Clinical Associate Professor Ching Chi Keong is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiology and the Director of Electrophysiology and Pacing at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). He is also the Chief Data and Digital Officer at NHCS. He is the Academic Vice Chair, Clinical Services of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Programme. His sub-specialty interest is in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing.

Clin Assoc Prof Ching graduated with his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Singapore in 1995. He subsequently obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2001 and the Certificate of Specialist Accreditation (Cardiology) in 2004.

Clin Assoc Prof Ching completed his clinical fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, in 2007. During the fellowship, he acquired competency to perform catheter ablation of complex arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and tachycardia as well as ventricular tachycardia. He received in-depth training in implantation and the optimisation of pacemakers, internal defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices.

In recognition of his professional and research achievements, Clin Assoc Prof Ching was inducted as a Fellow of the ASEAN Society of Cardiology, Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore), and Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, USA.

Clin Assoc Prof Ching also teaches at the Duke-NUS Medical School as a Clinical Associate Professor.