Clin Assoc Prof Caroline Ong C P

Dr Caroline Ong is a general paediatric surgeon with special interest in paediatric urology. After graduating from National University of Singapore, she completed Paediatric Surgery training in Singapore followed by subspecialty training in Paediatric Urology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Her special interests in Paediatric Urology are congenital abnormalities of the urinary system (CAKUT) and neurogenic bladder.

She is also active in Health Professions education and presently oversees postgraduate Paediatric Surgical training at national level. Her education interests are Surgical skills teaching, Faculty development and the Arts and Humanities in healthcare.

• 2015 MSurg Ed (Melbourne) , University of Melbourne/ Royal Australian College of Surgeons
• 2003 FAMS (Paediatric Surgery), Academy of Medicine Singapore/ Specialist Acreditation Board
• 1998 FRCS (Edinburgh), Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
• 1993 MBBS (Singapore), National University of Singapore  

• Senior Consultant, Department of Paediatric Surgery, KKH 2007 – Present
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Neonatology, SGH, KKH 2003 – Present
• Chair, Residency Advisory Committee (Paediatric Surgery), 2025 – 2028
• Board Member, Chapter of Paediatric Surgery, College of Surgeons Singapore 2025 – 2027 and 2008 – 2012 Chair 2013 – 2015
• Co-Chair Hospital Accreditation Committee Point of care Ultrasound 2022 – 2028
• Vice-chair (Postgrad Education) Surgery Academic Clinical Program Duke-NUS 2016 – 2022
• Senior lecturer, YLL School of Medicine NUS 2010 – Present
• External lecturer Nanyang Polytechnic school of Nursing 2005 – Present
• Co-Chair Hospital Accreditation Committee Laser 2011 – 2022
• Program development chair, Singhealth SIMS council 2018 – 2024
• Associate Program Director Singhealth General Surgery Residency 2009 – 2018

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Gold), 2024 and 2014
• SingHealth Excellence Award – Distinguished Educator Award, 2017
• KK People Developer (KKPD) Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award, 2014
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2010
• Excellence Service Awards (Star), Spring Singapore, 2006 and 2009
• Service From the Heart Awards (KKH), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013
• Clinical Process Improvement Project (Gold) KK PI Forum, 2007
• Singapore Medical Journal Recognition awards for reviewing with distinction, 2007 and 2008

• Navigating the storm: Parental experiences and needs in pediatric emergency surgery–A qualitative descriptive study. Lok HL, Sng QW, Chia YXL, Liam LWJ, Ong CPC. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 87(2026)363–373
• ‘Gear up and get ready’ Collaborative curriculum for radiographers supporting percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the operating theatre. . Tay YX, Ng GYH, Xue M, Lim CXY, Hsiao CW, Wei YM and Ong CC. Radiography 2024 Jan; 30(1):178-184.
• Inguinal hernia in premature infants: To operate before or after discharge from hospital. CSC Choo, CCP Ong, TT Yong et al. Journal of pediatric surgery 2024 Feb;59 (2):254-257.
• Standardized management of pediatric abdominal pain admissions improves patient outcomes – A quality improvement project. Lu LH, Arbab H, Cheng CS, Yin OL and C Ong CP Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2023;32.
• Conservative antibiotic treatment of pediatric acute uncomplicated appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective comparative cohort study. APP Tan, TL Yap, YL Cheong, R Rai, C Choo, C Ong, et al Pediatric Surgery International 39 (1), 1-8.
• Extravesical vs. intravesical ureteric reimplantation for primary vesicoureteral reflux: A systematic review and meta-analysis. ZW Law, CCP Ong, TL Yap, AHP Loh, U Joseph, SW Sim, et al.  Front Pediatr. 2022 Oct 21;10:935082.
• Learning and Teaching in the Operating Room: A Surgical Perspective. In: Nestel D., Reedy G., McKenna L., Gough S. (eds) 2022 Chao V., Ong C., Kiegaldie D., Nestel D. Clinical Education for the Health Professions. Springer, Singapore.
• It’s going to change the way we train’: Qualitative evaluation of a transformative faculty development workshop. Ong, C.C.P., Foo, Y.Y., Chiu, F.Y. and Nestel, D. Perspect Med Educ 2022;11(2):86-92.
• Unanticipated learning effects in videoconference continuous professional development. CCP Ong, CSC Choo, NCK Tan, LY Ong The Asia Pacific Scholar 2021 :6(4) 135 – 141
• Congenital perineal lipoma associated with bilateral undescended testes and anorectal malformation. Y Le Linn, LW Chiang, AHM Lai, CCP Ong.Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2020: 61, 101623
• Congenital or acquired? Obstructive jaundice in reoperated duodenal atresia MFJ Goh, MHW Mak, Y Low, CCP Ong. BMJ Case Reports CP 12 (8), e231021
• Preventing the O in OHVIRA (Obstructed Hemivagina Ipsilateral Renal Agenesis): Early Diagnosis and Management of Asymptomatic Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome. Tan YG, Laksmi NK, Yap TL, Sadhana N, Ong CCP. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2020: 55 (7), 1377-1380
• Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy for pediatric adrenal tumors. Lee YT, Samsudin H, Ong CCP, Tang PH, Lim KBL, Loh AHP Journal of pediatric surgery 2019: 54 (11), 2348-2352.
• Getting Everyone in the Same Room: The Combined Therapist Approach to Teaching Independence in Clean Intermittent Catheterization. Singh RKJ, Sng J, Yeong MMY, Nadeson V, Ong CCP. Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing 2018, 7(4) p 126–131
• Anorectal malformation & Hirschsprung's disease: A cross-sectional comparison of quality of life and bowel function to healthy controls . SA Nah, CCP Ong, SE Saffari, LY Ong, TL Yap, Y Low AS Jacobsen Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018
• Neuronal defects an etiological factor in congenital pelviureteric junction obstruction? GY How, KTE Chang, AS Jacobsen, TL Yap, CCP Ong, Y Low, JC Allen Journal of Pediatric Urology 2017
• Understanding Experiences of Youth Growing Up with Anorectal Malformation or Hirschsprung's Disease to Inform Transition Care: A Qualitative In-Depth Interview SA Nah, CCP Ong, D Lie, VJ Marimuttu, J Hong, T Yap, Y Low.European Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018, 28 (01), 067-074
• STING versus HIT technique of endoscopic treatment for vesicoureteral reflux: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Yap Te-Lu; Chen Yong; Nah Shireen A; Ong Caroline Choo Phaik; Jacobsen Anette; Low Yee Journal of pediatric surgery 2016; 51(12):2015-2020
• The role of ischemia in necrotizing enterocolitis. Chen Y; Chang KTE; Lian DWQ…and Ong CCP. Journal of pediatric surgery 2016; 51(8):1255-1616
• Beliefs and values about intra-operative teaching and learning: a case study of surgical teachers and trainees. Caroline CP Ong, Agnes Dodds, Debra Nestel. Advances in Health Sciences Education 2016; 21(3):587-607
• Factors Predicting Testicular Atrophy after Testicular Salvage following Torsion. Lian BSY; Ong CCP; Chiang LW; Rai R; Nah SA. European journal of pediatric surgery  2016; 26(1):17-21
• A new 2-step risk-stratification clinical score for suspected appendicitis in children. Yap TL; Chen Y; Low WWX; Ong CCP; Nah SA; Jacobsen AS; Shen L; Low Y. Journal of pediatric surgery 2015; 50(12):2051-2555
• Undescended testis: Level of knowledge among potential referring health-care providers.  Lim LY; Nah SA; L Narasimhan K; Yap TL; Jacobsen AS; Low Y and Ong CCP. Journal of paediatrics and child health 2015; 51(11):1109-1141
• Unprofessional doctors--are they really born this way? Ong Caroline C P; Tan Nigel C K. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2014; 43(11):521-533
• Undescended testis: 513 patients' characteristics, age at orchidopexy and patterns of referral. Nah SA; Yeo CSW; How GY,…and Ong CCP. Archives of disease in childhood 2014; 99(5):401-466
• Transanal endorectal pull-through versus transabdominal approach for Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Chen Y; Nah SA; L Narasimhan K; Ong CCP; Chua JHY; Jacobsen A; Low Y. Journal of pediatric surgery 2013; 48(3):642-651
• Primary hepatic artery embolization in pediatric blunt hepatic trauma. Ong Caroline C P; Toh Luke; Lo Richard H G; Yap Te-Lu; Narasimhan Kannan. Journal of pediatric surgery 2012; 47(12):2316-2202
• Anomalies associated with anorectal malformations according to the Krickenbeck anatomic classification. Nah SA; Ong CCP; L Narasimhan K; Yap TL; Jacobsen AS; Low Y. Journal of pediatric surgery 2012; 47(12):2273-2888
• Implications of incidental finding of testicular microlithiasis in paediatric patients. Chiang LW; Yap TL Asiri MM  Ong CCP; Low Y; Jacobsen AS. Journal of pediatric urology 2012; 8(2):162-155
• A novel teaching proposition: case-based, evidence-based debate. Caroline CP Ong, KL Narasimhan. Medical Education 2010; 44(5):515-516
• Antibiotics and postoperative abscesses in complicated appendicitis: is there any association? Ong C P C; Chan T K N; Chui C H; Jacobsen A S. Singapore medical journal 2008; 49(8):615-688
• Meckel's diverticular complications in children: is laparoscopy the order of the day? Sai PTR; Chui CH; Singaporewalla FR; Ong CPC; Low Y; Yap TL; Jacobsen AS. Pediatric surgery international 2007; 23(2):141-
• Germ cell development in the descended and cryptorchid testis and the effects of hormonal manipulation. Ong C ; Hasthorpe S; Hutson J M . Pediatric surgery international 2005; 21(4):240-254
• The learning curve in learning the curve: a review of Nuss procedure in teenagers. Ong Caroline C P; Choo Kelvin; Morreau Philip; Auldist Alex. ANZ journal of surgery 2005; 75(6):421-444
• Carbon dioxide laser circumcisions for children. How ACSW; Ong CCP; Jacobsen A; Joseph VT. Pediatric surgery international 2003; 19(1-2):11-13
• Comparing wound closure using tissue glue versus subcuticular suture for pediatric surgical incisions: a prospective, randomised trial. Ong CCP; Jacobsen AS; Joseph VT. Pediatric surgery international 2002; 18(5-6):553-555
• Secondary Procedures for Reconstruction in Esophageal Atresia. C.C.P.Ong, V.T.Joseph and AS. Jacobsen. Asian Journal of Surgery 2001; 24(4):337-340