Iau Philip

Biography

 Dr Philip Iau was born in Johore in 1965 and schooled in Singapore. He is married with three children and a dog. After obtaining his medical degree in Singapore in 1989, he completed his national service and started his surgical training with an interest in breast cancer. He worked as a clinical fellow in the Nottingham Breast Unit under Prof Roger Blamey, where he carried out his Phd thesis work in breast cancer genetics before returning to NUH and starting the breast cancer workgroup which he presently heads. Further training in sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer was carried out at the Netherlands Cancer Institute under Prof Emil Rutgers. Aside from a short spell as a locum consultant at the Nottingham Breast Unit, all his breast related work has been at the NUH. Dr Iau is also a fully trained trauma surgeon and heads the trauma workgroup at NUH as well. he completed a second clinical fellowship at the Johannesburg trauma Unit and has carried out various responsibilities as chief surgeon in the Singapore Armed Forces, with a tour of Afghanistan with NATO forces in 2010.

Research Interest

  Breast cancer genetic predisposition Sentinel node biopsy Breast cancer metastasis Trauma-related coagulopathy Multiple organ failure