Subspecialty interests : breast, gynaecological, gastrointestinal and
prostate cancers, pediatrics and soft tissue sarcomas
Dr Francis Chin is a Radiation Oncologist with experience across both medical oncology
and radiation oncology. He is an ASEAN and Chevening scholar, receiving scholarships
from the Singapore and British Government and participated in an EU sponsored MSc in
radiation biology with distinction. Dr Chin is the first student from Asia to attend this
prestigious radiobiology course sponsored by the European Commission to produce
experts in radiation biology and radiation oncology.
Before joining Icon, Dr Chin worked for over 20 years with the National Cancer Center in
Singapore and continues to be a visiting consultant at KK Women and Children’s
Hospital. He was also on the steering committee of the Viva-KKH Paediatric Brain and
Solid Tumour programme.
Dr Chin also holds a number of positions across Singapore. He is Deputy Chair of the
Institutional Research Boards in Oncology/ Haematology at SingHealth, with concurrent
appointments with HSA/DSRB IRBs. He is also a member of the SingHealth Quality
Assurance Committee who look into the Clinical Risk Management across SingHealth’s
cluster hospitals. He was a member of the SingHealth NCCS Proton Therapy Implementation Committee and a lead Principal Investigator in a National Research
Foundation 10 million SGD programme grant for proton therapy from 2017 to 2022.
Dr Chin is passionate about the continual improvement of radiation oncology and leads
several Quality Assurance Improvement projects teams, including the radiation proton
development management team. He held academic appointments as Adjunct Assistant
Professor, SingHealth DUKE NUS Oncology Academic Oncology Clinical Programme
(ACP) and Paediatrics ACP from 2015 to 2019. His radiation oncology projects have been
selected internationally by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as one of the
highlights at IAEA’s technical experts meeting.
He was the president-elect of the South East Asian Radiation Oncology Group
(SEAROG) from 2017 to 2018; SEAROG comprises of the radiation oncology
societies of South East Asian countries, including Indonesia, Philippines,
Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Since 2006 SEAROG
has collaborated with ESTRO to organise local ESTRO school courses to
improve the radiation expertise and training in this region. He was an editorial
board member of the Royal College of Radiologist, UK and is also a recognised
local and regional expert in radiation biology and a chapter author in the Oxford
Textbook of Critical Care, (second edition) on radiation poisoning.
He is on the Singapore specialist registry for radiation oncology and palliative
medicine since 2007 and 2011 and registered on the Malaysian National
Specialist registry for clinical oncology in 2018. He has been described as a
caring and compassionate clinician who does his best for his patients and has
won service awards for his excellence in clinical service quality.
He volunteers and is a serving executive board member since 2021 with 365
cancer prevention society which was started in 2003 by DJ Billy. 365 CPS is a
leading cancer non profit and charity in Singapore with a mission to serve the
community through cancer prevention measures. 365 offers a range of free
services including 4 physical social service centers throughout Singapore.
He is also honorary medical advisor to Viva Foundation for children which is a
Singapore based charity that focuses on saving the lives of more children with
cancer through excellence in medical care and education.
Dr Chin accepts referrals for all cancer types and is experienced across a range
of cancers with particular interest in breast cancers, gynaecological conditions
and gastrointestinal cancers, prostate cancers, paediatrics, soft tissue sarcomas.
He speaks English, Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkein, Teochew
and French.
