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Dr. Chang is the Head and Clinical Director, Fetal Assessment Centre, Singapore Women’s Medical Group, a position he has held since 2020. Prior to that, he was the Head and Consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Fetal Assesssment Unit, Thomson Medical Centre for the past 22 years (1998 – 2020). He performs Level III obstetric ultrasound scans for high-risk pregnancies, amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling procedures. He is also accredited by the Fetal Medicine Foundation (London) to perform first trimester Nuchal Translucency ultrasound (accredited since 2000).
Dr. Chang has taught obstetric ultrasound in various Obstetric Ultrasound courses and has given numerous lectures at International Scientific Meetings on Obstetric Ultrasound and invasive procedures (amniocentesis / CVS) in numerous countries (UK, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan). Dr .Chang is a member of the British Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, British Society for Genetic Medicine, Fetal Genomics Group, Australian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Panorama Test (after 9 weeks of pregnancy) – what to do with abnormal results, no-call (non-informative) results, screen positive results for Trisomy 21, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13, Monosomy X, 22q11 micro-deletion
First trimester (11 – 14 weeks) NT ultrasound scan to screen for fetal structural abnormalities and fetal chromosome abnormalitiesx
First trimester screening for Pre-eclampsia to identify high-risk patients who may benefit from low-dose aspirin therapy
Genetic ultrasound scans to assess risk of fetal chromosome abnormalities and genetic syndromes
Level III Fetal Anomaly scan to screen for fetal structural anomalies (eg. complex fetal heart abnormalities), counseling and discussion about prognosis
Prenatal invasive procedures (amniocentesis, CVS and fetal blood sampling)
Ultrasound assessment of high-risk and complicated pregnancies (twins, pregnancies with pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction)
This medical imaging technique provides a three-dimensional view of a developing fetus in the womb, with the added element of time, allowing for the observation of fetal movements in real-time.
Diagnose fetal chromosome abnormalities (Downs syndrome, Edwards syndrome, Pataus Syndrome).