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Dr Chan Chung Yip

Surgery

Surgery - Gallbladder, Liver & Pancreas Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery - Laparoscopic and Robotic

Area(s) of Care

Adults

Surgery

Yes

Insurance Panels

Prudential, Singlife, Great Eastern, HSBC Life, Income, AIA (Goldmax)

Languages

English, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin

Qualifications

MBBS (Singapore) 1997, M Med (Surg) (Singapore) 2002, MD (Singapore) 2007, FRCS (Gen Surg) (United Kingdom) 2007

Dr Chan Chung Yip

Get to know more about the expert

Dr Chan Chung Yip is a senior consultant surgeon at Nexus Surgical Associates, in Thomson.

An accredited general surgeon, Dr Chan specialises in Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery, with a subspecialty interest in liver, bile duct and pancreas surgery, and liver transplant.

Graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at National University of Singapore in 1997, Dr Chan completed specialty training in General Surgery in 2006, and obtained his Doctorate of Medicine for benchtop research in pancreatic cancer in 2007. He did clinical fellowships in Taiwan and South Korea for sub-specialty training in liver transplant, and laparoscopic liver and pancreas surgery respectively.

He was the lead surgeon in the donor surgery for the living donor liver transplant program in SGH. Since 2019, the donor surgeries have been performed laparoscopically by Dr Chan and his team. He was awarded the Singhealth GCEO Outstanding Clinician Award, and also the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) at the National Day Awards in 2021.

Dr Chan has a passion for minimally invasive surgery of the liver and pancreas, while being a pioneer of laparoscopic HPB surgery in Singapore, keenly involved in developing laparoscopic HPB surgery in Singapore.

Dr Chan Chung Yip is accredited to perform surgical procedures at Thomson Medical Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Parkway East Hospital, and Mount Alvernia Hospital.