Profile
Dr Soong is a senior consultant at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre Singapore. He received his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and thereafter completed the graduate residency programme in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, also at NUS, with a Master of Dental Surgery. He also obtained Fellowships of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and Academy of Medicine Singapore, and is an accredited Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with the Singapore Dental Specialist Accreditation Board.
In 2012, Dr Soong was accoladed the Health Manpower Development Plan award by SingHealth to pursue further training in Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he spent 1 year in Switzerland as a Clinical Fellow focusing on facial trauma at Inselspital Bern University Hospital, during which he also obtained the degree of Doctor Medicinae Dentium by research.
Dr. Soong is involved with graduate teaching of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Oral Health Academic Clinical Programme, as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the NUS Faculty of Dentistry, and is a Dental Advisor with the Healthcare Finance Division, Ministry of Health. He was most recently honoured as a Superstar Clinician at the Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2020 and the Exemplary Service Excellence - Individual award at the Public Sector Transformation Awards 2020.
Education
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery, National University of Singapore
- Master of Dental Surgery (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), National University of Singapore
- Doctor Medicinae Dentium, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
- Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Oral Health Academic Clinical Programme
- Senior Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore
- Medical Advisor (Dental), Healthcare Finance Division, Ministry of Health
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Awards
- Public Sector Transformation Awards (Exemplary Service Excellence - Individual) - 2020
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Superstar - Clinician) - 2020
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Star) - 2017
- SingHealth Long Service Award (10 years) - 2016
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Gold) - 2015
- Health Manpower Development Plan Award - 2012
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Publications
- Mutational signatures in mandibular ameloblastoma correlate with smoking. J Dent Res. Jun 2019; 98(6): 652-658
- The role of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics in the treatment of facial fractures: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot clinical study. Part 3: Le Fort and Zygomatic Fractures in 94 Patients
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. Apr 2014; 52(4): 329-33.
- The role of postoperative antibiotics in facial fractures: Comparing the efficacy of a 1-day versus a prolonged regimen
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. Mar 2014; 76(3): 720-4
- The role of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics in the treatment of facial fractures: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot clinical study. Part 2: mandibular fractures in 59 patients
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. Dec 2013; 51(8): 803-7
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