Curriculum Vitae

Dr Loo Guo Hou merupakan graduan Ijazah Perubatan (MBBS) dari Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India pada tahun 2011. Beliau seterusnya memperoleh keahlian Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, Ireland) pada tahun 2017 dan menamatkan pengajian Doktor Pembedahan Am di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) pada tahun 2022. Beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai Pakar Bedah Am di negeri Sarawak, termasuk di Hospital Umum Sarawak dan Hospital Miri, serta seterusnya sebagai Ketua Jabatan Pembedahan di Hospital Limbang. Pengalaman ini memberikan beliau pendedahan luas dalam pengurusan kes pembedahan am di peringkat hospital tertiari dan hospital daerah. Kini, beliau berkhidmat di Unit Pembedahan Gastrointestinal dan Metabolik, dengan fokus klinikal dalam pembedahan gastrointestinal atas lanjutan, pembedahan bariatrik dan metabolik, serta terapi endobariatrik. Dr Loo aktif dalam bidang penyelidikan dan pendidikan pembedahan, dengan peningkatan penerbitan dalam bidang pembedahan gastrointestinal atas dan metabolik. Beliau juga telah membentangkan hasil kajian di peringkat kebangsaan dan antarabangsa serta terus menyumbang kepada perkembangan bidang pembedahan bariatrik dan metabolik di Malaysia.
Dr Loo Guo Hou graduated from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India in 2011. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, Ireland) in 2017 and completed his Doctor of General Surgery at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2022. He has served as a general surgeon in Sarawak, including at Sarawak General Hospital and Miri Hospital, and subsequently as the Head of the Department of Surgery at Limbang Hospital. Through these roles, he gained extensive experience in managing a wide spectrum of general surgical conditions in both tertiary and district settings. He is currently attached to the Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery Unit, where his clinical practice focuses on advanced upper GI and bariatric surgery. His clinical interests include metabolic and bariatric surgery, minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal surgery, and endobariatric therapies. Dr Loo is actively involved in academic research and surgical education, with a growing body of publications in the field of upper gastrointestinal and metabolic surgery. He has presented his work at both local and international conferences and continues to contribute to the advancement of bariatric and metabolic surgery in Malaysia.