Senior Consultant
Department of Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Associate Professor Johnny Ong is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), National Cancer Centre Singapore. He trained at NCCS in the management of peritoneal disease and sarcoma. For his fellowship, he trained at one of the largest soft tissue sarcoma units in Europe, The Royal Marsden Hospital, UK, and also underwent a clinical observership at the renowned Sarcoma Unit in the Instituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, making him one of the only formally trained surgeons for sarcoma in Singapore.
In 2013, Dr Ong obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is currently the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Applied Human Genetics in NCCS and a Joint Research Clinician at IMCB, A*STAR. Dr Ong has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and has obtained more than $4.5 million in grant funding.
Beyond academic pursuits, his research interest lies in the field of therapeutics. He is currently working together with different academic and industrial agencies to develop therapeutic agents to target PC.
