Aung Myint Oo

Biography

He is also a clinical senior lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and a clinical teacher at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Dr. Aung completed his basic and advanced surgical training in Singapore.  He was awarded Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship to undergo his fellowship training in advance minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal surgery at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea. He is a member of international societies for endo-laparoscopic surgeons and bariatric surgeons. He is currently the scientific chairman of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore. Dr. Aung is actively involved in both clinical research and teaching.  He was awarded Ministry of Health Healthcare Research Scholarship in 2013 to pursue Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) at National University of Singapore and he was conferred MCI in 2016.  He is currently an instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses.  He is also a core faculty/ faculty of the Surgical Residency programmes in Singapore.  He is also an e-tutor of MSc in Surgical Science, Edinburgh Surgical Science Qualifications, UK. 

Research Interest

Therapeutic Endoscopy, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery