Dr Alfred Kow

Associate Consultant, Division of Hepatobilary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Surgical Cluster, NUHS

Dr Alfred Kow is a practicing surgeon at the National University Health System, Singapore and a Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. Dr Kow obtained his Master of Medicine (Surgery), Master of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland diplomas in 2005 and subsequently, completed his advanced surgical training in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. In 2009, he obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery) in Hong Kong. He received the funding from National University Health System in 2010 to undergo fellowship training in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgical oncology in Samsung Medical Center & Samsung Cancer Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. During his 1 year stay in Korea, he authored or co-authored 6 peer-reviewed journals. Presently, he is involved in managing and performing surgery for diseases related to the liver, pancreas and biliary system. He is also actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in the National University of Singapore and National University Health System.

Education and Fellowships

MBBS, M Med (Surgery), FRCSEd (Gen Surgery)

Specialty Interests

• Malignancies in liver, pancreas and bilary tree (including gallbladder)
• Liver transplantation (Deceased and living donor LT for hepatocellular carcinoma)

Awards and Honours

• Best Teacher Award, Junior Category, Division of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2007
• Top 10 Best Teacher in Division of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 2009 – 2010.
• Teaching Appreciation Award for Teacher’s Day 2008, Medical Student Society, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
• Top 10 Best Teacher’s Award, Teaching Appreciation Award for Teacher’s Day 2009, Medical Student Society, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
• Best Tutor Award 2010, Medical Student Society, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2009 to present
• Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 2005 to present
• Member, International Hepatopancreatobilary Association (IHPBA), 2007 to present
• Member, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), 2011
• Member, Singapore Medical Association, 2002 to present
• Member, Gastroenterology Society of Singapore, 2005 to present
• Member, Korean Surgical Society and Korean Hepatobilary and Pancreatic Surgery

Selected Publications

1. Striving for Better Operative Outcome: 101 Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Kow WCA, Chan SP, Earnest A, Chan CY, Lim K, Chong SY, Lim KH, Ho CK, Chew S P, Liau KH. HPB 2008; 10 (6): 464 – 471.
2. Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy – A Novel Technique in preservation of Pancreatic Parenchyma. Das De S, Kow WCA, Lim KH, Ho CK. ANZJS 2009; 79: 288 – 293
3. An Audit of AS23 laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is Singapore ready for Day-case Lap Cholecystectomy? Kow WCA, Tan EPA, Chan SP, Lee SF, Chan CY, Liau KH, Ho CK. HPB 2008; 10 (6): 433 – 438.
4. Outcome of A strategy in reducing surgical site infection in a tertiary hospital. Liau KH, Aung KT, Chua N, Chan CY, Ho CK, Kow AWC, Earnest A, Chia SJ,. Surgical Infection (Larchmt) 2010 Apr; 11(2): 151 – 9.
5. Starting a laparoscopic hepatectomy programme. Wang E, Kow AWC, Chan CY, Liau KH, Ho CK. Singapore Med Journal 2009; 50(4): 1—6.
6. Using Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopic Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Calculus in Hostile Abdomen. Kow AWC, Wang B, Wong D, Sundeep P J, Chan CY, Ho CK, Liau KH. The Surgeon, 2011; 9(2): 88 – 94.
7. Is Pancreaticoduodenectomy Justified in the elderly patients?” Kow WCA, Sadayan NA, Ernest A, Chong SY, Chan CY, Ho CK, Liau KH. The Surgeon 2011.