Associate Professor Quek Swee Tian

Clinical Director, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, NUH Clinical Director, Breast Screen Singapore Programme, NUHS Director, Undergraduate Education

A/Prof Quek Swee Tian graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and embarked on his Radiology training obtaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1995. He underwent further training in musculoskeletal radiology at several centres in the UK. His areas of interest are in Musculoskeletal, Oncologic/Body and Breast Imaging. He was previously a Senior Consultant in the Department of Oncologic Imaging, National Cancer Centre Singapore and held concurrent appointments as Visiting Consultant to the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre, Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Singapore General Hospital and the Ministry of Defence Singapore. He is also a Council member of the College of Radiology of Singapore and sits on the College's Steering Committee on Professional Standards and the Teleradiology Audit Committee in the Ministry of Health. He has published on various topics in oncologic, musculoskeletal and breast imaging.

Education and Fellowships

MBBS, FRCR, FAMS

Specialty Interests

• Breast and Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Oncologic Imaging

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Publications

1. Ngeow JY, Prakash KM, Chowbay B, Quek ST, Choo SP. Capecitabine-induced oromandibular dystonia: a case report and literature review. Acta Oncol. 2008;47(6):1161-5.
2. Poon D, Yap SP, Mancer K, Quek ST, Soh LT. Induction chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy in Merkel-cell carcinoma. Lancet Oncol 2004;5:509-10.
3. Kwek JW, Thng CH, Tan PH, Yuen JSP, Khoo JBK, Quek ST et al. Phased-array Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate with Correlation to Radical Prostatectomy Specimens:Local Experience. Asian J Surg 2004;27(3):219-24.
4. Quek ST, Thng CH, Khoo JBK, Koh WL. Radiologists' detection of mammographic abnormalities with and without a computer-aided detection system. Australas Radiol. 2003;47(3):257-60.
5. Chiang SH, Quek ST. Carcinoma of the cervix : role of MR imaging. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2003;32(4):550-6.
6. Tseng GY, Thng CH, Wong EH, Tan AG, Suman P, Quek ST et al. Breath-hold fast recovery fast spin echo versus conventional non-breath-hold fast spin echo T2-weighted MR imaging of focal liver lesions. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2003;32(4):450-4.