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    LIAU KH SPECIALIST CLINIC

    Mt Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre

    38 Irrawaddy Road, #08-36/7/8/9

    Singapore 329563

    Tel: 6690-6813 | Fax: 6690-6828

     

  • LIAU KUI HIN @ LIAU KH SPECIALIST CLINIC

    Biography

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    Dr Liau Kui Hin

    MBBS, M.Med(Surgery), FRCS(Ed), FAMS(Surgery)

    Medical Director & Senior Consultant Surgeon

    Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital

     

    Dr Liau Kui Hin is the medical director and senior consultant surgeon of Nexus Surgical Associates in Mt Elizabeth Hospital and Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital Singapore. He also belongs to the teaching faculty with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Prior to establishing his private practice, Dr Liau was the Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit in the Department of General Surgery from 2004 to 2010. Concurrently, from 2008 to 2010, Dr Liau was the Deputy Head of Department of General Surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. His expertise and specializations include hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, laparoscopic and endolaparoscopic surgery, surgical oncology, neuroendocrine oncology, surgical infection and acute surgical care.

     

    Dr Liau received his MBBS from the National University of Singapore in 1994 and continued on with his basic and advanced surgical training at the Graduate School of Medical Studies at the National University of Singapore and College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Singapore. Following his post-graduate education, he received his higher subspecialty surgical training overseas at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA. Among his many qualifications, he is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK, and of the International College of Surgeons. Dr Liau is a faculty medical expert in Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

     

    Dr Liau served in the council of the College of Surgeons of Singapore, Academy of Medicine from 2010 to 2014 and the council of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association from 2004-2009. He is one of the founders of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association of Singapore and member of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. In addition, he is the secretary of the Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumour Society of Singapore and member of the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society and International Neuroendocrine Cancers Alliance. His other contribution is the formation of the new International Surgical Infection Society known as Oasis Global.

     

    Dr Liau has received numerous accolades in academic, service and principal investigator awards. Notably, he was the recipient of consecutive years, 2008 and 2009 Star Excellent Service Awards from SPRING Singapore. The Singapore Public Service Commission also honored him in 2009 with the PS21 Star Service Award in healthcare service sector. Extensively involved in research projects, Dr Liau has authored more than 40 articles in local and international journals. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and is an editor and associate editor of the Journal of Cancer Science and Current Research and Singapore Medical Journal respectively.

     

     

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    Scientific Publications

    Peer-Reviewed Journals

    Journal Publications
    1. Public Health Education “Concerning Your Health”

    Toh Choon Lai, Chow Wan Cheng, Chan Mei Fen, Fong Chiu Yan, Liau Kui Hin, Loh Lih Ming, Regina Chin

    Singapore Medical Association Webpage, Concerning Your Health, April 2000

    1. Results of Distal Radial Fractures Treated by Intra-focal Pin Fixation

    Low Chee Kwang, Liau Kui Hin, Winston Chew

    Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore; Nov 2001; 30 No 6: 573-6

    1. Hepatolithiasis: A Case Series

    Heng Chin Tiong, Liau Kui Hin, Ho Choon Kiat, Chew Soo Ping

    Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore; Jan 2002; Vol 30 No 1:97-101

    1. Mirizzi’s Syndrome: A Diagnostic and Operative Challenge
             Chan Chung Yip, Liau Kui Hin, Ho Choon Kiat, Chew Soo Ping          Journal RCS Edinburgh & Ireland; Oct 2003; Vol 1 No 5: 273-278

     

    5.       Fresh Frozen Plasma Use in Liver Resection          Liau Kui Hin, DeMatteo Ronald Paul          Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Oct 2003; 197(4): 700-1
    1. Segment-oriented Approach to Liver Resection

    Liau Kui Hin, Ronald P DeMatteo, Leslie H. Blumgart

    Surgical Clinics of North America; April 2004: 84 No 2: 543-561

    1. Outcome of Partial Hepatectomy for Large (>10 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Kui Hin Liau, L Ruo, J Shia, A Padela, M Gonen, WR Jarnagin, Y Fong, M D’Angelica, LH Blumgart, RP DeMatteo.

    Cancer; Nov 2005; 104(9): 1948-1955

     

    9. Outcome of patients with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma.

    F. Stipa, SS Yoon, Kui Hin Liau, Y Fong, WR Jarnagin, M D’Angelica, G Abou-Alfa, LH Blumgart, RP DeMatteo.

    Cancer; 2006 Mar 15;106(6):1331-8.

     

    11. Background: Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.

    Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Yoshida, Masahiro; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Sekimoto, Miho; Miura, Fumihiko; Wada, Keita; Hirota, Masahiko; Yamashita, Yuichi; Nagino, Masato; Tsuyuguchi, Toshio; Tanaka, Atsushi; Kimura, Yasutoshi; Yasuda, Hideki; Hirata, Koichi; Pitt, Henry A.; Strasberg, Steven M.; Gadacz, Thomas R.; Bornman, Philippus C.; Gouma, Dirk J.; Belli, Giulio;

    Liau Kui-Hin

              Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):1-10.

     

    12. Need for criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines.

    Sekimoto, Miho; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Yoshida, Masahiro; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Miura, Fumihiko; Wada, Keita; Hirota, Masahiko; Yamashita, Yuichi; Strasberg, Steven; Pitt, Henry A.; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Gadacz, Thomas R.; Hilvano, Serafin C.; Kim, Sun-Whe; Liau Kui-Hin; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Belli, Giulio; Sachakul, Vibul

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):11-4.

    1. Flowcharts for the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines

    Miura, Fumihiko; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Wada, Keita; Hirota, Masahiko; Nagino, Masato; Tsuyuguchi, Toshio; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Strasberg, Steven M.; Pitt, Henry A.; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Gadacz, Thomas R.; Gouma, Dirk J.; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Chen, Miin-Fu; Padbury, Robert T.; Bornman, Philippus C.; Kim, Sun-Whe; Liau Kui-Hin; Belli, Giulio; Dervenis, Christos

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):27-34.

    1. Techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
      Tsuyuguchi, Toshio; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Wada, Keita; Nagino, Masato; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Miura, Fumihiko; Tanaka, Atsushi; Yamashita, Yuichi; Hirota, Masahiko; Hirata, Koichi; Yasuda, Hideki; Kimura, Yasutoshi; Strasberg, Steven; Pitt, Henry; Büchler, Markus W.; Neuhaus, Horst; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Fan, Sheung-Tat;

    Liau Kui-Hin; Sachakul, Vibul

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):35-45.

    1. Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholangitis
      Wada, Keita; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Miura, Fumihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Strasberg, Steven; Pitt, Henry A.; Gadacz, Thomas R.; Büchler, Markus W.; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Gouma, Dirk J.; Neuhaus, Horst; Dervenis, Christos; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Chen, Miin-Fu; Ker, Chen-Guo; Bornman, Philippus C.; Hilvano, Serafin C.; Kim, Sun-Whe;

    Liau Kui-Hin; Kim, Myung-Hwan

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):52-8.

     

    16. Antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
    Tanaka, Atsushi; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Yoshida, Masahiro; Miura, Fumihiko; Hirota, Masahiko; Wada, Keita; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Gomi, Harumi; Solomkin, Joseph S.; Strasberg, Steven M.; Pitt, Henry A.; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Padbury, Robert; Chen, Miin-Fu; Belli, Giulio; Ker, Chen-Guo; Hilvano, Serafin C.; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Liau Kui-Hin

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):59-67.

     

    17. Methods and timing of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis
    Nagino, Masato; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Yamashita, Yuichi; Tsuyuguchi, Toshio; Wada, Keita; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Miura, Fumihiko; Strasberg, Steven M.; Pitt, Henry A.; Belghiti, Jacques; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Liau Kui-Hin; Belli, Giulio; Chen, Xiao-Ping; Lai, Edward Cheuck-Seen; Philippi, Benny P.; Singh, Harjit; Supe, Avinash

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):68-77.

     

    18. Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis
    Wada, Keita; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Miura, Fumihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Strasberg, Steven; Pitt, Henry A.; Gadacz, Thomas R.; Büchler, Markus W.; Belghiti, Jacques; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Gouma, Dirk J.; Neuhaus, Horst; Dervenis, Christos; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Chen, Miin-Fu; Ker, Chen-Guo; Bornman, Philippus C.; Hilvano, Serafin C.; Kim, Sun-Whe;

    Liau, Kui-Hin; Kim, Myung-Hwan

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. 2007;14(1):78-82.

     

    19. Surgical treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis

    Yamashita, Yuichi; Takada, Tadahiro; Kawarada, Yoshifumi; Nimura, Yuji; Hirota, Masahiko; Miura, Fumihiko; Mayumi, Toshihiko; Yoshida, Masahiro; Strasberg, Steven; Pitt, Henry A.; de Santibanes, Eduardo; Belghiti, Jacques; Büchler, Markus W.; Gouma, Dirk J.; Fan, Sheung-Tat; Hilvano, Serafin C.; Lau, Joseph W.Y.; Kim, Sun-Whe; Belli, Giulio; Windsor, John A.; Liau Kui-Hin; Sachakul, Vibul
    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surgery. 2007;14(1):91-7.

     

    20. Tumour mitotic rate, size, and location independently predict recurrence after resection of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour.

    RP DeMatteo, Gold JS, Saran L, Gonen M, Kui Hin Liau, Maki RG, Singer S, Besmer P, Brennan MF, Antonescu CR.

    Cancer; 2007 Dec 12.

    1. Striving for A Better operative Outcome: 101 Pancreaticoduodenectomies.

    A. Kow, Chan CY, Earnest A,;Chan CY, ;Lim K, Chong SY, Lim KH, Ho CK, Chew SP, Liau Kui Hin

    HPB (Oxford). 10(6):464-71; 2008

    1. Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic : Operative Bile Duct Injury

    VG Shelat, CY Chan & Kui Hin Liau

    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 23:1461, 2008

    1. A Audit of Ambulatory Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Singapore Institution: Are We Ready for Day-Case Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?

    Kow, Chan CY, Earnest A,;Chan CY, ;Lim K, Chong SY, Chew SP, Liau Kui Hin, Ho CK

    HPB (Oxford). 10(6):433-8; 2008

    1. Novel Approach to Laparoscopic Resection of Tumours of Distal Pancreas

    Soumen Das De, Kow Wei Chieh, Kui Hin Liau, Lim Khong Hee, Ho Choon Kiat.

    ANZ J Surg. 2009 Apr;79(4):288-93

    1. Operative Blood Loss predicts Recurrence and Survival Following resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Independent of Allogenic Transfusion

    SC Katz, J Shia, Kui Hin Liau, M Gonen, L Ruo, WR Jarnagin, Y Fong, MD Angelica, LH Blumgart, RP DeMatteo

    Ann Surg. 2009 Apr;249(4):617-23

    1. Starting a Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Programme

    Wang Ethene, Kow Alfred Wei Chieh, Chan Chung Yip, Liau Kui Hin, Ho Choon kiat

    Singapore Med J. 2009 Apr 50(4):354-9

    1. Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Pancreatic Carcinoma: - Series of Three Cases

    Tan Ker Kan, Chen Kenneth, Liau Kui Hin, Ho Choon Kiat

           European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2009 May 26

    1. Ablation of Phosphoinositide-3-Kinases Class II Alpha Suppresses Hepatoma Cell Proliferation

    Neo Soek-Ying, Ng Stanley, Yap Yann-Wan, Krishna Murthy Karaturi, Loh Evelyn, Liau Kui Hin, Ren Ee Chee

    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Sep 18;387(2):310-5. Epub 8 Jul 2009.

    1. Outcome of a Strategy in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in a Tertiary-care Hospital.

    Liau Kui Hin, Thanda Aung Khin, Nelson Chua, Chia Sing Joo

    Surgical infections 2010;11(2):151-9.

    1. Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Neoplasm of Pancreas

            Huang M, Kwek JW, Liau Kui Hin, Vu Charles

    Singapore Medical Journal, 2010 Aug;51(8) 668-75

     

    1. An Audit Study of the Sensitivity and Specificity of Ultrasound, Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Frozen Section in the Evaluation of Thyroid Malignancies in a Tertiary Institution.

    Tan Jianhong Winson, Kaushal Sanghvi, Liau Kui Hin, Low Cheng Hock.

    Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2010;39(5):359-62.

    1. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: our first 50 cases.

    Tan Ker-Kan, Shelat Vishalkumar Girishchandra, Liau Kui-Hin, Chan Chung-Yip, Ho Choon-Kiat

    Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2010;39(2):136-42.

    1. Emergency Surgery for a Ruptured Intra-abdominal Desmoid Tumour

    Tan Ker Kan, Yan Zhiyan, Liau Kui Hin

    Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2010;39(6):497-8.       

    1. Mesenteric desmoid tumour masquerading as a fat-containing cystic mass.

    Tan C H, Pua U, Liau Kui Hin, Lee H Y

    The British journal of radiology 2010;83(994):e200-3.

    1. Reducing Surgical Site Infection in a Hospital in Singapore

    Liau Kui Hin, Aung Khin Tung

    Wounds International, 2011 Feb; 2(1):9-13

    1. Using Percutaneous transhepatic Cholangioscopic Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Calculus in Hostile Abdomen

    Kow Alfred, Wang Bei, Wong Daniel, Sundeep PJ, Chan Chung Yip, Ho Choon Kiat, Liau Kui Hin

             Surgeon. 2011 Apr:9(2):88-94

    1. Moving towards the New International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) definitions in pancreaticoduodenectomy: a comparison between the old and new.

    Tan Winton J, Kow Alfred, Liau Kui Hin

            HPB (Oxford). 2011 Aug;13(8):566-72

    1. Perioperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Open Distal Pancreatectomy: our institution’s 5-year experience.

    Soh YF, Kow AW, Wong KY, Wang B, Chan CY, Liau Kui Hin, Ho CK

    Asian J Surg. 2012 Jan;35(1):29-36.

    1. Laparoscopic Exploration Can Salvage Failed Endoscopic Bile Duct Stone Extraction.

    Shelat VG, Chan CY, Liau Kui Hin, Ho CK.

    Singapore Med J. 2012 May;53(5):313-7

    1. Is Pancreaticoduodenectomy Justified In Elderly Patients?

    Alfred Kow, Sadayan NA, Ernest A, Chan Chung Yip , Ho Choon Kiat, Liau Kui Hin

    The Surgeons, 2012 Jun;10(3):128-36

    1. TG13 guidelines for diagnosis and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos).

    Kiriyama S, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Büchler MW, Yokoe M, Kimura Y, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Yamashita Y, Okamoto K, Gabata T, Hata J, Higuchi R, Windsor JA, Bornman PC, Fan ST, Singh H, de Santibanes E, Gomi H, Kusachi S, Murata A, Chen XP, Jagannath P, Lee S, Padbury R, Chen MF, Dervenis C, Chan AC, Supe AN, Liau Kui Hin, Kim MH, Kim SW.

             J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. Jan 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1:24-34

    1. TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos).

    Yokoe M, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Pitt HA, Garden OJ, Kiriyama S, Hata J, Gabata T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Okamoto K, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yamashita Y, Dervenis C, Chan AC, Lau WY, Supe AN, Belli G, Hilvano SC, Liau Kui Hin, Kim MH, Kim SW, Ker CG.

    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. Jan 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1:35-46

    1. TG13 flowchart for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.

    Miura F, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Büchler MW, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Okamoto K, Gomi H, Kusachi S, Kiriyama S, Yokoe M, Kimura Y, Higuchi R, Yamashita Y, Windsor JA, Tsuyuguchi T, Gabata T, Itoi T, Hata J, Liau Kui Hin.

    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. Jan 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1:47-54

    1. TG13 antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.

    Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Yoshida M, Kusachi S, Mayumi T, Miura F, Kiriyama S, Yokoe M, Kimura Y, Higuchi R, Windsor JA, Dervenis C, Liau Kui Hin, Kim MH.

             J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. Jan 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1:60-70

    1. Adjuvant Hepatic Intra-arterial Iodine-131-Lipiodol following curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: A prospective randomized trial and overview.

    AYF Chung, LLPJ ooi, D Machin, SB Tan, BKP Goh, JS Wong, YM Chen, CN Li, NN Pai, CH Thng, SWK Yu, BS Tan, RHG Lo, AMM Htoo, KH Tay, FX Sundram, ASW Goh, SP Chew, Liau Kui Hin, PKH Chow, KH Tay, YM Tan, PC Cheow, CK Ho, KC Soo

    World Journal of Surgery, 2013 Jun;37(6):1356-61

    1. Antibiotic management of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults: The Asian perspective.

    Asok Kurup, Kui-Hin Liau, Jianan Ren, Min-Chi Lu, Narciso S. Navarro, Muhammad Waris Farooka, Nurhayat Usman, Raul V. Destura, Boonchoo Sirichindakul, Terapong Tantawichien, Christopher KC. Lee, Joseph S. Solomkin

    Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2014 Aug 7;3(3),85-91.

    1. Will there be a good general surgeon when you need one? (Part II) Solutions and taking back general surgery.

    Smith R1, Stain SC, McFadden DW, Finlayson SR, Jones DB; Public Policy & Advocacy Committee of the SSAT (Reid Lombardo KM, Auyang ED, Bentrem D, Clark CJ, Goldberg RF, Hutter MM, Iseri TM, Jones DB, Kent TS, Liau Kui Hin, Maron DJ, Rudnicki M, Satgunam S, Schirmer BD, Schnelldorfer T, Smith R, Schwaitzberg SD, Tseng D, Zuckerman RS), Reid-Lombardo KM.

    J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Jul;18(7):1334-42. Epub 2014 Apr 19.

    1. Management of Acute Cholecystitis and Acute Cholangitis in Emergency Setting

    Liau Kui Hin, Catherine Teh and Alejandro Serrablo

           Central European Journal of Medicine, 2014 June; Vol 9(3):357-369.

    1. Recurrence-Free Survival Results from a Pilot Study of Adjuvant Gefitinib in Resected Hepatocellular Carcinoma              Akhil Chopra, Gilberto Lopes, Lavina D Bharwani, Chung Yip Chan, Alexander Chung, Peng Chung Cheow, Choon Kiat Ho, Kui Hin Liau, Winston Woon, Jee Keem Low, Alex Yuang-Chi Chang.                                                                                 Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015 Jan, 33(3)Suppl:404-404
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    1. Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas – Understanding the Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Options

    Liau Kui Hin

    Medical Grapevine, 2016 Jan/Feb:28-31.

    1. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities                                                                           Giorgio Tarchini, Liau Kui Hin, and Solomkin Joseph                                                                                                    Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 May 15;64(suppl_2):S112-S114
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    1. Surgery in the Era of Molecular Medicine: Review of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroedocrine Tumours (GEP-NETs)

    Liau Kui Hin

    Journal of Surgical Research, 2017 Aug; Vol4(1):12 – 22

    1. Delphi Consensus on Bile Duct Injuries During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Evolutionary Cul-de-sac or the Birth Pangs of a New Technical Framework?

    Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Ohyama T, Umezawa A, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Asbun HJ, Pitt HA, Han HS, Hwang TL, Suzuki K, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Yoon DS, Huang WS, Yoshida M, Wakabayashi G, Miura F, Okamoto K, Endo I, de Santibanes E, Giménez ME, Windsor JA, Garden J, Gouma DJ, Cherqui D, Belli G, Dervenis C, Deziel DJ, Jonas EC, Jagannath P, Supe AN, Singh H, Liau Kui Hin, Chen XP, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Fan ST, Chen MF, Kim MH, Honda G, Sugioka A, Asai K, Wada K, Mori Y, Higuchi R, Misawa T, Watanabe M, Matsumura N, Rikiyama T, Sata N, Kano N, Tokumura H, Kimura T, Kitano S, Inomata M, Hirata K, Sumiyama Y, Inui K, Yamamoto M.

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Sciences, 2017 Sep 8 doi:10.1002/jhbp.503 (Epub ahead of print)

    1. TG18 Management Strategies for Gallbladder Drainage in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis: Updated Tokyo Guidelines 2018(with Video)

    Mori Y, Itoi T, Baron TH, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Ukai T, Shikata S, Noguchi Y, Teoh AYB, Kim MH, Asbun HJ, Endo I, Yokoe M, Miura F, Okamoto K, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Wakabayashi G, Han HS, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Hwang TL, Chen MF, Garden OJ, Singh H, Liau Kui Hin, Huang WS, Gouma DJ, Belli G, Dervenis C, de Santibañes E, Giménez ME, Windsor JA, Lau WY, Cherqui D, Jagannath P, Supe AN, Liu KH, Su CH, Deziel DJ, Chen XP, Fan ST, Ker CG, Jonas EC, Padbury R, Mukai S, Honda G, Sugioka A, Asai K, Higuchi R, Wada K, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Hirata K, Sumiyama Y, Inui K, Yamamoto M.

    Journal Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Sciences, 2017 Sep 9 doi:10.1002/jhbp.504 (Epub ahead of print)

  • Expertise & Specialisation

    Expertise in the Areas of

    1. Hepatobiliary Surgery (Liver, Bile Duct & Gallbladder)

    2. Pancreatic Surgery & Spleen Surgery

    3. Laparoscopic & Endolaparoscopic Surgery (Keyhole Operation)

    4. Surgical Oncology (Cancer Operations)

    5. Abdominal Soft Tissue Tumours & Sarcoma Surgery 

    6. Neuroendocrine Oncology (Carcinoids tumour)

    7. Digestive Surgery

    8. Surgical Gastroenterology

    9. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy& Endoscopic Surgery

    10. Surgical Infection

    11. Abdominal Wall & Hernia Surgery

    12. Acute Care and Surgical Emergency

     

     

    Immediate Past Professional Appointments

    2002 - 2017

     

     

    1.   Deputy Head, Department of General Surgery (2008 -2010) Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

     

    2.   Chief of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery (2004 – 2010) Chief of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery Service Department of Surgery, Digestive Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

     

    3.   Senior Consultant Surgeon & Chief (Jun 2009 – Oct 2010) Department of Surgery, Digestive Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

     

    4.   Consultant Surgeon (Jun 2004 – May 2009) Department of Surgery, Digestive Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore   5.   Associate Consultant Surgeon (2 Sep 2002 – 31 May 2004) Department of Surgery, Digestive Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

     

    6.   Consultant & Senior Consultant Surgeon (2008 - 2010) Department of Surgery NHG 1-Health Specialist Clinic & Day Surgery, Singapore

     

    1. Clinical Senior Lecturer & MBBS Examiner (2005 - 2010)

    Clinical Faculty (Surgery)

    Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,

    National University of Singapore

     

    1.  Visiting Consultant (2006 - 2009)

    National Cancer Centre Singapore

    Singapore General Hospital

    Singapore

     

    1.  Deputy Chairman (2004 - 2010)
    TTSH Central Tissue Repository, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

     

    1. Clinical Practice Improvement Program Faculty (2008 - 2010)
        Office of Clinical Governance, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore  
    1. Case Incident Management Consultant (2007 – 2010)

    Office of Clinical Governance,

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital,

    Singapore

     

    1. Visiting Clinical Professor (Spring, April 2012)

    Department of Surgery,

    University of Sassari,

    Sardinia, Italy

     

    1. Clinical Communication Course Trainer (2007 – 2010)

    Associate Dean Office,

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital,

    Singapore

     

    1. Vice President (2012-2014)

    HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association (Singapore)

     

     

    15. Medical Director & Senior Consultant Surgeon

     

    Nexus Surgical Associates Pte Ltd

     

     

     

    Professional Affiliations

    Association & Society

     

     

    A. Local Professional Society Membership Year

     

    1.   Singapore Medical Association                                 Member      1994 - Cur
    1. Medical Alumni Association of Singapore                  Member      1994 - Cur
    2. Singapore Society of Oncology                                 Member      2001 - Cur
    3. Gastroenterological Society of Singapore                  Member      2001 - Cur
    4. Academy of Medicine Singapore                               Fellow         2003 - Cur
    5. College of Surgeons, Singapore                               Fellow         2005 - Cur
    6. College of Surgeons, Singapore                               Council       2010 - Cur
    7. Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumour Society            Secretary    2010 - 12
    8. Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumour Society            Treasurer    2013 - Cur
    9. Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (S’pore)         Founder      2012

    11.Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (S’pore) V/President2012 – 14

    12.Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (S’pore) Member 2015 - Cur

     

     

    B. Regional Professional Society Membership Year

     

    1. Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia Member 2003 - Cur

    2. Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assn Founder 2004 - Cur

    3. Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assn Council 2004 – 09

    4. Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assn Member 2010 - Cur

    5. Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in AsiaPacific Member 2013 – Cur

    6. Asia Pacific Neuroendocrine Tumour Society Member 2013 – Cur

    7. Surgical Infection Society Asia Pacific (SIS-AP) Member 2017

     

     

    C. International Professional Society Membership Year

     

    1. Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK                Fellow         1999 - Cur
    2. International College of Surgeons, Chicago              Fellow         2002 - Cur
    3. International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association   Member      2002 - Cur
    4. New York Academy of Sciences, USA                       Member      2003 - Cur
    5. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Alumni      Member      2003 - Cur
    6. The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract       Member      2004 - Cur
    7. The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation                            Doctor        2012 - Cur
    8. European Neuroendocrine Tumours Society             Member      2012 - Cur
    9. Global Neuroendocrine Tumour Alliance          Council       2010 - 12

    10. International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance Founder 2013

    11. International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance Council 2013 - Cur

    12. International Surgical Infections, Oasis Global Member 2013 - Cur

    13. Intern’l Ass of Surgeons, Gastro & Oncologists Member 2017 - Cur

     

    Cur = Current

     

    Honours and Awards   

    1987 - 2017

     

     

     

     

    Academic & Quality Awards

     

    1987 Asean Pre-U Scholarship by Public Service Commission, Singapore

    1988 Distinction Award by Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore

    1989 Medical Undergraduate Sponsorship by Loke Foundation, Singapore

    1998 Healthcare Manpower Development Program Postgraduate Scholarship  2002 Tan Tock Seng Hospital Overseas Clinical Fellowship Scholarship

    2006 Staff Development Programme Award (Czech Republic)

    2006 TTSH Outstanding Project Award

    2006 NHG CPIP Best Project Award On Clinical Quality Improvement

    2007 SMJ Reviewer Recognition Award (Reviewing with Distinction)

    2007 TTSH Best Clinical Quality Poster Award

    2007 Staff Development Programme Award (Spain)

    2008 Staff Development Programme Award (France)

    2008 Asian Hospital Management Excellence Award

    Department Service Improvement Category

    2008 NHG Annual Scientific Meeting Congress Merit Award

    2008 5th MOH Healthcare Quality Poster Competition Award - First Prize

    2009 6th MOH Healthcare Quality Poster Competition Award - Merit Prize

    2009 TTSH Best Quality Improvement Award - Merit Award

    2009 9th NHG Quality Week Poster Competition - Merit Award

    2017 Singapore Medical Association Associate Editor - Long Service Award

     

     

    Service Awards

     

    2000 Quality Pillar Award by National Health Group, Singapore

    2001 Long Service Award 5 Years by Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    2004 Service Champion Award

    2005 Spring Singapore EXSA Award 2005 - Silver

    2006 Long Service Award 10 Years by Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    2006 Spring Singapore EXSA Award 2006 – Gold

    2008 Spring Singapore EXSA Award 2008 – Star Award

    2008 Spring Singapore EXSA Superstar Finalist Nominee

    2009 PS21 Star Service Award (Healthcare)

    2009 Spring Singapore EXSA Award 2009 – Star Award

     

     

     

    Principle Investigator Awards

     

    2004 A*Star Cancer Research Fund Award

    2005 Singapore Cancer Syndicate Research in Liver Cancer

    2005 MOH Health Quality Improvement Fund Award (Surgical Site Infection)

    2008 MOH Health Quality Improvement Fund Award (Hypothermia)

    2009 MOH Health Quality Improvement Fund Award (POSSUM)

    2010 JnJ Ethicon Surgical Research Grant Award

     

     

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