 Dr
Melvin Look graduated with MBBS
from the National University of
Singapore and completed his Fellowship
in Surgery with the Royal College
of Surgeons Edinburgh and the
Royal College of Surgeons Glasgow.
He underwent further training
for a year at the National Cancer
Center Hospital in Tokyo on a
Ministry of Health Fellowship
in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
Surgery. He also worked for a
year in the Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh, UK, as an Honorary
Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal
Surgery. Other training awards
include a TTSH Scholarship in
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
at the Mt Sinai Medical Centre,
New York, and an International
Cancer Fellowship from the Union
Internationale Contre le Cancer
for the Treatment of Peritoneal
Cancer at the Washington Cancer
Institute, Washington DC.
He has also spent time away
on knowledge acquisition visits
to international medical centres
of excellence such as the Memorial
Sloane Kettering Cancer Centre
in New York (for Gastric Cancer
and Mixed Tumour Surgery), Flinders
Medical Centre in Adelaide,
Australia (for Laparoscopic
Gastric Banding for morbid obesity)
and Freiberg University in Germany
(for Intraoperative Radiotherapy
for Gastrointestinal Cancers).
Prior to establishing his private
practice in Mt Elizabeth Hospital
and East Shore Hospital, Dr
Look was formerly Consultant
and Deputy Head in the Department
of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
He was also the Head of Upper
Gastrointestinal Surgery and
the founding Director of the
Centre for Advanced Laparoscopic
Surgery there.
Dr Look is a general surgeon
with a subspecialty expertise
in gastrointestinal surgery,
therapeutic endoscopy (including
ERCP) and advanced laparoscopic
surgery. He has a strong interest
in Radical Resection and Systematic
Lymph Node Dissection for the
surgical treatment of esophageal,
gastric, pancreatic and abdominal
cancers. He also performs a
wide repertoire of minimally
invasive surgery and was the
first surgeon in the South East
Asia to perform a number of
advanced laparoscopic operations;
including Hand-assisted Laparoscopic
Surgery, Endoscopic Thyroid
Surgery, and Laparoscopic Swedish
Adjustable Gastric Banding for
morbid obesity.
He is very much involved in
surgical education and was a
Clinical Lecturer with the National
University of Singapore. Through
numerous surgical demonstrations,
teleconferences, observership
programmes and workshops endorsed
by the Society of American Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES),
he has helped in the training
of many laparoscopic surgeons
in Singapore and the region,
including Malaysia, Brunei,
Indonesia, Philippines, India
and Hong Kong.
For his work in the medical
field, he has been listed in
the peerage publication "Who's
Who in the World" since
the year 2000. (click here
for reference from Biography
Resource Centre, New York Public
Library online database)
Affiliation
to Professional Organisations
and Committees
MBBS (National University of
Singapore)
DFD (CAW)
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons,
Glasgow
Fellow, International Union
for Cancer Control, Geneva
Certification, Educational Commission
for Foreign Medical Graduates,
USA
Certification, General Medical
Council, Great Britain
Certificate of Specialist Accreditation
in General Surgery, Ministry
of Health, Singapore
Certificate of Specialist Registration
in General Surgery, Singapore
Medical Council
Executive Committee, Gastroenterological
Society of Singapore
Member, Endoscopic & Laparoscopic
Surgeons of Asia
Member, International Council
of Healthcare Advisors
Member, National Committee for
Cancer Care, Ministry of Health,
Singapore
Member, Singapore Gastric Cancer
Consortium, Singapore Cancer
Syndicate
Executive Committee, The Cancer
Institute, National Healthcare
Group (2002-4)
Chairman, Minimally Invasive
Surgery, Credentials and Accreditation,
TTSH (2003-4)
Vice-Chairman, Surgical Science
and Research Lab, TTSH (2001-2004)
Visiting Specialist, National
Cancer Centre Singapore (1999-2001)
Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of
Medicine, National University
of Singapore
Member, Traineeship Selection
Committee, Graduate Medical
Studies, NUS
Tutor, Intercollegiate BSS,
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Member, Specialist Training
Committee (Upper GI Surgery),
Graduate Medical Studies, NUS
Member, Specialist Training
Committee (MIS), Graduate Medical
Studies, NUS
Supervisor, Graduate School
of Medical Studies, National
University of Singapore
Supervisor, MSc in Clinical
Science Programme, National
University of Singapore
Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of
Nursing & Health Sciences,
Nanyang Polytechnic
Volunteer Surgeon, SBJ Humanitarian
Medical Mission to Indonesia,
RSN / TNI (2001/2002))
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