Dr Ho graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1994 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. He was trained in general surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital under Professor Low Cheng Hock after completing his National Service and went on to obtain the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow, UK, Master of Medicine (Surgery), National University of Singapore and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery), UK.
In 2004, Dr Ho was awarded the TTSH Scholarship and received formal training in advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital under the mentorship of Drs Les Nathanson and Nick O’Rourke. Following his return to Singapore, he began an advanced laparoscopic service which provides laparoscopic liver, pancreas and bile duct surgery. He was also admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, in 2005.
He is also dedicated to nurturing the next generation of doctors through clinical education. He has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS since 2011 and has authored many publications and book chapters with a focus on laparoscopic surgery and management of hepatobiliary and pancreatic conditions. He was invited to write a book chapter titled “Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation), Distal Pancreatectomy, Segmental Pancreatectomy, Total Pancreatectomy and Transduodenal Resection of the Papilla of Vater” which was published in Dr Leslie Blumgart’s “Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas 4th Edition”.
Dr Ho accepts referrals for all cancer types, with a special clinical interest in surgery for liver, gallbladder, bile duct and pancreatic cancers.