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The Department of General Surgery covers a wide range of specialty and subspecialty surgery including:
Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Management of gallstone disease
- Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery for obesity
- Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease requiring fundoplication, paraoesophageal hernias, achalasia, gastric tumours, groin hernias, hyperhidrosis, enlarged spleen where minimal access surgery may be useful
- Diagnostic and staging laparoscopy for evaluation of tumours
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery & Endoscopy Service
- Comprehensive management of oesophagus, stomach and other upper GI cancers
- Management of obesity
- Management of upper GI motility disorders
- Fiberoptic endoscopic service provides screening, diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract disease (peptic ulcer disease, gastric and oesophageal cancer, etc)
- Therapeutic endoscopy in the treatment of bile duct stones, achalasia, stricture, advanced gastrointestinal cancers and intragastric balloon for obesity.
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
- Management of problems of stones disease of the gallbladder and biliary tree (including recurrent pyogenic cholangitis)
- Management of benign conditions of the liver (including benign tumours, abscesses, cysts)
- Management of benign conditions of the bile duct (including benign tumours, choledochal cysts, injuries, stricutre)
- Management of benign conditions of the pancreas (including stones, pancreatitis)
- Management of malignant tumours of the liver (including HCC, cholangiocarcinoma and liver metastases), gallbladder and bile duct cancers, and pancreatic tumours (including adenocarcinoma and cystic tumours)
- Functional evaluation of liver reserve
Breast & Trauma Surgery
- Breast screening programme and mammogram localisation service
- Breast Counseling and Support Service for breast cancer and post-surgical patients
- Multi-disciplinary approach to breast cancer management including assessment of breast lesions seen on mammogram/ultrasound, diagnosis using minimally invasive techniques and surgery for the breast and axilla
- Ultrasound-guided mammotome biopsy
- Mammographic-guided mammotome biopsy
- Assessment, diagnosis, surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy for malignant melanoma
- Trauma Service
- Integrating multi-disciplinary care of the multiply injured patient
- Trauma Registry
- Quality Assurance activities
- Educational lectures for doctors and nurses
Head and Neck Service
- Head and Neck Oncology, eg. cancers of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, cervical, oesophagus etc
- Thyroid nodule evaluation and treatment of thyroid malignancies and associated disease
- Salivary gland disease especially malignancies
- Multi-disciplinary participation from Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Radiotherapy
Vascular Surgery
- Chronic leg ischemia-claudication, rest pain, gangrene and ulcers
- Acute leg ishcemia-sudden pain, coldness, numbness
- Vascular shunts for renal dialysis
- Periotoneal dialysis procedures
- Vericose veins, venous ulcers, spider veins
- Swollen legs
- Abdominal and peripheral aneurysm
- Visceral ischemia - pain on eating
- Ischemic hands - cold, blue, painful, numb hands
- Vascular trauma
- Renal artery disease - hypertension, renal salvage
- Carotid artery disease - transient ischemic attacks
- Endovascular procedures - aneurysm stents
- Vascular malformations - hemangiomas
- Vascular ultrasound/Duplex
- Carotid/Vertebral artery assessment
- Abdominal aorta (Endograft)/Renal artery/Mesenteric artery assessment
- Arterial system of the upper and lower limbs
- Vascular graft surveillance/AV Fistulae
- Venous scan to assess venous thrombosis and venous insufficiency
- Ultrasound guide compression maneurver as an alternative treatment for pseudoaneurysm
- Non-invasive vascular assessment
- ABPI/Toe (Finger) pressure/Walk Test
- Laser doppler flowmetry
Nutritional Support Services
- Dedicated Surgeons, Physicians, Nursing Officers, Dieticians and Pharmacists provide multi-disciplinary Nutritional Support Service for patients requiring enteral or parenteral nutritional support
| Staff Members | Sub-Specialty |
| A/ Prof Wong Wai Keong
MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FAMS, Clinical Associate Professor
gsuwwk@sgh.com.sg | Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Therapeutic Endoscopy |
| Prof London Lucien Ooi
MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Glasg), FAMS (Surg), FICS, MD, Clinical Associate Professor
dsoopj@nccs.com.sg | Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, Laparoscopic & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
| Prof Soo Khee Chee
MBBS, MD, FRACS (Australia), FACS, Clinical Professor
gsuskc@sgh.com.sg | Head & Neck Surgery |
| Dr. Chan Weng Hoong
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin)
gsucwh@sgh.com.sg | Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Therapeutic Endoscopy |
A/ Prof Chow Kah Hoe, Pierce
MBBS, FRCS (Edin), M Med (Surg), FAMS, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor
gsupc@sgh.com.sg | Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, Laparoscopic & General Surgery |
Dr. Chung Yaw Fui, Alexander
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)
gsucyf@sgh.com.sg | Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, Laparoscopic & General Surgery |
Dr. Ho Gay Hui
MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FAMS, MD
gsuhgh@sgh.com.sg | Breast Surgical Oncology, General Surgery |
Dr. Koong Heng Nung
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin), FAMS
dsokhn@nccs.com.sg | Thoracic & Breast Surgical Oncology, General Surgery |
Dr. Lim Teck Hock, Dennis
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin & Glasg), FAMS
gsulth@sgh.com.sg | Head & Neck Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
A/ Prof Mack On Pui, Peter
MBBS, FRCS (Edin & Glasg), PhD, FAMS, MHlthEcon, M Med (Dundee), MBA
peter.mack.o.p@sgh.com.sg | Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, Laparoscopic & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
Dr. Ong Hock Soo
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)
| Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Therapeutic Endoscopy |
Dr. Matthew George Sebastien
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin)
mathew.g.sebastian@sgh.com.sg | Vascular & General Surgery |
Dr. Tan Seck Guan
MBBS, FRCS (Glasg), FAMS
tan.seck.guan@sgh.com.sg | Vascular & General Surgery |
| Dr. Wong Chow Yin
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin & Glasg), FAMS
gsuwcy@sgh.com.sg | Breast & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
| Dr. Yong Wei Sean
MBBS, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Glasg)
| Breast & General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
| Dr. Chan Shao Wah, Georgette
MBBS, MRCSE (Edin), M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Cheow Peng Chung
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin), FAMS
cheow.peng.chung@sgh.com.sg | Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, General Surgery & Liver Transplant |
Dr. Shankar Pasupathy
MBBS, FRCS (Glasg)(Edin)
| Vascular & General Surgery |
Dr. Ranjiv Sivanandan
MBBS, M Med (Surg), FRCS (Edin)
ranjiv.sivanandan@sgh.com.sg | Head & Neck Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology |
Dr. Tan Yu Meng
MBBS (Lon), FRCS (Ed), BSc (Hon), FAMS
| Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic & General Surgery, Liver Transplant |
| Dr. Goh Kim Poh, Brian
MBBS, MRCSEd, M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Goh Yaw Chong
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Preetha Madhukumar
MBBS, MS (Gen Surg), FRCS (Glasg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Jeremy Ng
MBBS (Lon), MRCS (Ed)
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Dr. Sujit Gill Singh
MBBS, MRCS (Edin), M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Tan Hiang Khoon
MBBS, MRCS (Edin), M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Tan Kiat Tee, Benita
MBBS, MRCS (Edin), M Med (Surg)
benita.tan.k.t@sgh.com.sg | Advanced Specialty Training |
| Dr. Chng Siew Ping
MBChB (Leics), MRCS (Eng), M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Benjamin Chua
MBBS, MHSc (Duke), MRCS (Ed)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Eng Kim Hock, Alvin
MBBS, MRCSEd, MRCS (Eng), M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. N Gopalakrishna Iyer
MBBS (Hons), MRCS (Ed), PhD (Cantale)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Ser Yee
MBBS, MRCS (Ed), Mmed (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Ong Kong Wee
MBBS, MRCS (Ed), PhD (Bistrol)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Felicia Tan
MBBS, MRCS (Ed), MMed
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Wong Jen San
MBChB, MRCSEd, M Med (Surg)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
Dr. Wong Ting Hway
MMed (Surg), MRCS (Ed), MBBChir (Cantab)
| Advanced Specialty Training |
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