Adj Assoc Prof Vincent Nga is a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Noble Brain & Spine Center. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2007 and completed advanced neurosurgical training at the National University Hospital (NUH), followed by subspecialty training at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and a Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Dr Nga is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Surgical Neurology and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, and holds an Executive MBA from NUS.
As the former Head of Neurosurgery at the National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore, he led the Adult and Paediatric Multidisciplinary Brain Tumour Clinics, as well as the Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base and Pediatric Neurosurgery programmes.
Dr Nga’s principal clinical interests are brain and spinal tumors, pituitary and skull base tumours, paediatric neurosurgery, minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery, complex hydrocephalus, congenital spinal conditions, epilepsy surgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
Dr Nga believes that excellent neurosurgical care combines technical precision with compassion, clear communication, and care for each patient as an individual.
His philosophy is captured in Sir William Osler's maxim: 'To cure sometimes, to relieve often, and to comfort always.'
He has close to two decades of public-sector service and 15 years of specialist neurosurgical experience. His overseas training included pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurovascular surgery, neurotrauma and complex spine surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, as well as paediatric neurosurgery at SickKids Toronto.
He also undertook focused training stints in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr Nga has authored and co-authored 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributed book chapters, and participated in clinical and translational research spanning brain tumors, haemorrhagic stroke, hydrocephalus, pediatric neurosurgery and bioresorbable cranial implants. He holds a design patent for a burr-hole cover that facilitates subdural drain placement and has been commercialised internationally.
He is President of the Singapore Society for Neuro-Oncology, Immediate Past President of the Clinical Neuroscience Society, a Founding Board Member of the Asian Society for Endoscopic Neurosurgery, and is Singapore's representative to regional and international neurosurgical bodies.
