Raffles Shield Panel Specialists

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEART CENTRE, SINGAPORE

Dr Chang Guohao is a Consultant Surgeon in the Division of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS). He is fully registered as a specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery with the Singapore Medical Council.
In 2008, Dr Chang graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine. He completed his Basic Specialist Training in General Surgery in 2011 and was conferred the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Master of Medicine in Surgery from the National University of Singapore. He went on to commence training in Cardiothoracic Surgery in the National University Heart Centre, Singapore and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2017 after completion of his training.
In November 2019, Dr Chang was awarded the College of Surgeons Gold Medal in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Dr Chang was the leader in the Quality Improvement Project in 2020 that brought about improvement in quality of care for patients who underwent CABG in NUHCS. He is also currently actively involved in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program for adult cardiac surgery.
Dr Chang’s interests lie in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery including minimally invasive cardiac surgery for valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease and left atrial tumors and atrial septal defects, and Extracorporeal life support. He is also a member of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
Dr Chang is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien.

MBBS (Singapore), MRCS (Edinburgh), Mmed in Surgery (Singapore), FRCS CTh (Edinburgh)

Adult Cardiac Surgery
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery