Dr. Ooi Seng Huan Adrian

Education

2019

Singapore Management University (SMU)-SingHealth Graduate Diploma in Healthcare

Management & Leadership – Valedictorian

2015

Specialist Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore – Plastic Surgery

2014

Certificate of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates – USA

2010

Master of Medicine (Surgery) – National University of Singapore

2009

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)

2006

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London

School of Medicine, University of London – Graduate with Clinical Distinction

Post Doctoral Training

2017

The Wellington Hospital, London

Aesthetic Fellow

2015 – 2016

University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, USA

Microsurgery Fellow

2011 – 2015

Singapore General Hospital Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore

Advanced Surgical Trainee (Plastic Surgery)

Specialist Registrar

2008 – 2011

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Basic Surgical Trainee (General Surgery)

Medical Officer

2006 – 2008

North East Thames Foundation School, UK

Academic Trainee

2007 – 2008

Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK

Senior House Officer

2006 – 2007

Homerton University Hospital, London, UK

House Officer

Laser therapy

Skin care

Journal Publications
1. Ching AH, Lim K, Pek WS, Ooi ASH. Quality of Life, Pain of Prepectoral and Subpectoral Implant-based Breast reconstruction with a discussion on cost: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Feb (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.02.019)
2. Ooi ASH, Ng MJM, Sudirman SRB, Chang DW. The Chimeric Medial Sural Artery Perforator Flap as the Ideal for Partial Tongue Reconstruction: A Case Series and Technical Refinements. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Oct;74(10):2613-2621.
3. Khoo MJW, Ooi ASH. Management of postreconstructive head and neck salivary fistulae: A review of current practices. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Sep;74(9):2120-2132.
4. Ng MJM, Goh CSL, Tan NC, Song DH, Ooi ASH. A Head-to-Head Comparison of the Medial Sural Artery Perforator versus Radial Forearm Flap for Tongue Reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718551. Epub ahead of print.
5. Goh CSL, Ng MJM, Song DH, Ooi A SH. Perioperative Vasopressor Use in Free Flap Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2019 Sep;35(7):529-540
6. Koh HK, Tan NC, Tan BK, Ooi A SH. Comparison of outcomes of fasciocutaneous free flaps and jejunal free flaps in pharyngolaryngoesophageal reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Jun;82(6):646-652
7. Garza RM, Ooi ASH, Falk J, Chang DW. The Relationship Between Clinical and Indocyanine Green Staging in Lymphedema. Lymphat Res Biol. 2019 Jun;17(3):329-333
8. Feng JJ, See JL, Choke A, Ooi A, Chong SJ. BiobraneTM for burns of the pubic region – minimize dressing changes and maximize dignity. Mil Med Res. 2018 Aug 26;5(1):29
9. Hui C, Chen P, Tan BK, Ooi A. Acceptance of Vascularised Composite Allotransplantation (Face and Hand Transplant) in Singapore. Ann Plast Surg 2018;81:615-18
10. Lee C, Ooi A SH, Zenn M, Song DH. The Utility of an MBA in Plastic Surgery: Determining Motivations and Outcomes of a Formal Business Education Among Plastic Surgeons. Plast Reconstr Surg Go 2018;6:e1796
11. Ooi A SH, Butz D R, Teven CM, Gottlieb LJ. Re-introducing the delto-acromial perforator flap: Clinical experience and cadaver dissection. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2018;71:402-9
12. Ooi A SH, Butz DR, Fisher SM, Collier ZJ, Gottlieb LJ. Geometric Three-Dimensional End-to-Side Microvascular Anastomosis: A Simple and Reproducible Technique. J Reconstr Microsurg 2018;34:258-63
13. Teven CM, Ooi A SH, Inbal A, Chang DW. Implantable Doppler Monitoring of Buried Free Flaps During Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer. J Surg Oncol 2017;116:371-77.
14. Ooi A SH, Teven CM, Inbal A, Chang DW. The Utility Of The Musculocutaneous Anterolateral Thigh Flap In Pharyngolaryngeal Reconstruction In The High-Risk Patient. J Surg Oncol 2017;115;842-47.
15. Teven CM, Ooi A SH, Chang DW, Song DH. A Novel Strategy to Supercharge a Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator (DIEP) Flap after Port-a-Cath Removal. Plast Reconstr Surg Go 2016;4:e1031.
16. Ooi A SH, Song DH. Reducing infection risk in implant-based breast-reconstruction surgery: challenges and solutions. Breast Cancer – Targets and Therapy 2016;8:161-72.
17. Ooi A SH, Chang DW. 5-step harvest of supraclavicular lymph nodes as vascularized free tissue transfer for treatment of lymphedema. J Surg Oncol 2017;115:63-67.
18. Ooi A SH, Butz D, Gooi Z, Chang D W. Modification of the radial forearm fasciocutaneous flap in partial pharyngolaryngeal reconstruction to minimize fistula formation. Plast Reconstr Surg 2016;138:903-907.
19. Ooi A SH, Song DH. Discussion: Does the use of incisional negative pressure wound therapy prevent mastectomy flap necrosis in immediate expander-based breast reconstruction? Plast Reconstr Surg 2016;138:567-9.
20. Ooi A, Ng J, Chui C, Goh T, Tan BK. Maximizing Outcomes While Minimizing Morbidity: An Illustrated Case Review of Elbow Soft Tissue Reconstruction. Plast Surg Int 2016. Article ID 2841816.
21. Ooi A SH, Chang DW. Discussion: Volumetric planning using computed tomographic angiography improves clinical outcomes in DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2016;137:781-782.
22. Ooi A SH, Kanapathy M, Ong YS, Tan KC, Tan BK. Optimising Aesthetic Reconstruction of Scalp Soft Tissue by and Algorithm Based on Defect Size and Location. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2015;44:535-41.
23. Ooi A, C Hui (Joint 1st authors), Tan TE, Tan BK. Rectus sparing approach to left ventricular assist device exchange and use of the omental flap for coverage. J Plast, Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2015;68:278-80.
24. Raju A, Ooi A, Ong YS, Tan BK. Traumatic lower limb injury and microsurgical free flap reconstruction with the use of negative pressure wound therapy: is timing crucial? J Reconstr Microsurg. 2014;30:427-30.
25. Ooi A, Feng J, Tan HK, Ong YS. Primary treatment of mandibular ameloblastoma with segmental resection and free fibula reconstruction: Achieving satisfactory outcomes with low implant-prosthetic rehabilitation uptake. J Plast Reconstr Aesthetic Surg. 2014;67:498-505.
26. Ooi A, Foo L, Tan BK, Ng SW. Massive sacral chordoma resection and reconstruction with a combination of pedicled and free flaps. J Reconstr Microsurg 2015;31:76-8.
27. Ooi A, Wong CH, Ong YS. Combined use of liposuction and arthroscopic shaver in lower limb flap debulking. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2013 Apr;66(4):538-42.
28. Chong SJ, Ooi A, Kok YO. Full Thickness Burns over Bilateral Patella Tendons – Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Wound Bed Preparation and Improved Graft Take. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2011 Oct;40(10):471-2
29. Ooi A, Chong SJ. Fournier’s Gangrene: Use of Adjunctive Treatments in Improving Patient Outcome. Singapore Med J 2011;52(10):e197

Book chapters
• Liang WH, Ooi A SH. Reconstruction for Early Oral Cavity Cancer. In: Agrawal N, Gooi Z (ed). Difficult Decisions in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. Springer Nature; 2019.
• Ooi A, Park J, Song D. Abdominal breast reconstruction using a SIEA flap approach. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G (ed.). Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Wolters Kluwer; 2016.
• Ooi A, Chang D. Lymph node transfers. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G (ed.). Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Wolters Kluwer; 2016.
• Ooi A, Song D. Discussion: Breast reconstruction with autologous tissue. In: Cohen M, Thaller S (eds.). The Unfavorable Result in Plastic Surgery: Avoidance and Treatment 4th ed. CRC Press; 2016.
• Ooi A, Lahiri A, Lim A. Emergency microsurgery of the hand. In: Merle M, Dautel G (eds.). Emergency Surgery of the Hand, 4th ed. Elsevier Masson; 2016.
• Ooi A, YS Ong. The combined use of liposuction and arthroscopic shaver in contouring lower limb fasciocutaneous flaps. In: Shiffman MA, Di Giuseppe A (eds.). Liposuction: Principles and Practice. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 2016.
• Tan BK, Ooi A, Pribaz JJ. Ipsilateral pedicled TRAM flap for immediate breast reconstruction. In: Shiffman MA (ed.) Breast Reconstruction: Art, Science, and New Clinical Techniques. Springer International Publishing Switzerland; 2015.

Appointments

Mar 2004 – present

InMode

Key Opinion Leader

Jan 2024 – present
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal

Section Editor

Jun 2023 – present

Medical Affairs Board, Mount Elizabeth Hospital

Member

Nov 2020 – present

Chapter of Plastic Surgeons, College of Surgeons, Singapore
Polaris Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Chairman
Medical Director & Consultant Plastic Surgeon

2020 – Oct 2020

Singapore Integrated Program for Plastic Surgery

Program Director

2019 – Oct 2020

SingHealth Plastic Surgery Residency

Program Director

2018 – 2021

Duke-NUS School Medical School, Singapore

Adjunct-Assistant Professor

2015 – present

Singapore General Hospital Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

2015 – Oct 2020

SingHealth/Duke-NUS Department of Head and Neck Surgery

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

2014 – 2021

NUS-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore

Clinical Faculty

2019 – 2021

NUS-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore

Clinical Faculty

2017

Board Member, Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons

Member, Chapter of Plastic Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Singapore

2018
Member, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

2016
Member, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Member, World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

2015
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons