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Professor Khee Chee Soo is a surgical oncologist. As the Director of the National Cancer Centre Singapore, he provides strategic leadership to more than 500 staff members engaged in clinical care and research. In addition, Professor Soo holds the position of Vice Dean of Clinical and Faculty Affairs at Duke-NUS Medical School, among many others.

Professor Soo received the Outstanding Teachers' Award in 1996 and the Best Teacher (Undergraduate) Award in 2001. In 2003, he was awarded the National Day Award Public Administration Medal (Gold) for his contribution to Singapore. In 2008, he was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award, an inaugural National Medical Excellence Award conferred by the Ministry of Health, and in 2011, he was awarded the President's Science and Technology Medal in recognition of his contributions to Singapore's clinical service and health care landscape. He is currently the Benjamin Sheares Professor of Academic Medicine at Duke-NUS Medical School.