Asst Prof Toh Bin Chet

Dr Toh Bin Chet is a Consultant in the Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Metabolic Surgical Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital. He graduated with commendation from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom and completed his general surgery training under NHG-AHPL residency program which was accredited by the ACGME-I (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International). He went to Cambridge University Addenbrookes Hospital, United Kingdom for his clinical fellowship and has been subspecializing in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology (Gastric and Oesophageal Cancer), Bariatric Metabolic surgery, Minimally Invasive surgery, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy and ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography).

Prior to Cambridge UK Fellowship, he has completed two-year fellowship in advanced minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal tract and bariatric metabolic surgery in SGH (Singapore General Hospital), NUH (National University Hospital) and TTSH (Tan Tock Seng Hospital), Singapore.

With a keen interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and education, Dr Toh holds appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Adjunct Lecturer in Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technology University and Clinical Lecturer for Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Dr Toh is the Co-educational lead in General Surgery for Duke-NUS Medical School in SKH (Sengkang General Hospital) and appointed as physician faculty for SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme. He is also an instructor for ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) course under American College of Surgeons.

Dr Toh is active in research and has authored several scientific publications as well as presenting frequently at international surgical conferences. He is also member of The Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS) and was elected as Honorary Auditor in 2017. With his special interest in bariatric metabolic surgery, he was also offered as member of IFSO (International Federation for The Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders).

• MBChB (Dundee)
• MRCS (Edin)
• M Med (Surg)
• FRCS (Edin)
• FAMS (S'pore)
  

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
• Physician Faculty Member, Singhealth General Surgery Residency Programme
• Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), American College of Surgeons
• Specialist in General Surgery, Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore
• Fellow, Fellowship of Academic of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS)
• Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeon, Edinburgh (FRCS)
• Member, The Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS)
• Member of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorder
• Member of United Kingdom General Medicine Council

• Ministry of Health, Singapore HMDP (Health Manpower Development Plan) Award FY2019 
• MOH 10 years Long Service Award, 2019
• Invited speaker for Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society Congress in Tokyo, Japan. (2018)
• Best Video Oral Presentation Award in 23rd EAES Congress (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques), Bucharest, Romania (2015)
• MOHH Overseas Conference sponsorships to New York, United States (2015); Seoul, Korea (2014); Helsinki, Finland (2013) and Vienna, Austria (2011).
• NHG-AHPL Residency Overseas Conference sponsorships to Manila, Phillippine (2012) and Bangkok, Thailand (2011).

• A Seasonal Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in South East Asia. Sheng Hao Lim and Bin Chet Toh. ANZ J Surg. 2020.

• Kamikawa Double-Flap Reconstruction Following Minimally Invasive Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy. DK Chia, Guowei K, HS Chang, Bin Chet Toh, JB So, A Shabbir. Ann Thorac Surg 2019.
  
• Unusual cause of smal bowel intstinal obstruction. Bin Chet Toh, LS Soh and MH Chew ANZ J Surg. 2019.

• Unusual case of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding in a young woman. Bin Chet Toh, MH Chew and BKT Tan. ANZ J Surg. 2019.

• Laparoscopic D2 total gastrectomy and en-mass splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy for locally advanced proximal gastric cancer.  Bin Chet Toh and Jaideepraj Rao. Surg Endoscopy 2017.
  
• Clinical outcomes of Modified Minimally Invasive Approach and De-rotation of Symptomatic Chronic Gastric Volvulus - A tertiary centre experience.  Bin Chet Toh, Timothy Teo and Jaideepraj Rao. International Journal of Surgery Open 2017.
  
• The incidence of clinically significant venous thromboembolism in an Asian population after major hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.  Bin Chet Toh, Tony CY Pang et al. Int J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis 2015;5:61-66.
  
• Gloved Appendectomy Performed With a Gloved Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Technique Versus Conventional Multiport Laparoscopic Technique.  Bin Chet Toh and Quor Meng Leong. CRSLS 2014.
  
• 5-Years Long-term Clinical Outcome after Bariatric Surgery - A Multi-ethnic Asian Population in Singapore.  Bin Chet Toh, WH Chan, AKH Eng, EKW Lim, CH Lim, KW Tham, Fook-Chong S, JTH Tan. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Feb 20.