The People of Raffles

Dr Alex Cao

Title: Consultant Doctor, Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Emergency Medicine
Language: English and Mandarin
Nationality: Chinese
Raffles Hospital Shanghai

Dr. Cao was awarded his Master degree from Tianjin Medical University in 2012, and completed the Doctor degree of Emergency medicine from Fudan University in 2023.

Dr. Cao was awarded his Master degree from Tianjin Medical University in 2012.  He will complete the Doctor degree of Emergency Medicine from Fudan University in 2023. Dr Cao has been an Emergency Physician for 10 years. He worked in the Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital previously. He is certified in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support(PALS). Dr Cao studied abroad at Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA. He was involved in 5 projects funded by National Nature Science Foundation of China and Tianjin Nature Science Foundation.


Clinical Interest

  • Dr Cao specialises in the diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and critical care including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, bedside hemofiltration, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and ventilator. His research interests include the management of sepsis, ARDS and multi-organ dysfunction, as well as emergency ultrasound diagnosis.

Language: English and Mandarin