Dr Angela Pang

Dr Angela Pang is a Senior Medical Oncologist at OncoCare Cancer Centre and a visiting consultant at the National University Cancer Institute of Singapore (NCIS). Her main clinical interests are gastrointestinal cancers, bone/soft tissue sarcomas, breast cancer, and cancers in older adults.

She obtained her undergraduate degree from the School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). Thereafter, she obtained her postgraduate qualifications – Masters in Medicine (Internal Medicine) from NUS, and her Membership in the Royal College of Physicians (UK). Subsequently, she went on to complete her advanced specialist training in Medical Oncology at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, and was awarded the NCIS research scholarship for her Sarcoma Research Fellowship with Professor Robert G Maki in the Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital at New York City, USA.

With a specific interest in the optimisation of care for elderly cancer patients, Dr Pang further pursued a Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (YLLSOM-NUS). To integrate her expertise in both Geriatrics and Oncology, she also trained in Geriatric Oncology with Dr Beatriz Korc and Dr Stuart Lichtman at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York City, USA. 

Before joining OncoCare Cancer Centre, she was a Consultant with the Haematology-Oncology Department of the National University Cancer Institute of Singapore (NCIS), National University Hospital (NUH), and a Visiting Consultant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH).

Dr Pang is a member of several professional bodies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS).

She was the Medical Oncology lead for the Musculoskeletal (Sarcoma) Oncology team at NCIS, the only cancer centre in Singapore that manages paediatrics, adolescent, young adults (AYA), and adult patients with sarcomas.  

She founded the first Geriatric Oncology Longitudinal End to End (GOLDEN) program in Singapore, focusing on providing optimal cancer care to the elderly. The GOLDEN program available in NUH and NTFGH has improved the outcomes in thousands of older adults with cancer, with dedicated care from a specialised Geriatric Oncology team. 

Dr Pang was also actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate education at the YLLSOM and NUH respectively. She served as core faculty of the undergraduate education (Medical Oncology) and Senior Residency (Medical Oncology) programs at NUH.

She has received several awards for teaching excellence and was appointed Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Medicine, YLLSOM in NUS. 

She was also a principal investigator for several international multi-centre cancer clinical trials and also a recipient of several research grants. Her research work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), Journal of American Society of Medicine (JAMA) Oncology, Nature Communications, Clinical Cancer Research, and others.

Dr Pang is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Hokkien. She can converse in simple Malay/Bahasa. She has taken care of patients from many regional and overseas regions including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, and Mongolia.