Assoc Prof Chan Chung Yip

Dr Chan Chung Yip is a senior consultant surgeon and is the current head of department. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore in 1997. He completed his training in General Surgery in 2006 and received further training in liver surgery and transplantation in Kaohsiung, Taiwan as well as in laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in Seoul, Korea. He is a pioneer in laparoscopic surgery of the liver, pancreas and bile duct in Singapore, and is a leader in its adoption amongst other surgeons in the country and region. He is a MOH-gazetted liver transplant surgeon, and is a lead surgeon of the living donor liver transplant program in the hospital.

• Clinical fellowship, Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea
• Clinical fellowship, Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Centre, Taiwan
• Doctorate in Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Advanced Specialist Training (General Surgery), Ministry of Health, Singapore
• Basic Specialist Training (General Surgery), Ministry of Health, Singapore
• MBBS, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

• Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• ​President, HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association of Singapore
• Member, Medical Board, Singapore General Hospital
• Member, Clinical Competency Committee, General Surgery Program, Singhealth Residency

• ​Outstanding faculty award academic year 2014/2015, Singhealth Residency
• Service with a heart, SGH service quality award 2014
• Outstanding faculty award academic year 2012/2013, Singhealth Residency

• ​Over 50 PubMed indexed papers
• Research interest: Clinical and translational research in liver and pancreatic cancers, minimally invasive surgery of the liver, pancreas and bile duct