Bio
Professor Ooi is a senior surgical oncologist with specialisation in hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HPB) cancers. He started as a general surgeon with FRCSEd and FRCSG and exit certification in General Surgery before receiving advanced training in HPB surgery and liver transplantation as Senior Fellow in Australia. He was instrumental in establishing the combined HPB service at SGH and NCCS which now has become the Department of Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery. He has a Doctorate in Medicine (MD) based on his work on liver cancer (HCC) and is involved extensively in various aspects of liver cancer research and clinical trials. He has trained many HPB surgeons in the region. He was also previously Chair of Surgery SGH, Deputy Director National Cancer Centre, inaugural Chair of Surgery ACP at SingHealth and founding Director SingHealth Transplant as well as being a pioneer at Duke-NUS.
He has won numerous awards including the Yahya Cohen Award (1998), PB Desai-UICC Silver Jubillee Oration (2007), Asian Surgical Association Lecture (2012), SingHealth Excellence Awards, Visionary Leader Award (2012), Arthur Li Oration (2014), Honorary Fellowship College of Surgeons of Hong Kong (2014), MOH Long Service Medal (2014), Asian Surgical Association Lecture (2015), National Outstanding Clinician Mentor, MOH National Medical Excellence Awards (2019), MOH Distinguished Senior Clinician Award (2020), Duke-NUS Master Academic Clinician Award (2023).
Education
Doctor of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Glasgow
Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore