Dr Chen Dermatology Clinic

16 Collyer Quay, #14-01 Collyer Quay Centre (Income@Raffles), Singapore 049318

MON-FRI: 8:30-17:30;   SAT: 9:00-13:00 

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Dermatologist Dr Chen Qiping

MBBS (Fudan, China)

MRCP (UK)

M.Sc (NUS, Singapore)

FAMS (Dermatology)

Dr Chen Qiping Dermatologist

Dr Chen is a Consultant Dermatologist who specialises in skin cancers and pigmentary disorders. She also practises in the fields of general dermatology, surgical dermatology, lasers and cosmetic dermatology.

Prior to private practice, Dr Chen was a Consultant Dermatologist at the National Skin Centre and a Visiting Consultant Dermatologist at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Dr Chen is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Dermatology). She is also a member of Dermatological Society of Singapore, Asian Society of Paediatric Dermatology and International Society of Paediatric Dermatology.

Dr Chen graduated from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University and completed her residency training in China before her overseas training. She received the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate after passing the United States Medical Licensing Examination. She obtained her Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). After completion of her Basic Specialist Training in Internal Medicine in Singapore, she started her dermatology training as an Advanced Specialist Trainee in Dermatology at the National Skin Centre in 2012 and became a Ministry of Health accredited dermatologist in 2015.

Dr Chen has extensive research experience in basic and clinical science. She was a research scholar and obtained her Master of Science from the National University of Singapore. She also received Singapore Millennium Scholarship and research followship from A*star and had comprehensive experience in molecular biology, cell biology and human embryonic stem cell. She completed her research fellowship in the University of Michigan. She has published numerous research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and presented her research works in many dermatology or research conferences. Dr Chen also co-authored English books and Chinese books on dermatology.

Dr Chen is also active in education. She was a clinical tutor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, the National University of Singapore and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University. She has been interviewed by TV health programs, radio talk-shows and newspapers to contribute to public education on skin diseases and skin care.

Outside of work, Dr Chen is a gardening enthusiast.

Publication in Dermatological Website / Book

  1. DermNet – Extramammary Paget Disease of Skin. Author: Vanessa Ngan, Staff Writer, 2003. Updated: Dr Qiping Chen, Consultant Dermatologist, National Skin Centre, Singapore. Medical Editor: Dr Helen Gordon, Auckland, New Zealand DermNet Editor in Chief: Adjunct A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand. Copy edited by Gus Mitchell. September 2020.
  2. Book: A Handbook on Common Skin Diseases 常见皮肤疾病手册. Author: Chong Weisheng, Chen Qiping, Benson Yeo. Price: S$10.00 (Inclusive GST) Available at NSC Pharmacy
  3. Book Chapter: Asian Skin: A reference colour atlas of dermatology and venereology (2nd Edition). National Skin Centre.

Selected Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. GH Lim, SCS Cai, SS Lee, Q Chen. Rare Case of Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis Showing IgA, IgG and IgM Reactivity. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2021 May; 62(2): e361-e362.
  2. V Lim, WP Tan, A Tan, SS Lee, Q Chen. Regorafenib-associated cutaneous giant keratoacanthoma. SkinMed 2022 Jun 30;20(3):234-236.
  3. Chen Q, Lee JS, Liang MW, Chan MMF, Pujol RM, Requena L, Tan SH. Indeterminate cell histiocytosis in a Chinese patient with progressive and extensive nodular lesions and mixed indeterminate cell and macrophage-monocyte lineage. J Cutan Pathol. 2018 Jun;45(6):428-433.
  4. Chong T, Chia HY, Chen Q, Cheng S, Chio M, Tan A, Yong A, Tan WP. A 15-year retrospective review of extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) at National Skin Centre, Singapore, J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Sep; 79(3), S1: AB3.
  5. Liang Y, Sun L, Ser W, Lin F, Thng STG, Chen Q, Lin Z. Classification of non-tumorous skin pigmentation disorders using voting based probabilistic linear discriminant analysis. Comput Biol Med. 2018 Jun 5;99:123-132.
  6. Kok WL, Chen Q, Lee SSJ, Chua SH, Ng SK. A case series of imatinib-induced generalized hypopigmentation and progression of existing acquired dermal melanocytosis. J Dermatolog Treat. 2017 May 16:1-2.
  7. Chen Q, Ding SL, Tan WP. A case of squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma on the scalp. NSC Derm Bulletin 2017.
  8. Long V, Chen Q, Chuah SY, Thng TGS. Linear Basal Cell Carcinoma- A Diagnosis Achieved By The Use Of Confocal Microscopy. Malaysian Journal of Dermatology. 2016 Dec:58.
  9. Chen Q, Shen M, Heng YK, Theng TSC, Tey HL1, Ren EC, Chong WS. Actinic Prurigo in Singaporean Chinese: A Positive Association with HLA-DRB1*03:01. Photochem Photobiol. 2016 Mar;92(2):355-359.
  10. Chen Q, Hsu TY, Chan R, Kawai K, Acosta CJ, Walia A, Pan JY. Clinical and economic burden of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in patients from the National Skin Centre, Singapore. Dermatologica Sinica. Epub 2 June 2015.
  11. Chen Q, Lee JS, Tey HL. Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa: a case with a novel mutation and co-existent lichen amyloidosus. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2015;81(1):40-2.
  12. Chua S, Chen Q, Lee HY, Erythema ab igne and dermal scarring caused by cupping and moxibustion treatment. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2015;13(4):337-8.
  13. Xu XT, Chen Q, Lee SS. Lipoid proteinosis in a Chinese patient. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014;36(6):e108-13.
  14. Tee SI, Chen QP, Lim YL. Necrobiosis lipoidica with elastophagocytosis on an unusual location. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014;36(9):741-3.
  15. Chen QP, Aw DC. Epidemiology of Skin Diseases in Renal Transplant Recipients in a Tertiary Hospital. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010;39(12):904-5.
  16. Phillips BW, Hentze H, Rust WL, Chen QP, Chipperfield H, Tan EK, Abraham S, Sadasivam A, Soong PL, Wang ST, Lim R, Sun W, Colman A, Dunn NR. Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into the pancreatic endocrine lineage. Stem Cells Dev. 2007;16(4):561-78.
  17. Chen Q, Giannobile WV. Adenoviral gene transfer of PDGF downregulates gas gene product PDGFalphaR and prolongs ERK and Akt/PKB activation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2002;282(3):C538-44.
  18. Wong ES, Lim J, Low BC, Chen Q, Guy GR. Evidence for direct interaction between Sprouty and Cbl. J Biol Chem. 2001;276(8):5866-75.
  19. Chen Q, Li QT. Effect of Cardiolipin on Proton Permeability of Phospholipid Liposomes: The Role of Hydration at the Lipid-Water Interface. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2001;389(2):201-6.