Dr.Chia graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the National University of Singapore in 1999, for which she was awarded the Singapore Medical Association Bronze Medal for being 2nd in the overall examination. She was also honored with the Dean's List Award, the Yeoh Khuan Joo Gold Medal (Surgery) and the Nestle Book Prize ( Paediatrics Clinical Clerkship). She decided to pursue her passion for internal medicine and completed her residency at the Singapore General Hospital. She obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 2002. Following this, she embarked on her fel-lowship training in the field of Endocrinology at the Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hos-pital (SGH).

In 2004, whilst still pursuing her subspecialty training in Endocrinology, Dr Chia was given a research fellow-ship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA. During this one and a half year period, she conducted research on blood markers for the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer, for which she was awarded the Merlin Bumpus Young Researcher Award (2nd prize) by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Upon her return to Singa-pore, she completed the rest of her Endocrinology fellowship in 2007, and was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Dr Chia has always been passionate about teaching, and has been heavily involved with both undergraduate and postgraduate education. She was Chairman of the SGH Division of Medicine Medical Officer Education Committee from 2006 to 2008, as well as a Clinical Tutor at the Yong Lou Lin School of Medicine at the Na-tional University of Singapore.

Dr Chia has wide ranging interests particularly in thyroid disease and diabetes. She is the current chairman of the SGH Thyroid Group, a multidisciplinary association of physicians with an interest in the care of patients with thyroid cancer. She is the only endocrinologist in Sinapore so far to receive the specialist credential En-docrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU) from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). This rigorous credential is only awarded to endocrinologists who have satisfied a high standard for performing thyroid and neck ultrasounds, as well as ultrasound-guided biopsies of thyroid nodules.

Dr Chia also has a great interest in managing diabetes, and strongly believes in empowering both physician and patient in combating this growing problem. To this end, she has given numerous educational talks on dia-betes to the medical community, both internationally and locally. Besides this, Dr Chia also manages oste-oporosis, calcium disorders, obesity, polycystic ovarian disease, lipid disorders, pituitary and adrenal disorders and other hormonal evaluations. She is the incumbent honorary secretary of the Endocrine & Metabolic Soci-ety of Singapore and the Chapter of Endocrinologists, Academy of Medicine. She is an active member of The Endocrine Society (USA) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).

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