Dr Ong Kim Kiat

Practice Location

• Cardiothoracic Surgical Center Singapore
  Mount Elizabeth Medical Center
• K K Ong Heart And Lung Clinic Pte Ltd
  Gleneagles Medical Centre

Accredited Hospitals:

• Gleneagles Hospital Singapore
• Mount Elizabeth Hospital Singapore

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – National University of Singapore
• FRCSEd (Gen Surg) – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (UK)
• FAMS (Thoracic Surg) – Academy of Medicine (Singapore)

Languages

English, Chinese

Dr Ong Kim Kiat graduated from with MBBS from the National University of Singapore and underwent postgraduate training and HMDP fellowship in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Training, Neonatal Cardiac Surgery and Arrhythmia Surgery.

Dr. Ong established the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Training Programme at Singapore General Hospital in the 1980s, when he was attached to the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. From 1992-1995, Dr. Ong was appointed Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Hospital. Dr. Ong was appointed Deputy Director of the Singapore Heart Centre (presently known as the National Heart Centre) from 1996 to 1997.

He is currently the Head of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at K.K. Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

He is also a senior consultant at the Singapore Cardiothoracic Centre at Mount Elizabeth Hospital as well as a visiting senior consultant at Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart Centre in the National University Hospital.

Dr. Ong’s clinical interests include Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, aortic/mitral valve repair/replacement, aortic aneurysm/dissection repair, ECMO, and thoracic surgery.