Dr. Kan Yuk Man

General Surgery

Credentials	MB ChB (UK) 1993 FRCS (Edin) 1998 FRCS (Gensurg) 2007
Background	Dr Kan is a senior consultant surgeon who has an expertise in Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Surgical Oncology with a focus specifically on minimally invasive/keyhole surgery (MIS). With fellowships in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Brisbane, he gained hands-on experience at world-renowned centres for keyhole surgery for cancer. He remains at the forefront of surgical oncology and he is one of a few surgeons in this region who can successful use this keyhole approach for stomach and oesophageal cancers. This technique, though surgically very challenging with the need for significantly advance surgical skills, has led to a much faster recovery time, less lung complications (reduction of 30-40% risk of pneumonia), less pain and far fewer complications for all the patients operated this way. His formative training was in the field of Upper GI & Hepatobiliary surgery at Addenbrookes University Tertiary Surgical Unit, United Kingdom with over 5 years focusing on disease of the Upper GI tract. After completing his Specialist Surgical training in Cambridge, he devoted several years in international renowned units – The National Cancer Centre and The Cancer Institute (Tokyo, Japan), Prince of Wales Chinese University Hospital (Hong Kong) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, Australia) where he further developed and enhanced his expertise in the field of surgery for stomach and oesophageal cancers both for MIS and advance therapeutic endoscopy. The management of benign Upper GI conditions such as Barrett’s oesophagus, reflux/heartburn/gastritis or simple and complex hiatus hernia is also a focus of his experience and expertise. His other area of interest is bariatric/metabolic surgery for the overweight/obese patient which is now established as a treatment option for those who are diabetic and obese. He performed his first laparoscopic gastric bypass in 2002 and since then he continues to operated regularly on overweight patients (100kg to over 280kg in weight). He is regularly invited as a trainer on surgical workshops around the region for laparoscopic surgery in hernia and Upper GI surgery. As a passionate educator he has held many positions involving the training and the continuing education of junior surgeons. He has presented numerous talks at medical conferences throughout the world (USA, UK, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand).
Achievements	NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE & CANCER INSTITUTE, TOKYO 2008 – National AUGIS Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC CLINICAL FELLOW AT PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, HONG KONG 2008 – Cambridge Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 2009-2010 – Surgical Fellowship as Senior clinical fellow in Laparoscopic Surgical Oncology ALFRED’S HOSPITAL TRAUMA SERVICE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 2013 Health Manpower Development Plan Award Clinical lead in Trauma Service Ambassador award for patient care (4 consecutive years) Alexandra Hospital 2011-2014

Credentials

MB ChB (UK) 1993 FRCS (Edin) 1998 FRCS (Gensurg) 2007

Background

Dr Kan is a senior consultant surgeon who has an expertise in Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Surgical Oncology with a focus specifically on minimally invasive/keyhole surgery (MIS). With fellowships in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Brisbane, he gained hands-on experience at world-renowned centres for keyhole surgery for cancer. He remains at the forefront of surgical oncology and he is one of a few surgeons in this region who can successful use this keyhole approach for stomach and oesophageal cancers. This technique, though surgically very challenging with the need for significantly advance surgical skills, has led to a much faster recovery time, less lung complications (reduction of 30-40% risk of pneumonia), less pain and far fewer complications for all the patients operated this way.
His formative training was in the field of Upper GI & Hepatobiliary surgery at Addenbrookes University Tertiary Surgical Unit, United Kingdom with over 5 years focusing on disease of the Upper GI tract.
After completing his Specialist Surgical training in Cambridge, he devoted several years in international renowned units – The National Cancer Centre and The Cancer Institute (Tokyo, Japan), Prince of Wales Chinese University Hospital (Hong Kong) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, Australia) where he further developed and enhanced his expertise in the field of surgery for stomach and oesophageal cancers both for MIS and advance therapeutic endoscopy. The management of benign Upper GI conditions such as Barrett’s oesophagus, reflux/heartburn/gastritis or simple and complex hiatus hernia is also a focus of his experience and expertise.
His other area of interest is bariatric/metabolic surgery for the overweight/obese patient which is now established as a treatment option for those who are diabetic and obese. He performed his first laparoscopic gastric bypass in 2002 and since then he continues to operated regularly on overweight patients (100kg to over 280kg in weight).
He is regularly invited as a trainer on surgical workshops around the region for laparoscopic surgery in hernia and Upper GI surgery. As a passionate educator he has held many positions involving the training and the continuing education of junior surgeons. He has presented numerous talks at medical conferences throughout the world (USA, UK, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand).

Achievements

NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE & CANCER INSTITUTE, TOKYO 2008 – National AUGIS Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom
OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC CLINICAL FELLOW AT PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, HONG KONG 2008 – Cambridge Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 2009-2010 – Surgical Fellowship as Senior clinical fellow in Laparoscopic Surgical Oncology
ALFRED’S HOSPITAL TRAUMA SERVICE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 2013 Health Manpower Development Plan Award Clinical lead in Trauma
Service Ambassador award for patient care (4 consecutive years) Alexandra Hospital 2011-2014