Prof Foo Keong Tatt:
A Special Tribute on Scientific Achievements
Professor Foo Keong Tatt - the founding father of SGH Urology, and beloved mentor to many of us Urologists. In line with his 85th birthday this year, we aim to celebrate him not only as a remarkable individual, but his stellar academic achievements as well, as one of the top 2% most-cited clinician-scientists in the world.
We look through the many illustrious years of his academic career, and not only embark on a journey through the early years of urology research in Singapore, but highlight key studies of significance, including the staging system for BPH and key papers on intravesical prostatic protrusion.
Tentative Program (subject to change based on speaker availability):
- Early studies with Prof Foo: A walk down memory lane (Prof Tan Eng Choon)
- When Bipolar TURP stole the limelight (Prof Henry Ho)
- Staging of BPH (TBA)
- Estimation of IPP and bladder volumes (Prof John Yuen)
- Correlation of IPP and bladder outlet obstruction (Prof Chia Sing Joo)
- Association between IPP and success of trial off catheter (Dr Tan Yeh Hong)
- Comparison between IPP, PSA and prostate volume in predicting bladder outlet obstruction (Dr Lim Kok Bin)
- Meta-analysis of studies evaluating IPP (Dr Tan Yu Guang)