MBBS (Singapore), M.Med(Surgery), FRCS (Edin), FAMS (Surgery)
Senior Consultant Surgeon, Nexus Surgical Associates
Clinical Director, Nexus Surgical Cancer Centre
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Member, Singapore Medical Association
Member, Medical Alumni Association of Singapore
Member, Singapore Society of Oncology
Member, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
Member, Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumour Society
Member, Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
Member, Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Member, International College of Surgeons, Chicago
Member, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Member, New York Academy of Sciences, USA
Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Alumni
Member, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, USA
Member, European Neuroendocrine Tumours Society
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Dr Liau is an accredited surgeon with many years of experience in diagnosing and treating liver, gallbladder and pancreatic cancers and disorders. His other clinical expertise includes cancer surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, surgical infections, laparoscopic surgery and endoscopy. Dr Liau graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1994 and obtained his postgraduate surgical degree in 1998. The same year, he was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. Subsequently, he received his further training in cancer management at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA in 2002. When he returned to Singapore in 2003, he was conferred Fellowships by Academy of Medicine (Singapore) and International College of Surgeons (USA).
Prior to establishing his private practice, Dr Liau was the Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit in the Department of General Surgery from 2004 to 2010. He was the Deputy Head of Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital from 2008 to 2010 and council member of Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association from 2005 – 2011. Currently, Dr Liau serves in the council of the College of Surgeons, Singapore and is a member of the Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract (SSAT) and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). Dr Liau has a keen interest in the care of patients with neuroendocrine tumours (carcinoids) and he serves in the executive committee of the Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (CNETs).
Beneath the youthful and cheerful disposition which Dr Liau is commonly known to his patients, he is a professional, confident and efficient surgeon who has a proven clinical track records. Dr Liau, an ASEAN Scholarship awardee, was the recipient of the 2008 and 2009 Star Excellent Service Awards. In 2009, the Singapore Public Service honoured Dr Liau with PS21 Star Service Award for having gone beyond the call of duty to deliver excellent service to his patients. In recognition to his service to Emirate patients, he was also presented with the Embassy of United Arab Emirates Medal.
EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIP
Dr Liau graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1994. He completed his specialty training in General Surgery in 2002 having obtained the qualifications of FRCS (Edin) and M.Med (Surgery) along the way.
He was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, in 2003.
Clinical Fellowship – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Surgical Oncology
New York, USA
2003
Traveling Fellowship – Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Organ Transplantation
New York, USA
2003
SPECIALTY INTERESTS
- Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery & Oncology (Liver, Gallbladder, Bile Duct & Pancreas Cancers & Disorders)
- Laparoscopic Surgery (Keyhole Surgery)
- Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)
- Neuroendocrine Oncology (NET & Carcinoids Cancer)
- Soft Tissue Tumours & Sarcoma
- Digestive & Gastrointestinal Surgery & Oncology
- Gallstones, Liver Stones, Bile Duct Stones & Pancreas Stones
- Endoscopy (Diagnostic & Therapeutic)
- Surgical Infections & Surgical Site Infection
CLINICS
Nexus Surgical Associates
3 Mount Elizabeth,
#08-06 Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
Singapore 228510
Tel : (65) 6235 8633
Fax : (65) 6235 5675