Our Founders
Dr Teo Cheng Peng
Chairman/Medical Director and Co-Founder,
StemCord Pte Ltd
Consultant Haematologist & Physician MBBS (Singapore), M.Med (Internal Medicine) FAMS (Haematology)
Dr Teo Cheng Peng, born in 1959, was schooled in Kuala Lumpur. In recognition of his excellent academic results in the GCE 'A' Level Examinations and extracurricular activities, he was awarded the Public Service Commission Scholarship by the Singapore Government to study Medicine at the National University of Singapore. He graduated with Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery in 1984.
Upon completion of his internship in 1985, he decided to pursue postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and was accepted as a resident in the Department of Medicine, National University Hospital. He completed his residency and was conferred the Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) in 1987. He remained in the Department to pursue advanced training in Haematology-Oncology. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded another scholarship to train at Royal Marsden Hospital, the leading Cancer Centre in the United Kingdom. He was involved in the bone marrow and peripheral stem cell transplantation programme for treatment of various malignancies.
Upon returning to Singapore, he developed the Bone Marrow and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation programme at the National University Hospital. He was Principal Physician-in-charge of the first patient to undergo bone marrow transplantation at the National University Hospital. He was awarded a major grant for his research efforts by the Singapore Totalisation Board. He was admitted as Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, in 1993.
In 1995, Dr Teo was recruited as a Consultant Physician, to head the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation programme in the Department of Medical Oncology, Singapore General Hospital. From 1995 to 1997, he led the team to transplant well over 50 patients with various malignancies, including breast cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's Disease, leukaemia, sarcoma and nasopharygeal cancer. In recognition of his research efforts, he was awarded another major grant by the National Medical Research Council.
Dr Teo is widely published in many peer-reviewed journals and participated at many international conferences. He is presently practicing at the Parkway Cancer Centre and Gleneagles Hospital, and is continuing to develop the Stem Cell Transplant programme there.