Dr Charmaine Teo is a certified Paediatrician who has more than 15 years of experience in the field of Paediatric Medicine, both in the public and private healthcare sectors in Singapore. She has a subspecialty interest in Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics.
She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery. She subsequently underwent her Paediatric Medicine specialist training at the National University Hospital (NUH), as well as Neonatology training at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKWCH) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH). She obtained her Master’s degree in Paediatric Medicine (Singapore), for which she received the prestigious Wong Hock Boon Gold Medal Award in 2012. She was elected into Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) and Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine, College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Singapore). Throughout her career, she has managed newborns to adolescents across a wide range of acute and chronic paediatric conditions.
Prior to joining private practice, Dr Charmaine Teo also trained and worked in the Child Development Unit at NUH. 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 a member of the Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (USA).
Over the last decade, she has worked with children with a wide range of developmental and behavioural conditions, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) , developmental delays and learning difficulties, feeding and sleep difficulties, both locally and from overseas. She is passionate about journeying with each child’s village – his or her caregivers, families, teachers, therapists and/ or psychologist – to guide them in a best-practice management plan that is tailored to each individual, empower them to navigate the available resources, and promote resilience and a strengths-based approach in managing their child.
Outside of the clinic, she wears many other hats – mother of three boys, shepherd to a tweenage Sunday School class in church, and serves as a board member of a special needs committee in Singapore.