Asian American Liver Centre (AALC) is one of Asia’s foremost liver centres dedicated to the treatment of all liver, pancreas and bile duct diseases in adults and children. Led by Dato’ Dr Tan Kai Chah, together with a multi-disciplinary team, AALC’s dedicated outpatient and inpatient facilities for local and international patients of all ages, for whom it provides comprehensive and seamless patient care. AALC has performed more than 250 Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) procedures to-dates, with consistently good clinical outcomes. AALC enjoy direct access to one of the world’s most widely recognised transplantation programmes through UPMC. With a proven track record, AALC is an important referral centre for treatment of acute liver failure and liver transplants. AALC also co-manages a dedicated liver ward and Intensive Care Unit, Parkway Asian Transplant Unit (PATU), at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore. PATU offers cutting-edge medical technologies and personalised medical treatment for patients who require critical care. The liver unit is one of the world’s top medical centres for liver failure patients pre-transplant.
Dr Lee Kang Hoe graduated from University of Cambridge, UK. He was a scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge and a recipient of the Duckworth Prize. He also received support from Kuok Foundation, Malaysia for his medical studies. Dr Lee interned with Professor Sir Roy Calne at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and finished his general medicine training at Cambridge before coming to Singapore. In 1990, he joined the Department of Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. Dr Lee completed his Fellowship…