Dr Quek Swee Chong is a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the ASC Clinic for Women in Gleneagles Hospital. He was formerly Senior Consultant & Head, Pre-invasive Disease & Screening Unit, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He served on the board of the International Federation of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology and was former president of the Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore. He is also an honorary member of the Portuguese Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, as well as the Philippine Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology
He received his undergraduate medical training in Dublin, Ireland, before working as an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in London, UK for several years, including 3 years as a clinical research fellow. He has been working in Singapore since 2000 and in addition to being on the faculty of
both the Yong Loo Lin Medical School and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, also travels and lectures extensively on the subject of cervical cancer prevention. His special interest is in the area of prevention of gynaecological cancers, particularly cancer of the cervix.
He has a passion for teaching and training doctors and healthcare workers in under-privileged areas and has volunteered his services to the International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC, WHO) in the area of training healthcare workers. He has authored several books and book chapters including “Lower Genital Tract Precancer 2ed“ (Blackwell Science) and “Cervical and lower genital tract Precancer 3ed”.
His research work includes real-time detection of cervical cancer and precancer, pap smear screening, HPV testing, and was involved in the clinical trials for HPV vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer.
He has lectured extensively, both regionally and internationally in the area of cervical cancer prevention and runs several training courses a year in colposcopy and treatment of cervical precancers.