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Dr Wong Wai Loong
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Specialty
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Languages
English
Gender
Male
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Experience
Dr Wong Wai Loong is an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.
His subspecialty is in gynae-oncology, and he is skilled in both laparoscopic and open surgeries for cancer and benign cases. He treats gynaecological cancers such as endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancers. He also treats benign conditions such as fibroids, ovarian cysts and endometrial polyps.
Before joining private practice, he was the head and senior consultant in the department of gynaecologic oncology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).
Dr Wong graduated from the National University of Ireland. He subsequently trained in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology and attained his specialist post-graduate degree conferred by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK and a master’s in Singapore. He received a Health Manpower Development Plan award for training in robotic gynae-oncologic surgery in the UK. He has been practising medicine for more than 20 years.
He was a clinical champion for the value-driven care workgroup for hysterectomy. He also established the enhanced recovery for gynae-onco patients and was involved in the introduction of the sentinel node biopsy for endometrial cancer.
He is currently the chairman of the section of gynaecological oncology at the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, and the vice-president of the Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore.
Dr Wong was an adjunct assistant professor at all the three medical schools in Singapore. He was also a member of the core faculty for the obstetrics and gynaecology residency programme at KKH.
He is an advocate for women’s health especially in the field of screening and cancer awareness. He has given numerous public talks on women’s cancer and prevention.
He is a recipient of several Singapore Health Service Quality awards and Service from the Heart awards.
Associated treatments
- Radical hysterectomy / Wertheim's hysterectomy lymphadenectomy
- Cone biopsy without use of laser for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
- Colposcopy with / without biopsy, endocervical curettage
- Ovarian cancer staging laparotomy / debulking surgery
- Uterine / endometrial cancer staging surgery
Awards and honours
- 2017
Singapore Health Service Quality Award (Star) - 2016
Service from the Heart Award - 2013
Singapore Health Service Quality Award (Silver)
Service from the Heart Award
Research & publications
Lim, Y. H., Chay, W. Y., & Wong, W. L. (2020). Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic: early response of a gynecologic oncology unit in Singapore. Journal of Gynecologic Oncology, 31(6).
Lim, Y. K., Ho, W. Y., Wong, W. L., Aggarwal, I., & Yam, K. L. (2019). A pilot study on the use of Indocyanine Green Near-Infrared technique for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early endometrial cancers in Singapore. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, 36(6), 319–324.
Lim, T. K., Lin, K. M., Wong, W., Aggarwal, I., & Yam, P. L. (2019). Surgical and oncological outcome of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy versus radical abdominal hysterectomy in early cervical cancer in Singapore. Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, 8(2), 53.
Wong, A., Kuick, C. H., Wong, W. L., Tham, J. M., Mansor, S., Loh, E., Jain, S., Vikas, N. N., Tan, S. H., Chan, S. H., Li, S. T., Chew, S. H., Hong, W., & Ngeow, J. (2015). Mutation spectrum of POLE and POLD1 mutations in South East Asian women presenting with grade 3 endometrioid endometrial carcinomas. Gynecologic Oncology, 141(1), 113–120.
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38 Irrawaddy Road #06-49
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
