Dr. Teh Yew Ching

MD (University of Western Ontario, Canada),

General Surgery (Michigan State University, USA), Breast Surgery (University of Pittsburgh, USA), FACS (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons)

• Breast cancer screening, personalized risk stratification for high-risk patients
• Treatment of benign breast conditions
• Diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer
• Organizing multidisciplinary management of advanced breast cancer, which include neoadjuvant chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiotherapy and hormonal therapy
• Long-term follow-up of breast cancer patients.

• Diagnostic procedures such as percutaneous needle breast biopsies, excisional biospies, wire-localized excisional breast biopsies and microdochectomy.
• Surgery using Oncoplastic techniques for benign and malignant breast diseases: major duct excision, subcutaneous mastectomy (for gynaecomastia), breast-conserving surgery for cancer, modified radical mastectomy, skin- and nipple areolar-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction, sentinel lymph node dissection, complete axillary dissection,
• Chemoport placement.

Dr. Teh graduated from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2003. She went on to pursue her General Surgery training at Michigan State University, USA from 2003 – 2008. Subsequently, she completed her Breast Surgery Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh, USA (2008-2009) and received her American Board of Surgery Certification in 2009. She returned to work at Penang General Hospital and University Malaya Medical Centre Breast Cancer Unit before joining Gleneagles Penang in 2013. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology