Dr Esther Chuwa is our senior consultant practicing at Solis. She has a special interest in the management and research of breast diseases and oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery.

She obtained her medical degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and received her general surgical training at the Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre. Dr Chuwa was among the first in her cohort to complete her Advanced Surgical Training and was named top candidate by the Board of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in her qualifying examinations.

Never settling, Dr Chuwa chose to devote her practise solely to the management and research of breast diseases by joining KK Breast Unit in 2006, which was the only stand-alone breast surgical unit in Singapore.

Recognising the importance to balance oncologic control and cosmetic outcomes in the surgical treatment of breast cancers, Dr Chuwa embarked on an oncoplastic breast fellowship at the renowned Nottingham Breast Institute, United Kingdom, under the Human Manpower Development Plan Award in 2009. She has undertaken visiting stints and observerships at the breast and reconstruction units at various institutions including the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York City, USA, the Lyon Berard Cancer Center in Lyon, France, and Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Dr Chuwa ranks among the few local breast surgeons to have received formal training in oncoplastic breast surgery. She now offers this as one of the surgical options of breast cancer treatment. Her other specialisations include minimally invasive breast biopsy techniques and localisation and excision of non-palpable breast tumours.

A prolific researcher and author, Dr Chuwa has published widely in many local, regional and international journals. She has also authored a book chapter reviewing the outcomes of oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery and is involved in several multi-institutional research collaborations under the A*star and National Medical Council Research Grants.

Dr Chuwa is also a member of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists, the International Society of Surgery/ Breast Surgery International as well as the American College of Breast Surgeons. She serves as a journal reviewer for international journals including Clinical Breast Cancer, International Surgery, World Journal of Surgical Oncology, and an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Gynaecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy.