Practitioner Profile

• Special Interest in Child Development

Dr. Charmaine Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree in 2008. She subsequently underwent her post-graduate training at the National University Hospital (NUH) where she trained in various departments including Paediatric Medicine, Neonatology, Intensive Care, Children’s Emergency, and Paediatric subspecialties. She also underwent Neonatology training at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Singapore General Hospital.

She obtained her postgraduate qualifications from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (United Kingdom) and Master of Medicine, Paediatrics (Singapore). In 2012, she was awarded the prestigious Wong Hock Boon Gold Medal for which only outstanding individuals of sufficient merit are conferred. She is accredited as a Paediatric Medicine Specialist by the Singapore Medical Council and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. She is a member of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (USA).

Dr. Teo joined the Child Development Unit at the NUH and has worked with children with a wide variety of developmental and behavioural problems, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), learning difficulties, developmental delays, as well as developmental issues in children born prematurely or with chronic medical conditions. Her special interests are in sleep and feeding difficulties in children. She has been trained in Sequential-Oral-Sensory (SOS) Feeding Therapy, Brazelton Touchpoints and the Incredible Years Program. Her research has been presented at overseas and local conferences, including the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (USA). She is one of the co-authors of the chapter on the ‘Active Child’ of the Paediatric textbook entitled ‘Pediatric Differential Diagnosis, Top 50 Problems’.

Her leadership and teaching appointments included Chief Resident for the Department of Paediatrics and the National University of Singapore Clinical Faculty Scheme.

As a mother, wife and active member of her church, she hopes to use her professional and personal skills and experience to help families bring up children to be happy and healthy, to maximize their potential within a nurturing and holistic environment.