Malaysian doctor completes fellowship in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital.

Dr. Pok Eng-Hong from University of Malaya Medical Center in Malaysia has completed a six-month fellowship in laparoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital. Dr. Pok chose to come to Min-Sheng’s Asia-Pacific Endoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical center because its international fellowship program offers a tremendous opportunity to learn in a high-volume metabolic and bariatric surgical center, under Professor Lee Wei-Jei, a well known academic and specialist in the field.

 

 

 

Dr. Pok leaves very satisfied with the experience and claims that all his objectives for the fellowship were met. Not only was he exposed to, and got to develop his skills in a full range of bariatric surgical techniques, he also was introduced to new techniques like the trans-umbilical-two-sites technique that will have many applications in bariatric surgery. Dr. Pok was very impressed with the level of skills of the surgeons at Min-Sheng, a mastery that derives from the high number of cases that are treated at the Center every week.

 

For Dr. Pok it was also an opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary team for the Bariatric Center at Min-Sheng General Hospital adopts an approach to the treatment and management of obesity that involves surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, and dieticians. Moreover, the huge data base maintained at the Center allowed for a unique opportunity to study the long term effects of obesity surgery. As part of the academic component of his fellowship, Dr. Pok produced two papers that are awaiting publication, with two more in the pipeline. 

 

Although he often missed his family who stayed in Malaysia, Dr. Pok found the experience character building, and he is obliged to the wonderful Taiwanese hospitality. Dr. Pok is also full of praise for the way the fellowship program is organized from the time of application until the end.