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Emeritus Consultant
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Dr Chumpon is Emeritus Consultant in the Department of Neurosurgery of the National Neuroscience Institute and Visiting Consultant at the National Cancer Centre. Previously, he served as the National Neuroscience Institute’s Deputy Director (2004-2010) and Chief of Neurosurgery (2002-2004). In 2001, he led a team of 16 specialists in the 97-hour operation to separate the Nepalese craniopagus twins, Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha. His subspecialty interests include complex skull base surgery, neuro-oncology, neurotrauma, and general neurosurgery.
Dr Chumpon graduated from the University of Singapore in 1977, where he studied on an ASEAN Scholarship. For his distinction in anatomy, he was awarded the Singapore Medical Association Bronze Medal. He then pursued postgraduate surgical training at the National University of Singapore on a Singapore Government Scholarship. In 1980, he received the Howard Eddie Gold Medal for being the top candidate in the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) Part 1 examinations. The following year, he obtained Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of the United Kingdom. In addition to his neurosurgical training at Tan Tock Seng Hospital with Singaporean neurosurgery pioneers Dr Tham Cheok Fai and Dr Gopal Baratham, he underwent advanced subspecialty training in microvascular and skull base neurosurgery at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, United Kingdom, under Dr Christopher Adams on a Singapore Government Healthcare Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award. Since 1987, he has been a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS).
Upon his return to Singapore, Dr Chumpon and Dr Ho Kee Hang established the Department of Neurosurgery in Singapore General Hospital in 1989. He later became the department’s Head (1997-2002) and Director of the Skull Base Surgery Programme and Cerebro-vascular Surgery Programmes (1992-2002).凭借其在复杂神经外科疾病的学科交叉方法方面的经验，Chumpon 博士是 2001 年负责分离尼泊尔连体双胞胎 Ganga 和 Jamuna Shrestha 的 16 位专家的团队的资深首席外科医生。这场马拉松式的 97 小时手术是使用在新加坡开发并验证的 Dextroscope 虚拟现实工作台进行规划的，该工作台获得了国家科学技术委员会的资助，Chumpon 博士是其首席研究员。此后，Dextroscope 得以商业化，率先将虚拟现实应用于外科手术实践、培训和研究。Chumpon 博士通过其手术领导能力和卓越表现使新加坡医学登上世界舞台，因此荣获新加坡博彩委员会颁发的“新加坡卓越贡献奖”和新加坡医学院校友会奖牌，二者均颁发于 2001 年。他还在 2011 年获得国庆日长期服务奖章（Pingat Bakti Setia）。
作为新加坡医学院神经外科分会主席和神经外科专科培训委员会主席（2004-2009），Chumpon 博士在 2005 年与英国联合皇家外科医学院共同在新加坡建立了国际认可的神经外科专业认证途径，发挥了重要作用。他还担任了 20 多年的东盟神经外科协会理事会成员。为了表彰其在新加坡、东盟及亚洲其他地区对临床医生和临床科学家培训和专业发展做出的杰出贡献，Chumpon 博士在 2017 年获得国家卓越医疗奖 (NMEA) 的杰出临床导师奖。
Chumpon 博士精通英语、中文（普通话、潮州话、闽南话）、马来语和泰语。
