Dr Goo Tiong Thye (Jerry)

General Surgeon

Specialty

General Surgery

Languages

Bahasa Indonesia, English, Malay, Mandarin

Gender

Male

Insurance Panel

Prudential^

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Key achievements

Headed the department of surgery at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in 2022
Headed the breast service at KTPH in 2018
Performed more than 5000 surgeries since 2014

Experience

Dr Jerry Goo is a general surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore.

He specialises in oncoplastic breast surgery including mammoplasty and minimally invasive laparoscopic (keyhole) mastectomy. His clinical expertise also covers a broad spectrum of general surgical procedures including endoscopy, gallbladder surgery, hernia repair and complex gastrointestinal conditions.

He is a former head of the department of general surgery and head of the breast service at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH).

Dr Goo graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School and then went on to complete his general surgery training programme in Singapore. He pursued further training at the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute and Westmead Trauma Centre in Australia.

At KTPH, he provided surgical interventions for both benign breast conditions and breast cancer, encompassing oncoplastic mammoplasty and intricate breast reconstruction procedures. He was also contributed to the establishment of the emergency surgery and trauma and breast service at KTPH. He has been practising medicine for more than 20 years and has performed more than 5,000 surgeries since 2014.

He currently serves on various national committees including the Ministry of Health (MOH) national trauma committee, MOH residency advisory committee (general surgery), MOH national examiners for general surgery, national value-driven care for breast cancer surgery committee and Breast Cancer Research Singapore.

Besides his clinical work, he is an associate adjunct professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Dr Goo has been published in more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. His work was also featured on a national TV documentary programme about oncoplastic breast surgery with reconstruction.

He is a recipient of the Service Champion Award and the Commendation Medal (COVID-19).

Associated treatments

Hernia repair (laparoscopic)
Colonoscopy
Excision biopsy of breast lumps
Oncoplastic surgery for breast conservation
Nipple / skin-sparing mastectomy

Awards and honours

2022
The Commendation Medal (COVID-19)
2020
Service Champion Award
2019
Service Champion Award
2019
National Healthcare Group Team Recognition Award (Gold)
2018
Service Champion Award

Research & publications

Bian, H. Z., Liau, M. Y. Q., Cheong, G. P. C., Goo, J. T. T., Hwee, J. J., & Chia, C. L. K. (2024). Enhanced recovery after surgery for breast reconstruction—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Breast Surgery, 8, 26.

Woon, C. Y., Goh, S. S. N., Soh, L. S., Yeo, C. F. C., Ong, M. W., Wong, B., Leong, J. H. T., Goo, J. T. T., & Chia, C. L. K. (2023). Surgical margins assessment reduces re-excision rates in breast-conserving surgery. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 52(1), 48–51.   Chen, R. Y., Goh, R. Y., Leung, H. T., Cheng, S., Tan, V. K. M., Chia, C. L. K., Goo, J. T. T., & Ong, M. W. (2022). Clinical significance of radiologically detected small indeterminate Extra-Mammary lesions in breast cancer patients. Meme SağLığI Dergisi/Meme Sağlığı Dergisi, 18(3), 252–257.

Chan, K. S., Zeng, D., Leung, J. H. T., Ooi, B. S. Y., Kong, K. T., Yeo, Y. H., Goo, J. T. T., & Chia, C. L. K. (2020). Measuring upper limb function and patient reported outcomes after major breast cancer surgery: a pilot study in an Asian cohort. BMC Surgery, 20(1).