Dr Pok Eng Hong

Procedure Focus:

• Anal Fistula Surgery
• Adrenal surgery
• Antireflux Surgery for GERD
• Colonoscopy
• Colorectal cancer
• Diabetic Surgery for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Thyroid Surgery
• Gastric surgery
• Hemorrhoid Surgery
• Intragastric Balloon for Weight Loss
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy & CBD Exploration
• Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
• Minimal Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer
• Upper GI Endoscopy (OGDS)
• Weight Loss / Bariatric Surgery

Condition Treated:

• Obesity
• Colorectal cancer 
• Esophageal cancer 
• Gallstone Disease 
• Gastric Cancer 
• Gastro-Esophageal Reflux (GERD) 
• Haemorrhoids 
• Hernias  
• Thyroid diseases 
• Trauma

Memberships & Associations:

• Academy of Medicine
• Malaysia Upper GI Society (MUGIS)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg
• Malaysia Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon Society, Treasurer
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA), Life Member,
• European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), Member
• THE PARENTERAL & ENTERAL NUTRITION SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA (PENSMA), Life Member

Post Graduate Qualification:

• Visiting surgical fellow, Memorial Sloan-Keterring Cancer Center, New York 2015
• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery fellowship (Taiwan), 2013
• Gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and advanced endoscopy fellow, National
• Cancer Centre, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
• Master of Surgery, UM (2009), UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA (UM)
• ECFMC certified (USA)
• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg

Clinical Training:

• General Surgery & Upper GI surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre
• Advanced endoscopy training, Esophageal & gastric surgery, National Cancer Centre, Japan
• Bariatric & Metabolic surgery, Asia-Pacific Endoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Centre, Min-Sheng Hospital, Taiwan
• Surgical Oncology (Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York USA)

Awards:

• Best Ethicon Prize: Efficacy Of Pre Operative Oral Carbohydrate Loading In Reducing Post Operative Nausea And Vomiting After Daycare Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Randomized Controlled Trial. A Pilot Study S Y Hoh, E H Pok, K F Chin, College of Surgeons Malaysia, 2013
• Best Oral Award: Revisional Surgery for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastectomy, The 11th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, 2013
• Live surgery: Laparoscopic Mini-gastric Bypass, A Training Workshop on Laparoscopic Metabolic Surgery, 11th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery (ELSA 2013), 2013
• Soudavar Memorial Fellowship, Surgical oncology, Memorial Sloan-Keterring Cancer Center, New York, USA, 2015
• MBSS, University of Malaya (UM) 

Media / Publications:

• From Fat to Fit
• 胃内置水球无创微麻醉 半年减12至15公斤 by Sin Chew Daily
• Pocketimes | 国外盛行减肥新招：胃内水球
• Aiding better diabetes management