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Dr Andrew Mark Choong Tze Liang
General Surgeon
Specialty
General Surgery
Languages
English
Gender
Male
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Great Eastern, Prudential^, Singlife
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Experience
Dr Andrew Choong is a vascular, endovascular and aortic surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
He is experienced in complex open, hybrid and endovascular aortic surgery.
He also performs all vascular surgery including open and minimally invasive varicose vein surgery, arteriovenous fistula/graft creation and maintenance, lower limb revascularisation for critical limb ischaemia, carotid surgery, line insertion and removal, retroperitoneal spine exposures, and thrombolysis/aspiration thrombectomy for deep venous thromboses.
Prior to joining private practice, he was a senior consultant vascular, endovascular and aortic surgeon at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS).
Dr Choong graduated from the Imperial College London School of Medicine at St Mary’s, UK. He underwent training in vascular, endovascular and aortic surgery in the UK and Australia at the imperial vascular unit at St Mary’s Hospital London, and as the international fellow at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Warwick, UK, for his research on endovascular surgery.
After practising in the UK and Australia, he left his consultant post at King’s College Hospital, UK, to join NUHCS. At NUHCS, he introduced the retroperitoneal open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. He is also the earliest doctor in Singapore to do visceral hybrid repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
He was a senior consultant and an associate professor at the department of surgery at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Research & publications
Choong, A. M. T. L. et al. (2023). Percutaneous decannulation of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using the Manta vascular closure device: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Artificial Organs.
Lee, S. H., Ng, J. J., & Choong, A. M. (2023). The Effect of Obesity on Outcomes After Arteriovenous Fistulae Creation: A Systematic Review. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 92, 304–312.
Choong, A. M. et al. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sirolimus-eluting stents for treatment of below-the-knee arterial disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 77(4), 1264-1273.e3.
Choong, A. M. et al. (2022). Hybrid type II and frozen elephant trunk in acute Stanford type A aortic dissections. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 56(1), 91–99.
Choong, A. M. et al. (2022). A systematic review of right atrial bypass grafting in the management of central venous occlusive disease in patients undergoing hemodialysis. The Journal of Vascular Access, 112972982210953.
Choong, A. M. et al. (2022). National Rates of Lower Extremity Amputation in People With and Without Diabetes in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population: a Ten Year Study in Singapore. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 63(1), 147–155.
Choong, A. M. et al. (2021). Diabetes-related lower extremity complications in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a 10 year observational study in Singapore. Diabetologia, 64(7), 1538–1549.
Lee, K. S., Choong, A. M., & Ng, J. J. (2021). A systematic review of brachial artery ligation as a safe and feasible option in the management of arteriovenous dialysis access infection. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 74(1), 327-333.e2.
