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Stomach & digestion · Singapore

Dr Wong is a gastroenterologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Parkway East Hospital, and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. His specialises in reflux and swallowing disorders, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gut microbiota, chronic constipation and diarrhoea, as well as colon cancer screening. Dr Wong obtained his degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1998 and was in the public sector for 18 years. He is a fellow of both the Academy of Medicine (Singapore) and the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). Dr Wong is also among a handful of gastroenterologists from Asia to be conferred a fellowship by the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr Wong was awarded an MOH scholarship to pursue subspecialty training at the University of North Carolina Centre for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders, US. Upon his return to Singapore, he led the functional gastroenterology service and established novel treatment approaches to IBS. As senior consultant and clinical director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory, Dr Wong introduced new motility and reflux testing to Singapore, resulting in new insights into the diagnosis and management of oesophageal disorders. He serves as an adjunct associate professor at NUS and visiting consultant at NUH. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and is regularly invited as faculty to speak and chair sessions at international scientific meetings and workshops. His research has garnered awards and presented and cited at international conferences. Dr Wong sits on international oesophageal and anorectal diagnostic criteria workgroups, medical advisory boards and national committees. He also represents Asia on international committees drafting new guidelines for oesophageal and anorectal disorders. He regularly contributes media articles and shares about gut health on radio and television. He was the president of the IBS Support Group (Singapore) and remains its advisor.

Conditions treated

Functional GI Disorders · Esophageal Motility Testing

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Wong Chun Pong (Cliff)

Heart · Singapore

Dr Cliff Wong is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. His clinical expertise lies in cardiomyopathy, heart failure, valvular heart diseases, and cardio-oncology. He is skilled in performing 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, pharmacological and exercise stress echocardiography. Dr Wong was formerly a senior consultant and lead for cardiac rehabilitation at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong. He attained his membership of the Royal College of Physicians and underwent further training in cardiology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan Award and pursued his training in advanced cardiac imaging at the Cleveland Clinic, USA. He obtained his board certification in echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography, USA and cardiovascular computed tomography by the Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, USA. He is also a certified cardiac rehabilitation professional by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, USA. He started the streamline management of young stroke patients from the point of screening by transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography to the arrangement of closure of Patent foramen ovale (a hole between the left and right atria of the heart) at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. He was also involved in the cardio-oncology echocardiographic service there. He actively teaches and was the core clinical faculty member of the cardiology senior residency programme at the National Healthcare Group, as well as a member of the cardiology resident advisory committee under the Ministry of Health. Dr Wong was also active in research which he published numerous peer-reviewed articles in international journals and authored a book chapter. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. In recognition of his numerous publications and contributions towards the advancement in echocardiography, he was awarded the fellowship of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Conditions treated

Heart Failure · Cardiac Imaging

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Ahmad Mohammed TauqeerMRCP (UK)

Brain & nerves · Singapore

Dr Mohammad Tauqeer Ahmad is a neurologist practising at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He has a special interest in strokes, epilepsy movement disorders and neuroimmunology. He has experience in treating strokes with neuro-intervention. Dr Ahmad graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India and later became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London. He pursued his masters in internal medicine in National University of Singapore (NUS) and received his fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK. Furthermore, he has a fellowship from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in neurology and internal medicine, as well as membership of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. After completing his residency from AMU, he joined Singapore General Hospital (SGH) as a medical officer and worked in multiple departments such as internal medicine, haematology, cardiology and neurology. He then moved on to become a registrar at the National Neuroscience Institute (SGH) and completed his basic and advanced training at SGH. He was also a clinical tutor at NUS’ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Dr Ahmad is actively involved in post-graduate and undergraduate medical training, as well as in imparting knowledge to allied healthcare workers and the public. He is an active participant in local committees and a reviewer to many peer-reviewed journals related to neurology. He has also published papers in journals such as Movement Disorders and the Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. He has also participated in many media interviews and public awareness programmes to share his experience and knowledge with the local public on his expertise in stroke management and neurology in general. Throughout his medical career, Dr Ahmad has achieved many awards and recognition for his work in the medical landscape in Singapore, such as the Best Medical Officer Award (SGH), Service Quality Partners Award

Conditions treated

Stroke Intervention · Epilepsy Management

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John Law Lik Muk

Lungs & breathing · Singapore

Dr John Law is a respiratory physician practising at Gleneagles Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. His clinical expertise includes the management of critical care conditions that are life-threatening and the treatment of chronic lung diseases, such as asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer and lung infection. Dr Law completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2002 and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 2008. He then pursued specialty training and was accredited by the Specialists Accreditation Board as a specialist in respiratory medicine and intensive care medicine. Dr Law was formerly a consultant at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Changi General Hospital (CGH). He was also a core faculty member in the SingHealth internal medicine residency program. Aside from clinical work, Dr Law was an adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and a clinical lecturer in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. Dr Law is currently a board member of the Chapter of Respiratory Physicians at the Academy Medicine of Singapore.

Conditions treated

Critical Care Medicine · Chronic Lung Disease

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Kim Guowei

General surgery · Singapore

Dr Kim Guowei is a general surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He has special interests in upper gastrointestinal surgery (including oesophageal and gastric cancer), metabolic and bariatric surgery, minimally invasive (single incision) surgery, robotic surgery, and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. He is also proficient in anti-reflux, hernia and gallbladder surgery. Before moving into private practice, Dr Kim was a senior consultant at National University Hospital (NUH), National University Cancer Institute, Singapore and Alexandra Hospital. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He spent a year at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea, for his clinical and research fellowship, mastering laparoscopic and robotic surgery for gastric cancer. Dr Kim has a strong interest in innovation in surgery, embracing technology such as artificial intelligence and robotics to improve existing techniques and help patient outcomes. He also is an early adopter of new techniques, being part of the team that performed the first pressurised intraperitoneal aerosolised chemotherapy (PIPAC) procedure in Asia, conducting several first-in-the-world trials on PIPAC, and also being the first in the region to successfully perform mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy for patients in whom conventional esophagectomy approaches were not feasible. He has also recently performed the first endoscopic full thickness resection for submucosal tumours of the stomach and the first endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for bariatric patients at NUH. He was a clinical lecturer for the department of surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, before being appointed an assistant professor. He has been involved in postgraduate education and was the programme director of the National University Health System’s general surgery residency programme. Dr Kim has authored more than 50 papers and has also served as an instructor at local and regional endoscopic and surgical workshops, and has been invited to speak at international conferences on robotic surgery, artificial intelligence in upper gastrointestinal surgery, and on surgical innovation and techniques. He is a reviewer for several journals including the Annals of Surgical Oncology and Obesity Surgery. He currently serves as president-elect, executive committee of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore, the upper gastrointestinal lead and board member of the Robotic Surgery Society of Singapore, and the national coordinator for The Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons Society. He is also a member of the Singapore Medical Association, and Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia Society. Dr Kim also has a passion for cancer survivorship, helping to organise and facilitate the upper gastrointestinal support group at NUH. He is a recipient of the Alexandra Hospital’s Esprit de Corps Award and the COVID-19 Resilience Medal.

Conditions treated

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer · Metabolic Bariatric Surgery

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Kam Li Wei Michelle

Lungs & breathing · Singapore

Dr Michelle Kam is a pulmonologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. She specialises in respiratory medicine and treats conditions including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis and chronic cough. She also performs procedures including bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound. Her clinical interests are in interstitial lung disease and rare lung diseases. She completed a subspecialty fellowship in interstitial lung disease and orphan lung diseases at National Jewish Health, a leading respiratory centre in the USA, with one of the largest and most established interstitial lung disease programs in the nation. During her fellowship, she also received training in sarcoidosis and granulomatous lung disease, orphan and cystic lung disease (e.g. lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Birt-Hogg Dube Syndrome, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis), childhood interstitial lung disease and pulmonary genetics. Prior to entering private practice, Dr Kam served as the associate director of a hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia treatment centre and established a cystic lung disease clinic. She was involved in multidisciplinary care for immunotherapy-related toxicities and participated in combined respiratory and rheumatology clinics. She currently serves as the deputy head of the Interstitial Lung Disease Assembly at the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Dr Kam has received various awards, including the Class of 1975 Book Prize, SingHealth Best House Officer Award, and Service with a Heart Award. More recently, she received the inaugural Singapore Thoracic Society Young Investigator’s Award in 2022, as well as the 2025 ATS-APSR Travel Award. She is well-published in international peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker and faculty member at local, regional and international conferences.

Conditions treated

Interstitial Lung Disease · Rare Lung Conditions

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Lau Leok Lim

Bones & joints · Singapore

Dr Lau Leok Lim is an orthopaedic surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He has a special interest in paediatric spine. He is also skilled in both the operative and non-operative care of spinal conditions that span a wide spectrum of pathologies across all age groups. Prior to joining private practice, Dr Lau was a senior consultant in the department of orthopaedic surgery at the National University Hospital. He graduated from the University of Dublin, Ireland. He has more than 20 years’ experience practising medicine. One of his achievements is the decade-long scoliosis project to reduce surgical eligible rates in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis where he was a project director. He worked with a team of experts and achieved their goal via a multi-pronged approach including the use of smart braces. Dr Lau has modernised the care of spinal conditions in children by pioneering advanced techniques such as anterior-release followed by chair-based halo-gravity traction for patients with the most severe scoliosis. He embraces technology such as vertebral-body tethering, robotic surgery, endoscopic deformity correction surgery and 3-D printing. He is the earliest spine surgeon who is also clinical fellowship-trained in paediatric spine surgery at an ACGME accredited site. He is also the earliest doctor in Asia to do The Tether – vertebral body tethering and the earliest surgeon in Singapore to use Mazor X scan and Plan Workflow Robotic system. He was invited to pen the foreword in a book entitled ‘Embrace’, written by his patient who underwent scoliosis surgery. The book details her journey through scoliosis and aims to encourage other patients in similar predicaments. He presents regularly at national and international medical conferences. He also volunteers his expertise at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance of Singapore. He was the treasurer of the Singapore Spine Society and a current member of the Scoliosis Interest Group, Asia Pacific Spine Society. Dr Lau is a recipient of several Long Service Awards.

Conditions treated

Paediatric Spine Surgery · Scoliosis Treatment

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Lim Ee-Lin, Sheri (Lin Yiling, Sheri)PHD

Women's health · Singapore

Dr Sheri Lim is an obstetrician and gynaecologist (OBGYN) at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. She treats a variety of conditions including pregnancy and postnatal care, contraception, sexual health, women’s wellness, endometriosis, endometrial polyps, cervical polyps and ovarian cysts, fibroids, fertility and pap smear screening, intrauterine contraceptive device, menopause, menstrual disorders/abnormal vaginal bleeding, polycystic ovarian syndrome and abnormal vaginal discharge. Her focus is primarily on obstetrics, which has allowed her to walk alongside mothers and their families through different seasons of life. Prior to joining private practice, Dr Lim was a consultant OBGYN at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, where she worked for over a decade. She graduated from the Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, UK. She worked in the UK National Health Service for 8 years including as a clinical research fellow at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in London, earning a PhD in reproductive medicine in preterm labour at the Institute of Reproductive Development and Biology. She then obtained her postgraduate qualification from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, UK. She headed to Hong Kong and worked at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital assisting the leadership with implementing innovative quality health clinical set-ups such as a stem cell laboratory, while lecturing at the University of Hong Kong. Dr Lim has published in various scientific journals and has presented papers in medical conferences in Singapore and internationally. Her passion however lies in education. She held senior teaching appointments in Yong Loo Lin, Lee Kong Chian and Duke-NUS Medical School as a clinical assistant professor and deputy vice-chair for the OBGYN Academic Clinical Program for undergraduate education. She was also a physician faculty lead for family medicine doctors appointed by OBGYN ACP where she worked closely with family medicine doctors who were undergoing OBGYN training. She is keen to share her knowledge to empower and educate women to promote and protect their health for tomorrow. Dr Lim has received numerous awards including several Singapore Health Quality Service Awards.

Conditions treated

Preterm Labour Management · High-Risk Obstetrics

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Khoo Zhi Lin Deanna

Heart · Singapore

Dr Deanna Khoo is a cardiologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. Her subspecialty is interventional cardiology. She was previously a consultant cardiologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). She remains a visiting consultant there. Dr Khoo graduated from the Imperial College School of Medicine, UK. She worked for a year in the North West London Health Trust before returning to Singapore. She completed her internal medicine training and was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. She then went on to complete her advanced specialist training in cardiology at TTSH, where she subsequently completed her fellowship training in interventional cardiology. While at the hospital, Dr Khoo cared for a large number of outpatient and inpatient general cardiology patients, and performed many coronary angiographies and percutaneous coronary interventions predominantly via the radial approach. Additionally, she has performed complex percutaneous coronary interventions involving left main stenting, bifurcation stenting and treating calcified coronary arteries with atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy. Since 2015, she has performed more than 1,000 angioplasties. She is a strong believer in intracoronary physiology assessments as well as utilising intracoronary imaging with intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography to perform her interventions. She is experienced in performing interventions with both the latest drug-eluting stents and drug-eluting balloons. She is part of the STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) service that delivers round-the-clock interventions for acute myocardial infarction patients. She was also part of the pioneering team in Singapore that first performed Impella-assisted intervention, robotic-assisted angioplasty and use of the lighting flash system for the management of pulmonary embolism. Dr Khoo also has an interest in echocardiography having obtained the ASCeXAM Testamur certification in adult echocardiography and is accredited in performing stress echocardiography. She was a clinical tutor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. Dr Khoo has been involved in research and was the principal investigator in multiple international and local trials related to thrombus management, acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary intervention. She has also been invited as faculty and panelist for several cardiology conferences and scientific meetings. Dr Khoo is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and the European Society of Cardiology. She has served on the executive committee for the Singapore Cardiac Society.

Conditions treated

Interventional Cardiology · Complex Coronary Interventions

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Lau Pang Cheng David

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Dr David Lau is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon currently practising at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. His main subspecialty interests are in nasal allergies and sinus disorders. Dr Lau has 30 years of experience in ENT in the UK, Canada and Singapore. Dr Lau has a substantial body of local and international experience, on-going academic and scientific work. He received his early surgical training in the United Kingdom, working in hospitals such as St Mary’s Hospital in London, the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and the prestigious Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. He received his Fellowship in Otolaryngology from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996. Dr David Lau subsequently undertook a fellowship in Laryngology and Voice Disorders at the University of British Columbia, Canada from 2000 to 2002 under the tutelage of world-leading laryngologist, Professor Murray Morrison. His time in Vancouver culminated in a Master of Surgery degree from the University of British Columbia in 2002. Dr David Lau returned to Singapore and established the Voice Clinic at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He is internationally recognised as one of the region’s foremost laryngologists. He directed the first SGH ENT Laser Workshops in 2008 and 2012, first Trans-nasal Esophagoscopy Workshop in 2008, and Workshop on Multidisciplinary Management of Dysphagia & Swallowing in 2010, alongside many other workshops and seminars for GPs and other ENT specialists. Dr Lau has presented numerous research papers at local, regional and international otolaryngology conferences, and has won several awards for his clinical and research work, including at the notable COSM meeting in the USA. He is also widely-published in numerous publications and journals including the Laryngoscope, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Clinical Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck. He was senior clinical lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine He is also currently on the examining board of the Master of Medicine and Academy of Medicine Otolaryngology examinations and continues with cross-disciplinary research and teaching. Dr Lau has two main subspecialty interest areas – nasal allergy and sinus disorders. Dr Lau studied the techniques of endoscopic sinus surgery under pioneer Prof Heinz Stammberger early in his ENT career and worked with one of the early movers of endoscopic sinus surgery in the United Kingdom, Dr Robin Youngs. In Singapore, he trained under internationally renowned endoscopic sinus surgeon Professor DS Sethi at the Singapore General Hospital. He has published on clinical aspects of sinus disorders and co-directed a number of sinus surgery courses. He is also responsible for setting up the ENT allergy service at SGH. Dr Lau has practiced endoscopic sinus surgery for many years including revision surgery, image guidance surgery and more recently minimally invasive balloon sinuplasty. Dr Lau treats ear, nose and throat disorders in adults and children. He has accumulated many years of experience in the management of a broad range of ENT conditions including nasal allergy, nasal polyps, sinus disorders, nasopharyngeal cancer screening, snoring and sleep apnoea, hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness, acute & chronic ear disease, neck lumps including thyroid nodules and salivary gland disorders, and multi-disciplinary management of head and neck cancers. Dr David Lau treats the spectrum of diagnosis and management of disorders of the throat, larynx, voice and swallowing, including sore throat, tonsillitis, chronic cough, globus pharyngeus, chronic laryngitis, irritable larynx, hoarseness, professional and performing voice, swallowing problems, breathing difficulties, early cancers of the voice box requiring laser surgery, surgical and non-surgical management of dysphagia, and tracheostomy management. He is skilled in the field of voice surgery including office-based laryngeal surgery, use of botulinum toxin in the larynx, office-based and surgical treatment of vocal fold paralysis, and microsurgery & laser surgery of the larynx.

Conditions treated

Voice & Larynx Disorders · Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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Ling Zhixing Marcus

Bones & joints · Singapore

Dr Marcus Ling is an orthopaedic surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. His clinical interest is spine surgery, with a special focus on minimally invasive surgery (keyhole surgery), endoscopic surgery and motion preserving disc replacement surgery. The spinal conditions he treats include degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis/spondylolisthesis, herniated disc (slipped disc), degenerative cervical myelopathy/radiculopathy, osteoporotic vertebral fractures and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. He also treats a wide range of general orthopaedic conditions including fractures and degenerative joints. He was previously a senior consultant in the department of orthopaedic surgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He was also the director of clinical services of the SingHealth Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Spine Centre. Dr Ling graduated from NUS. He subsequently went on to complete his training in orthopaedic surgery and was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. Upon receiving the Health Manpower Development Plan award, he went on to work as a fellow at the University of Miami, USA. During his fellowship, he was trained in complex spinal deformity surgery and advanced minimally invasive techniques such as awake endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (EndoLIF®) surgery. In 2024, he introduced EndoLIF® surgery in Singapore. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. Besides his clinical work, he is also active in research and teaching. Dr Ling was also a clinical lecturer at the faculty of medicine, NUS. Dr Ling was a recipient of the Service with a Heart Award at SGH.

Conditions treated

Endoscopic Spine Surgery · Spinal Deformity

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Lingaraj Krishna

Bones & joints · Singapore

Dr Lingaraj Krishna is an orthopaedic surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He subspecialises in the field of knee and hip surgery, as well as orthopaedic sports medicine. He has practised medicine for more than 20 years and manages a wide range of orthopaedic conditions. He also has special interests in sports-related knee surgery, knee ligament reconstruction surgery, hip and knee joint replacement surgery, as well as revision joint surgery. He is currently a senior consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery Partners – a private practice at Gleneagles Hospital. He also serves as a visiting consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the National University Hospital (NUH). Dr Lingaraj was previously the head of the Division of Sports Medicine and Surgery at NUH from 2014 – 2020. He was also the founding director of the NUH Sports Centre from 2016 – 2020. Dr Lingaraj served on the Executive Board of Sport Singapore, the national governing body for sport in Singapore from 2016 – 2020. He currently serves on the Civil Aviation Medical Board and represents Singapore on the boards of the ASEAN Society for Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy (ASSA), the Asia-Pacific Knee Society (APKS), and the Asian Knee Arthroscopy Think-Tank (AKAT). He also serves in the membership committee of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has been involved in more than 70 conference presentations. Dr Lingaraj is also a sports enthusiast and a former competitive squash player.

Conditions treated

Knee Ligament Reconstruction · Hip and Knee Replacement

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Lau Pang Cheng David

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Conditions treated

Voice & Larynx Disorders · Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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