Dr Toh Bin Chet

Dr Toh Bin Chet is a general surgeon at Thomson Surgical Centre, Singapore.

His subspecialties are upper gastrointestinal surgery, bariatric weight loss and metabolic endoscopic surgery, and advanced endoscopy. He treats general surgical conditions, hernias, gallbladder stones, gastroesophageal reflux, upper gastrointestinal cancer, and bariatric metabolic disorders. He is skilled in minimally invasive surgery and advanced endoscopy including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with stenting/spyglass.

Dr Toh was part of the team of specialists who set up the general surgery, upper gastrointestinal, and bariatric services at Sengkang General Hospital and is still a visiting consultant there.

He graduated from the University of Dundee, UK and later became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan award and completed his clinical fellowship at Cambridge University Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK. He also completed a surgical clinical observership at the University of Strasbourg, France.

Prior to his overseas fellowship, he had a 2-year clinical fellowship experience in advanced minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal and bariatric metabolic surgery at Singapore General Hospital, National University Hospital, and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. In addition, he furthered his surgical skills through masterclasses at the National Cancer Centre, South Korea for gastric cancer, Gemelli University Hospital, Italy for bariatric endoscopic procedures, and Bangkok Rajavithi Hospital, Thailand for advanced endoscopy and ERCP.

Besides his clinical works, Dr Toh was a clinical assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, adjunct lecturer at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and clinical lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is also an instructor for the Advanced Trauma Life Support course under the American College of Surgeons.

He is also active in research and has authored several scientific publications as well as presenting frequently at international surgical conferences. He was previously the honorary treasurer and executive member of The Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore. He is also a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.

Key Achievements

• One of the earliest bariatric surgeons trained in both bariatric endoscopy and minimally invasive laparoscopic bariatric metabolic surgery in Singapore.
• Part of the team of specialists who set up the general surgery, upper gastrointestinal, and bariatric services at Sengkang General Hospital