitial and intracavity brachytherapy in Singapore.
Dr Choo has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed medical journals and written the chapter on clinical research in the Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology. He is the co-author of the book “Clinical Management of Bone and Soft tissue Tumours”. He has written the chapter on breast radiation in the book title “The Breast Years of Your Life: Living Well After Cancer”.
He was Principal and Co-investigator in 13 clinical and translational trials with grant support from the National Medical Research Singapore, Terry Fox Foundation and National Cancer Institute Singapore during his tenure at National University Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
He is skilled in the use of stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT and SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and brachytherapy. He was also the first doctor to perform the MRI guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Singapore. He also holds a joint patent in the discovery of radioresistant gene in cervix cancer.
Dr Choo is the current President and program director at Breast Cancer Foundation Singapore, and was the cancer rehabilitation committee member in Singapore Cancer Society.
He set up a Dream Maker program to grant terminal wishes to cancer patients, fulfilling their last wishes. He received the Singapore Patient Advocate Award in 2016 for his work in establishing peer-to-peer support groups namely the Nasopharyngeal Cancer Support Group and Singapore Sarcoma Support Group. In 2018, he received the highest Healthcare Humanity Award from the President of Singapore with an honourable mention for his dedication and work in improving cancer care in Singapore.
Dr Choo has been featured on local main media press, radio and TV and has hundreds of medical and public talks locally and overseas on cancers in English, Malay and Mandarin. He has received numerous patient reviews in social media who described him as caring with deep empathy and exceptional bedside manner.
He practices in ICON Cancer centre with clinics across various locations in Singapore including Farrer Park, Mount Alvernia, Gleneagles, and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals.
He has accreditation in Farrer Park Hospital, Mount Alvernia Hospital and Thomson Medical Hospitals.
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