Lau Peng Choong Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Dr Lau Peng Choong is a Consultant Upper GI, Bariatric and General Surgeon at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur and an Honorary Visiting Consultant Upper GI Surgeon to UMMC. He served as an Associate Professor and was Head of the Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery Unit at University of Malaya until August 2019. His subspecialty interest is in Upper Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery. His training includes a fellowship in Advanced Gastric Cancer Surgery in Seoul, South Korea plus he also did a year of clinical fellowship in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery in Coventry, United Kingdom under the sponsorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr Lau is the current Vice President of the Malaysian Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society (MUGIS) and also the Vice President 2 of the Malaysia Hernia Society(MHS). He helped pioneered the first POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy) service for achalasia in Malaysia with his gastroenterology colleagues in University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). He was an early adoptor of using flourescent imaging in surgery in Malaysia and routinely uses it during laparoscopic gallbladder surgery and minimally invasive cancer surgeries. Dr Lau has helped trained many young doctors as well as surgeons for the country while serving as a faculty member in University of Malaya. He is currently appointed as the National Upper GI Surgery Subspecialty Training Committee Board Member which governs the training of Upper GI Surgeon in the country. He also currently serves as the National Specialist Register (NSR) Speciality Subcommittee Evaluator for Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery in Malaysia.

22 September 2023 (Friday)

Time	Session

15:30 16:00	Video Masterclass: How I do It? 1 Chair: Yan Yang Wai Chairperson Michael Li Ka Wah Chairperson Rolf Hartung Chairperson Use of Bipolar in Hernia Repair Vimal K. Vasudeavan Speaker Progrip in TEP/TAPP - How I Do It. Lau Peng Choong Speaker Open preperitoneal, MOPP/TIPP, The Technique Step by Step Marc Soler Speaker Ballroom 1

23 September 2023 (Saturday)

Time	Session

08:30 09:30	Mini Video & Debate 1: Controversial Issue in Umbilical Hernia: Defect Size 4 - 5cm Hernia Chair: Lau Peng Choong Chairperson Davide Lomanto Chairperson Rajesh Khullar Chairperson Ventral TAPP George Yang Speaker Open IPOM Lee Kien Fatt Sean Speaker Open Repair Jose Macario Faylona Speaker Totally Extraperitoneal Approach (TEA) Binggen Li Speaker Minimal Open Preperitoneal Route for Small Ventral Hernia Defects Marc Soler Speaker IPOM Henry Chua Speaker Open Discussion Voting Room 8
10:40 12:00	Masterclass: How I do it? 2 Chair: Anil Sharma Chairperson Shailesh Adhikary Chairperson Takeyuki Misawa Chairperson e-TEP Down to up Approach Taketo Matsubara Speaker Endoscopic Interior Component Separation With IPOM Plus - How I Do It Lau Peng Choong Speaker SCOLA Rodrigo Galhego Speaker Why I Only Do Single Port TEP Soon Yuen Speaker LIRA Anil Sharma Speaker Clinical Research and Application of Domestic Chemical Medical Glue in Hernia Surgery Qin Changfu Speaker TEP With Triangulation Port - Answer for All Groin Hernias Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi Speaker Q&A Room 11 & 12