Dr LOOK CHEE MENG MELVIN

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))