Khee Chee Soo

Khee-Chee Soo received the graduate degree from the Medical School, University of Singapore, Singapore, in 1975, and the M.D. degree from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 1995. He was a Resident and Registrar at the Prince of Wales-Prince Henry Hospitals, New South Wales, Australia. Following this, he received a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1982. To specialize in head and neck surgery and surgical oncology, he was at the Royal Marsden Hospital at the Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In 1988, he joined the Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, where he became the Head and a Senior Consultant Surgeon between 1993 and 2004. He is currently the Director of the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, where he provides strategic leadership to over 500 staff engaged in clinical care and research. In addition, he holds the position of Vice Dean of Clinical and Faculty Affairs, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, amongst many others. He is also a Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore. His research interests include the conduct of clinical trials for new cancer treatments, as well as biophotonics and its role as a new imaging modality for the early detection of cancer. Prof. Soo was bestowed the Outstanding Teachers’ Award and the Best Teacher (Undergraduate) Award in 1996 and 2001, respectively, for his devotion to training and education. In 2003, he was awarded the National Day Award, Public Administration Medal (Gold) for his contribution to the country. In 2008, he was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award, an inaugural National Medical Excellence Award conferred by the Ministry of Health.