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Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and
Chair, University Medicine Cluster, NUHS
Head, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Chief, Department of Medicine, NUH
Clinical Director, Endoscopy Centre, NUH |
Professor Lawrence Ho graduated with first class honours from the University of Sydney, and undertook his training in therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Since then, he has participated actively in endoscopic teaching, being an invited faculty and live case demonstrator at many international endoscopic workshops and meetings.
In 2011, he was conferred the honorary International Life Membership of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India to recognise his contribution to endoscopic training in India. His major research interest relates to innovative GI endoscopic technology. He has held 4 patents in endotech products. As co-inventor for the ground-breaking technology of the Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER), he was part of the team who developed the world's first flexible robotic endoscopy system, which was successfully used to perform endoscopic submucosal dissection in human patients in 2011.
Apart from medical technology research, Barrett's oesophagus is another of his research interests. In collaboration with Harvard University, the team has made important strides in the cloning of oesophageal stem cells from patients with Barrettâs oesophagus. This represents a fundamental breakthrough for understanding the nature of intestinal metaplasia and its role in the origins of upper GI cancers. In the pursuit of bringing together regional experts with collaborative research in Barrett's oesophagus and endoscopic ultrasound, Professor Ho assumes the leadership as current Chair of the Asian Barett's Consortium and the Asian Consortium in EUS respectively.
He has published more 130 SCI papers, more than 10 book chapters, and co-edited 2 books. His other academic achievements include being the Associate Editor of Digestive Endoscopy, and Editorial Board Members of Gut, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, World Journal of Gastroenterology, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, and Frontiers in Gastrointestinal Sciences
He was President of Gastroenterological Society of Singapore in 2005 to 2006. In 2010, he was conferred the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation Emerging Leadership lecturer in APDW.
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