Christopher S. Ng, MD

A Robotic Surgery Expert, Cedars-Sinai Chief of Staff, and Super Doctors-Recognized Expert in Nerve-Sparing Prostate & Kidney Cancer Surgery

Dr. Christopher Ng was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He traded rain for shine to attend the accelerated biomedical sciences program at the University of California, Riverside.

He received his medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine, where he was awarded an American Federation for Aging Research Fellowship to study erectile dysfunction and earned the Dean’s Award for an outstanding thesis.

Dr. Ng then traded sun for snow during his urology residency training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. His extensive study of the immunology of kidney cancer was recognized with the First Place Award in Basic Science Research from the Ohio Urological Society. Upon graduation, he was honored with the George and Grace Crile Traveling Fellowship Award in recognition of meritorious performance in the field of surgery.

Dr. Ng pursued subspecialty fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic in laparoscopy, robotic surgery, and endourology. He then returned to Southern California in 2003 to join the faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he became the Director of Laparoscopic Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery, as well as Co-Director of the Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery Fellowship program.

Dr. Ng has held numerous leadership roles at Cedars-Sinai, culminating in a two-year term as Chief of Staff from 2014 to 2015.

Dr. Ng spent five years on the voluntary teaching staff at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and was named the Clinical Faculty of the Year in 2008. Dr. Ng has authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters.

Medical School

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Internship

General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Residency

Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Fellowship

Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery (Laparoscopy, Robotics and Endourology), Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Academic Rank

Clinical Assistant Professor, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Interests

Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy
Nerve-sparing Techniques for Prostatectomy
Robot-assisted reconstructive urologic surgery
Minimally invasive nephron-sparing surgery
Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
Laparoscopic renal cryoablation
Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic pyeloplasty
Endourology and kidney stone disease

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★★★★★

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