Andrew Mark Tze Liang Choong PhD, FRCS, FEBVS

Andrew MTL Choong is a senior consultant vascular, endovascular and aortic surgeon at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore and an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. 

He graduated from the Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary’s, London, UK in 2003. He began higher vascular surgical training in 2008 as part of the St Mary’s North West Thames rotation of the London Deanery and Postgraduate School of Surgery. He further developed his endovascular skills at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia and has undergone super-specialised training in complex thoracoabdominal open, hybrid and endovascular aortic surgery during his time at the Imperial Vascular Unit at St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. In 2014, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Training in the UK. 

Prior to joining NUHCS, he was a consultant in vascular and endovascular surgery at King’s College Hospital, London, UK. He also previously held posts as both a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia before his academic appointments at the National University of Singapore. 

He has won multiple awards including the HJ Windsor Prize from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Professor William Burnett Research Fellowship from the University of Queensland. In 2014, by examination, he was awarded the Fellowship of the European Board of Vascular Surgery with Honours, for the highest overall examination performance of all candidates. In 2020, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Warwick for his doctoral thesis entitled “An Investigation into Unusual Access Site for Arterial Endovascular Interventions”. 

Whilst, A/Prof Andrew Choong is committed to clinical excellence and patient care above all else, he is an active clinical researcher and supervisor with over 80 publications (peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and invited articles) and over 100 presentations at international conferences. He is the core faculty for the NUHS Research Residency Programme.