Raj Jeyaraj Prema

Biography

Dr Jeyaraj Prema Raj is a General Surgeon practicing at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He is currently surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program in Mount Elizabeth Hospital and also a Senior Consultant, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic/Transplant Surgery surgeon in Singapore General Hospital. His practice includes specialized areas such as complex biliary reconstruction, surgery for Klatskin Tumors, major liver surgery requiring hepatic vascular isolation, porto-caval shunting and major pancreatic operations. Dr Prema Raj completed his MBBS from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and went on to do his Fellowship examinations in Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1987. He obtained a Masters in Surgery from NUS in 1987. From 1990 to 1992 he was awarded a HMDP (Health Manpower Development Plan) Scholarship, by the Ministry of Health Singapore, to train in Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery in France. From 1990 to 1991 he trained in Hospital Paul Brousse in Paris. From 1991 to 1992 he worked in Hospital Cochin in Paris. During this time he was involved in pioneering work in Reduced Size Liver Grafts and Split Liver Grafts for Liver Transplantation in adults and children.

Research Interest

- Complex biliary reconstruction - Surgery for Klatskin Tumors - Major liver surgery requiring hepatic vascular isolation - Porto-caval shunting and major pancreatic operationsGeneral surgical practice includes: - Surgery of the esophagus and stomach - Colorectal surgery - Laparoscopic surgery - Piles surgery - Gastric bypass surgery and bile duct surgery