Ting Hua Sieng

Dr. Ting Hua Siengis an experienced general obstetrician and gynaecologist with more than 15 years of clinical practice experience in obstetrics & gynaecology (O&G) in several countries including New Zealand, United Kingdom (UK), Singapore and Malaysia.

She is a skillful gynae-laparoscopic surgeon and has performed over 1000 cases of laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy and cystectomy.

Dr Ting is one of the few gynae-laparoscopic surgeons in Singapore to be accredited with Level II and III Minimally-Invasive Surgery (key-hole surgery) Accreditation by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore.

She graduated from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand and then started her O&G training in the UK. She worked in several National Health Service hospitals in England.

In 2002, she moved to Singapore and worked in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where she continued her higher training in O&G, in particular, MIS surgery (Minimally Invasive Surgery or key-hole laparoscopic surgery) and served as an Associate Consultant in MIS Department.

Following which, Dr Ting relocated to the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Sibu Hospital, to practice O&G. During her three years of service in the government hospital, Dr Ting had gained a wide range of clinical experience in managing O&G cases with advanced pathology. The largest uterus removed abdominally was 3kgs and the largest uterus removed laparoscopically was 1.1kgs.

Subsequently, Dr Ting was in private practice in Sibu and continued to pursue her interest in O&G, especially in the MIS domain.

Dr Ting has audited the surgical outcome of her first 120 cases of laparoscopic hysterectomy performed in Sibu. The complication rate was low by international standards and the largest specimen removed was more than one kilogram in weight. The audit has been presented at various regional and international meetings.

Dr Ting is fluent in several languages and dialects, which include English, Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Foochow, Hokkien and Cantonese.