Dr Shiaw-Hooi Ho is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. He is also a Senior Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist in both the Universiti Malaya Medical and Specialist Centres. Since Nov 2020, he is appointed as the Head of the Combined Endoscopy Unit in the hospital. The endoscopy unit is awarded the prestigious Centre of Excellence title by the World Endoscopy Organization since 2008 till 2025. Dr Ho received his basic medical degree in 2001 and went on to obtain his Master’s Degree in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Gastroenterology from Universiti Malaya in 2009 and 2012 respectively. He is active in promoting the use of image-enhanced endoscopy and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) both in the detection and management of early gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasia and cancer. In his routine endoscopy work, he performs numerous other diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies such as peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER), biliopancreatic endoscopy, small bowel enteroscopy, etc. His other areas of expertise include the management of various GI disorders and chronic liver diseases.

Dr Ho is an associate editor of the BioMed Central Gastroenterology and an international advisor of the Advances in Digestive Medicine, both are peer-reviewed journals. He is a councillor member of the Asia Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE) and a Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES). He is also a faculty member of both the Asia Pacific Endoscopy Research Forum (AERF) and the Asian Novel Bio-Imaging & Intervention Group (ANBIIG). Dr Ho was appointed as the scientific co-chair for endoscopy for Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2021. As the course director, Dr Ho organizes the annual national endoscopy workshop in collaboration with the Malaysia Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Malaysia. Apart from endoscopy, he is the co-chairman and board member of the Medical Working Group (MWG) of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) which is active in organizing various international teleconferences among healthcare practitioners.