Our Doctors

Dr Ng
Zhi Xu

Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Brain & Spine Surgery

Dr Ng is a fully registered specialist in Neurosurgery, with sub-specialty interests in neurotrauma, neuro-oncology, and spine surgery.

Dr Ng is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at FeM Surgery – One of the leading surgical group practices in Singapore.

Training & Qualifications:

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 2007
Basic Surgical Training at TTSH and KTPH 2008-2010
Basic Neurosurgical training NUH and KTPH 2010-2012 (Service Registrar)
Advanced Neurosurgical training and residency NUH 2013 – 2017
Fellowship training in Neurosurgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom from 2015 – 2016
Intercollegiate Fellowship of Royal Colleges of Surgery (FRCSGlasg) for Neurosurgery, 2016

He commenced his neurosurgical training in 2010 and completed his training from NUH in 2017. His subspecialty interests include neurotrauma, neuro-oncology and spine surgery.

Prior To Private Practice:

Associate Consultant in Neurosurgery KTPH 2017-2019
Consultant in Neurosurgery KTPH 2019-2021
Visiting Consultant Neurosurgery NUH 2017-2021
Visiting Consultant Neurosurgery National Neuroscience Institute 2017 to 2021

Awards & Achievements:

SMART grant I Singapore in 2018 for the development of Modified stem cells for the treatment of temozolomide resistant glioblastomas
SMART grant II Singapore in 2019 for the development of Modified stem cells for the treatment of temozolomide resistant glioblastomas

Contributions To Education

During his term in KTPH, he developed a deep interest in teaching and organized numerous General Practice (GP) and nursing forums to promote the sharing of common neurosurgical conditions. While there, he was also the director for residency teaching in KTPH.

Collaborative Research with Top Neurosurgical Centres

Dr Ng has done research collaborations with both National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and NUH. He currently has ongoing research grants with NUH, which focuses on developing modified stem cell treatment for resistant brain cancers.

He left KTPH in Nov 2021 to embark on a new phase in his career with FeM surgery.

Publications

Other Activities

During his student days, Dr Ng participated in a missionary trip organized by NUS to provide basic health services and education for the less fortunate in Cambodia. He has also been an avid judoka since his school days, and currently helps to train young judokas with “The Dojo Singapore Judo”.

Dr. Ng’s Patients

Meet Jun Lin, a 36-year-old father of a 12-year-old son who suffered from a stroke and neck injury. He considers Dr Ng as the person who saved his life.

Meet Yen Ling, 45, who suffered from a slipped disc and numbness in her legs. Treated by our neurosurgeon, Dr Ng Zhi Xu, Yen Ling was well-supported through a quick recovery.