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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dipak Banarsi Dass

Ear, nose & throat · Rawang

Associate Professor and ENT specialist with expertise in rhinology, sinus disorders, and head and neck surgery.

Dr. Azila Alias

Ear, nose & throat · Seremban

Dr. Azila Alias is a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist (ENT Specialist) with a special interest in otology, hearing restoration procedures, vertigo management, and sinus surgery. She is experienced in diagnosing and treating a wide range of ear, nose, and throat conditions affecting both adults and children. Her clinical expertise includes cochlear implants, hearing implant procedures, and the management of balance disorders such as vertigo. She is also skilled in sinus surgery and the treatment of chronic sinus and nasal conditions that impact breathing, hearing, and overall quality of life. Dr. Azila has undergone advanced fellowship training in Otology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery in Manchester, enhancing her expertise in complex ear and skull base conditions. She is committed to providing patient-centred care through accurate diagnosis, evidence-based treatment, and personalised management plans tailored to each patient’s needs.

Dr. Edwin Heng Chia KianFAMS

Dentistry · Singapore

Periodontist and implant dentistry specialist with military leadership experience and international academic appointments in periodontal surgery.

Low Wong Kein Christopher

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Dr Low Wong Kein is a ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon practising at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. He subspecialises in the treatment of ear disorders and hearing loss in children and adults, particularly for those who may require a cochlear implant, which is the use of an electronic medical device for damaged inner ears. He has performed more than 500 cochlear implant surgeries in both children and adults in Singapore and overseas, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and China. Dr Low completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He then pursued specialist training in ENT and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. Thereafter, Dr Low underwent advanced training in Australia to treat ear conditions, such as hearing loss, vertigo (giddiness), tinnitus (noise in ear), ear infections and tumours. He has also been conferred a Doctor of Philosophy for his work on ear disorders. Dr Low was previously the head of the ENT Department and director of the Centre for Hearing and Ear Implants at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He also regularly ran clinics as a visiting specialist at the Kandang Kerbau Children's and Women's Hospital (KKH), which honed his expertise in managing children with various ENT conditions, such as tonsil infections, pressure and fluid build-up in the ear and frequent nose-bleeding. He was also instrumental in implementing the universal newborn hearing screening in Singapore. Dr Low has been actively involved in various leadership roles in the training of ENT doctors. He was the chairman of Singapore’s Specialist Training Committee, director of SingHealth’s ENT residency program and president of the Singapore Otorhinolaryngology Society. He is currently the president and a founding member of the ASEAN Academy of Neuro-otology and Audiology. He is also the president of the Singapore Association for the Deaf, and a medical board member of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. Dr Low's research interests include improving treatment outcomes in patients with various ENT disorders. For instance, he was the first to study and publish racial differences in the anatomy of the mastoid facial nerve, which could help prevent paralysis of the face caused by nerve injury during complex ear surgeries. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications in journals and books on topics such as hearing, vertigo, nose cancer, blocked nose, headaches and snoring. Aside from clinical work, Dr Low is an adjunct associate professor at the NUS-Duke Medical School. He is also actively involved in volunteerism and has visited countries such as China and Indonesia to treat ENT disorders in needy patients.

Dr. Chew Chuan Tieh 周传悌医生

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

ENT and head & neck surgeon specializing in head and neck cancer surgery and complex otolaryngology conditions.

Barrie Tan Yau Boon

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Dr Barrie Tan is an ENT specialist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He is experienced in managing ENT conditions such as sinus problems, snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, allergic rhinitis, voice problems, thyroid nodules, neck lumps, hearing loss, tinnitus and giddiness. Dr Tan is a President’s Scholar and has over 20 years of clinical and surgical experience. For more than 6 years, he was a senior consultant and the head of the department of otolaryngology (ENT) at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). During his tenure, he routinely managed and operated on young children with ENT conditions. He is well known for his expertise in treating hearing loss, as well as performing endoscopic ear surgeries. Dr Tan introduced endoscopic ear surgeries in SGH in 2014 and has been actively spearheading its adoption and development in Singapore since. He has performed over 100 ear surgeries endoscopically, ranging the entire gamut of different ear surgeries. These include endoscopic tympanoplasty, myringoplasty, tympanomastoidectomy, ossiculoplasty, stapedotomy and stapedectomy, as well as endoscopic facial nerve decompression. He trained at the Ear Science Institute Australia upon completion of his specialist ENT training, and performed complex ear surgeries, cochlear implantations and other hearing implant surgeries independently during his surgical fellowship. Upon his return to Singapore, he was appointed as the director of the Centre for Hearing and Ear Implants at SGH and held the directorship for almost 7 years. He is also an experienced cochlear implant surgeon, having personally performed several hundred cochlear implant surgeries in Singapore and countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh. He is often invited to lecture at international conferences on his experience in cochlear implant surgeries, and invited as an instructor in specialised ear surgery workshops and courses. He has served as a course director in numerous symposia and masterclasses in cochlear implant surgery, such as the Singapore General Hospital Cochlear Implant Surgery Masterclass Course in 2017 and 2018. He is passionate about bringing surgical innovations and updates in medical technology to Singapore and the Southeast Asian region, and is an early adopter of approved innovative surgical techniques and surgical hearing implants. In particular, Dr Tan performed the inaugural surgeries and implantations of the following cochlear implant devices in Southeast Asia: Advanced Bionics 3D Cochlear Implant (2019) and Advanced Bionics Ultra Cochlear Implant (2017). He has also performed the inaugural surgeries and implantations of the following specialised hearing implants in Singapore: Transcutaenous Cochlear ATTRACT Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Implant (2015), Cochlear Carina Implant (2014), Cochlear CI 532 cochlear implant (2018), and Advanced Bionics Slim J cochlear implant (2018). He is the current president of the ASEAN Otorhinolaryngological (ENT) Head & Neck Federation, and was the president of the Society of Otolaryngology (ENT) Head & Neck Surgery Singapore from 2017 – 2019. He is also an avid teacher, spending much of his time teaching and nurturing the next generation of ENT surgeons. From 2012 – 2014, he was the director of the SingHealth ENT Residency Training Program. He was also appointed as a member of the National ENT Residency Advisory Committee which oversees the 3 ENT Residency programmes in Singapore. He has organised several major ENT conferences in Singapore. He was the organising president of the 18th ASEAN Otorhinolaryngological Federation Congress in Singapore in 2019, and the conference president of the 6th ASEAN Academy of Neuro-Oto-Audiology (AANOA) Congress in Singapore in 2016. Besides being a surgical innovator, Dr Tan is also an administrative innovator. He co-founded the SingHealth-Duke NUS Head and Neck Centre in 2014, and from 2014 – 2018, served as the deputy head of the SingHealth-Duke NUS Head and Neck Centre. In this capacity, he helped to coordinate the development of multidisciplinary head and neck surgery capabilities and care of complex head and neck conditions in the various SingHealth hospitals and institutions. He also has a passion in building clinical teams. He began and developed the new ear, nose and throat surgery department at Sengkang General Hospital. He was the pro-tem head of the department of ENT at Sengkang General Hospital from 2013 – 2018, whilst concurrently being the head of the department of (ENT) at SGH. He relished the opportunity to forge a new dynamic team of ENT specialists, audiologists and nurses, and meticulously worked towards providing excellent ear, nose, throat, head and neck surgery services to the community in the north-eastern part of Singapore. Dr Tan was conferred the President’s Scholarship in 1994 by the Public Service Commission, and was awarded the scholarship to study medicine in the National University of Singapore. He excelled in medical school, topping his cohort and winning the Gibb’s Gold Medal in 1999, which is given to the top student in general proficiency over the 5-year course. He volunteers at the Canossian School, which runs a special education programme for children with hearing impairment and who wear hearing devices like hearing aids and cochlear implants. He examines the ears, removes ear wax and takes care of the ear health issues of the preschool children. He has also travelled overseas frequently to perform medical mission work in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam. He believes in utilising his skillsets to help communities in need, and therefore volunteers his time and effort pro bono on a regular basis. In the past, he performed ear surgeries like myringoplasties and mastoidectomies in rural communities. In recent years, he has been performing cochlear implant surgeries for deaf Vietnamese children in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City under the Hear-The-World programme.

Dr. Liu Jiaying

15+ years of experience · Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Consultant ENT Surgeon specializing in hearing loss, ear disorders, cochlear implants, and vertigo with extensive surgical experience.

Dr. Sayam Thaiudom, M.D.

26+ years of experience · Stomach & digestion · Bangkok

Gastroenterologist with advanced endoscopy training at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Thai Subboard-certified in Gastroenterology since 2010.

Chuah Sai Wei

Stomach & digestion · Singapore

Dr Chuah Sai Wei is a gastroenterologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. Her clinical expertise covers a broad range of gastrointestinal and liver conditions, with subspecialty interests in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She routinely performs diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy. She was the former director of the IBD Centre at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Dr Chuah graduated from the University of Glasgow, UK and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, UK and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. She did an advanced fellowship training in gastroenterology in the area of IBD at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK. She was the co-chair of the executive committee for SGH’s Centre for Digestive and Liver Diseases. She was also on the SingHealth transition care workgroup and the vice-chair of the National Foundation of Digestive Diseases. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, and is regularly invited as a faculty and speaker at regional and international medical conferences. Besides her clinical work, Dr Chuah served on the core faculty for the SingHealth gastroenterology senior residency programme. She is a recipient of several awards including the Heart of Gold Award and the Service with a Heart awards.

Dr Chang Chiew Sinn

Dentistry · Penang

Orthodontist specialising in teeth alignment, bite correction, dentofacial orthodontics, and advanced orthodontic treatment planning.

Dr James EmmanuelMRCP (UK)

Stomach & digestion · Petaling Jaya

Consultant Gastroenterologist specialising in digestive and liver diseases with expertise in advanced endoscopy procedures.

Dr. Wan Shah Jihan Wan Din

Ear, nose & throat · Kota Bharu

Dr. Wan Shah Jihan Wan Din is a senior Consultant ENT Surgeon and Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat) Specialist practicing at KPJ Perdana Specialist Hospital in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Qualifications: M.B.B.S (Adelaide University Australia), M.Med. (ORL-HNS) (USM). Direct line: 09-745 8000 ext. 2107.