Adj A/Prof Jacqueline Ong is Head of the Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute (KTP-NUCMI). Within KTP-NUCMI, she is Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Senior Consultant in the Division of Paediatric Critical Care.
She graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2003 and received her post-graduate paediatric training in the National University Hospital. She attained her Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) and Membership in the Royal College of Paediatrics in 2007 and was conferred the Academic Medicine Development Award in 2011. She underwent further specialist training in the Division of Paediatric Critical Care, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada from 2011 to 2012 and served as Chief Fellow of the Critical Care Fellowship Programme during the latter half of her time in Toronto.
Adj A/Prof Ong’s clinical interests include the post-operative care of children with congenital cardiac disease and the use of extracorporeal life support techniques. She is President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS). In addition to her clinical and leadership roles, she is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents and nurses and serves as a Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor. Outside of work, she relaxes by baking and cooking for family and friends.
