
Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
 
Endourology Service Lead
 
Endourology Service Lead
Dr Jia Lun KWOK is a Consultant & the Endourology Service Lead, and Director of Endourology Fellowship with the department of Urology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). Dr Kwok has interest in endourology, stone disease, benign prostate conditions and minimally invasive surgery.
Dr Kwok graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed the Urology Residency Program under the National Healthcare Group, receiving an Outstanding Resident Award. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He holds a Master of Science in Management of Healthcare Industries (ESSEC).
Dr Jia-Lun Kwok completed a one-year Clinical Fellowship at University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland), under endourologist PD Dr. med. Etienne Xavier Keller, receiving advanced training in endourology for stone and benign prostate surgery. He has also visited many Endourology centres of excellence worldwide to learn surgical techniques, including Italy (Cesare Scoffone, Guido Giusti, Silvia Proietti, Ioannis Goumas), Germany (Arkadiusz Miernik), United Kingdom (Tevita Aho) and South Korea (Sung Yong Cho).
Leading the Endourology service, Dr Kwok has extensive expertise and caseload in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL), including Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery and Simultaneous Bilateral Endoscopic Surgery, with emphasis on short stay surgery. He has experience in all aspects of endourological stone disease, including flexible ureteroscopy, suction applications, FANS, across different laser technologies including the holmium, TFL and pulsed Thulium:YAG(Thulio) platforms.
Dr Kwok is the Program Director of the NHG Health Urology Residency Program, Adjunct Lecturer with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU; as well as Clinical Lecturer with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. He had been awarded the NHG Health Teaching award.
As a keen researcher, he has published papers in respected journals and regularly reviews for journals. He is an invited member of international Endourological associations, including the Progressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS) under Prof Olivier Traxer, EAU Section of Endourology (EAU Endourology), and Asian Urological Society for Endoluminal surgery & Technology (AUSET), collaborating internationally and remaining at the forefront of advances in the field.
Publications
1. Pulsed Thulium:YAG laser - What is the lithotripsy ablation efficiency for stone dust from human urinary stones? Results from an in vitro PEARLS study
2. Illumination matters part IV: blackout and whiteout in flexible ureteroscopy"#xa0;-"#xa0;first report on a phenomenon observed by PEARLS.
3. Rocks that make you roll – A overview of kidney stone management
4. Instrumental dead space and proximal working channel connector design in flexible ureteroscopy: a new concept
5. Laser Ablation Efficiency, Laser Ablation Speed, and Laser Energy Consumption During Lithotripsy: What Are They and How Are They Defined? A Systematic Review and Proposal for a Standardized Terminology
6. Pulsed thulium:YAG laser-ready to dust all urinary stone composition types? Results from a PEARLS analysis
7. Comparison of European and American Guidelines for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: How Are They different?
8. Rethinking Stone-free Rates and Surgical Outcomes in Endourology: A Point of View from PEARLS Members.
9. Effect of Propofol Versus Sevoflurane on Erections during Narcosis in Transurethral Surgery: The PENIS Trial
10. Is Pulse Modulation the Future of Laser Technology in Endourology: Evidence from a Literature Review - Section of EAU Endourology
11. Illumination matters in flexible ureteroscopy: Part I-IV.
12. Steady-state versus burst lasing techniques for thulium fiber laser.
13. Illumination matters part I: comparative analysis of light sources and illumination in flexible ureteroscopy-fundamental findings from a PEARLS analysis.
14. What is the definition of stone dust and how does it compare with clinically insignificant residual fragments? A comprehensive review.
15. Illumination matters Part II: advanced comparative analysis of flexible ureteroscopes in a kidney model by PEARLS.
16. Illumination matters Part III: Impact of light obstruction on illuminance from flexible ureteroscopes"#xa0;-"#xa0;a comparative PEARLS analysis.
17. Planning my ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy: how much energy and time should I reasonably expect? Integrating the concept of laser energy consumption (J/mm<sup>3</sup>).
18. Multicenter outcome analysis of different sheath sizes for Flexible and Navigable Suction ureteral access sheath (FANS) ureteroscopy: an EAU Endourology collaboration with the global FANS study group

