Dr Tay Khoon Hean is a general surgeon currently practicing at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in treating liver, pancreas, gall bladder and bile duct diseases, with a focus on minimally invasive surgery for gall bladder removal. Dr Tay’s areas of expertise are in advanced laparoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) surgery and surgery of the liver, pancreas, gall bladder and bile duct, with particular emphasis on difficult gallbladder and bile duct operations, laparoscopic Nissen’s fundoplication, lap banding for obesity, and major liver resection utilising the French techniques. He also uses the latest techniques in pancreas resectional operations – the pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD) for pancreas cancers. Conditions that Dr Tay treats include gall bladder cancer, liver cancer, and other general hepatobiliary diseases that affect the liver, pancreas, gall bladder and bile duct.
