A/Prof Tsao graduated from University of Leicester UK in 1996. After he completed his higher specialist training in the UK, he came to Singapore to take up a full time Consultant job in 2008. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 2012.
A/Prof. Tsao’s subspecialty interest is in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy [EMR, ESD and POEM]. He has spent 3 months at the University Hospital Kobe Japan to learn advance diagnostic endoscopy and ESD. He is the Course Director of Singapore International Advance Therapeutic Endoscopy Course (SIATEC) – an annual international seminar in hands-on training in ESD.
A/Prof Tsao has been very active amongst local Gastroenterology fraternity, where he has served in different positions in the Gastroenterology Society of Singapore (GESS). He is the immediate Past President of GESS and the current Chairman of Chapter of Gastroenterologist, Academy of Medicine Singapore.