Dr Tuck Yong (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Tuck Leong Yong
- Qualifications
- MBBS 2003
- FRACS 2011
- Occupation
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Upper GI Surgeon and General Surgeon and Endoscopy
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Cantonese
- Hokkien
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Medical Specialties
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Upper GI and General Surgeon
- Links
- www.melbournenorthspecialist.com.au
- Phone
- 03-9466 8718
- Mobile
- 0449 638 863
- Fax
- 03-8678 1119
Hepato-Pancreato-Billary, Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeon Mr Tuck Yong trained in General Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and obtained his fellowship in 2010. Along the way he won the RACS Graeme Duffy Memorial Prize for best research presentation (2006). Mr Yong then furthered his training in liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery under the auspices of the Australia and New Zealand Hepatic Pancreatic and Biliary Association (ANZHPBA). This latter peroid also included time working in the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit. Mr Yong is a Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgeon with special interests in: Liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery (Mr Yong is one of a few surgeons in Melbourne who performs laparoscopic Whipple) Gallbladder surgery (including complex biliary reconstruction and laparoscopic bile duct explorations) Laparoscopic hernia repair Gastric surgery Oesophagal reflux and hiatal hernia surgery Bariatric surgery Interventional endoscopy (including ERCP & EUS) Mr Yong also has strong academic interests and is an examiner for the RACS. Currently he is also a lecturer and researcher at the University of Melbourne. Mr Yong is fluent in other languages including Malay and various Chinese dialects including Mandarin and Cantonese.
- Hospital Affiliations
- The Northern Hospital
- Northpark Private Hospital
- Warringal Private Hospital
- John Fawkner Private Hospital
- Epworth Richmond
- Epworth Eastern
- Affiliated Clinics
- Whittlesea Specialist Centre
- Melbourne North Specialist Centre
- Postal Address
Practice Locations
VIC
- Melbourne North Specialist Centre
- Weekday: -
- Address
- 1 20, Scholar Drive
Bundoora VIC 3083
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9466 8718
- Fax
- 03 8678 1119
- Northpark Private Hospital
- Address
- Northpark Private Hospital
corner greenhill & Plenty Roads
Bundoora VIC 3083
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9466 8718
- Fax
- 03-8678 1119
- Warringal Private Hospital
- Address
- Warringal Private Hospital
216 Burgundy Street
Heidelberg VIC 3084
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9466 8718
- Fax
- 03 8678 1119
- John Fawkner Private Hospital
- Address
- John Fawkner Private Hospital
275 Moreland Road
Coburg VIC 3058
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9466 8718
- Fax
- 03 8678 1119
- Epworth Eastern Hospital
- Address
- Epworth Eastern Hospital
1 Arnold Street
Box Hill VIC 3128
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9466 8718
- Fax
- 03 8678 1119
