Email: DrChuaYang@AClinicForWomen.com.sg

Dr. Chua Yang graduated from the National University of Singapore. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, MRCOG (UK), and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS). She also holds a graduate diploma in acupuncture.

Dr Chua Yang is the director and senior obstetrician and gynaecologist at A Clinic For Women.

She is the current President-elect of the Asia Pacific Menopause Federation after having just completed two terms as president of the Menopause Research Society of Singapore. She is the medical advisor of “Woman to Woman” Menopause Support Group and currently sits on the council of the Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Singapore. She is an active member of the Association of Women Doctors (Singapore) and Osteoporosis Society of Singapore.

Dr Chua is a frequent speaker at CME programs and public forums. She has worked with private organizations as well as Health Promotion Board, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore Cancer Society and Breast Cancer Foundation. She was invited by UNIFEM Singapore as the guest speaker of the September 2010 session of the “In Conversation” series to share about her experiences in medical mission.

Dr Chua Yang is on the editorial board of magazines like Motherhood and Prime and frequently contributes articles for these magazines. She is also a columnist in Health No.1 Magazine.

Her passion in providing medical care for under-served women has brought her to different cultures and communities. She continues to volunteer her time and energy for women in different parts of the world, including Niger, Nepal, Ladakh, Bangalore, and parts of Indonesia.

In the most recent trip to Ladakh in July 2010, she brought cervical screening and pre-malignant disease treatment to the community of women who has no access to cervical cancer prevention by vaccination or PAP smear.

For more information on this project, see www.himalayanwomenshealthproject.org.