Consultant Upper GI, Bariatric and General Surgeon
Specialising in Minimally Invasive Upper GI Surgery, Complex Hernia Repair, and Incision-less POEM for Achalasia
Leadership Positions
Patient Care
Empathy Driven.
Clinical Excellence.
Years Experience
A pioneer in minimally invasive surgery with two decades of expertise.
Publications
Specialised research in POEM and Achalasia across 30+ Web of Science indexed publications.
President
Leading the Malaysian Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society.
Vice President
Key leadership in the Malaysia Hernia Society.
About Dr. PC Lau
Featured in
JGH Open · Surgical Endoscopy
Seoul · United Kingdom
Advanced Gastric Cancer Surgery (Korea) and Upper GI / Bariatric Surgery (UK)
A pioneer in minimally invasive surgery in Malaysia, Dr. PC Lau specializes in Upper GI and complex hernia repairs. With over two decades of experience, he combines academic leadership with patient-centric clinical care at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
Comprehensive care using the latest minimally invasive techniques.
From your first consultation to long-term follow-up. Here is what to expect at each stage.
Building trust with the local community through public education and medical awareness.
Dr. Lau explains how Achalasia is frequently misdiagnosed as acid reflux, and how POEM offers a non-invasive, through-the-mouth alternative that outperforms conventional laparoscopic surgery in treating the condition.
A public education feature explaining Achalasia — the swallowing disorder caused by a failure of the lower oesophageal sphincter to relax.
Esophageal Cancer: The Silent Killer — raising awareness of early detection and the importance of recognising symptoms before they progress.
A feature on the rising trend of obesity in Malaysia, its health consequences, and how bariatric surgery offers patients a durable path to long-term weight management and improved metabolic health.
A contributed feature in which Dr. Lau explains the causes of obesity, its health consequences, and the full range of treatment options available to patients including lifestyle changes, endoscopic procedures and bariatric surgery.
Pantai Hospital KL marks 50 successful POEM procedures led by Dr. Lau — making it the first private hospital in Malaysia to perform the procedure since its introduction in 2020. Features a patient quote and explains how POEM offers an incisionless, faster-recovery alternative for Achalasia.
RTM TV2
Dr. Lau appears on RTM TV2's Fresh Brew to explain Achalasia, how it is diagnosed, and why POEM (Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy) has transformed the way the condition is treated. Dr. Lau was part of the pioneering team that first introduced POEM in Malaysia in 2015.
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Recognized for contributions to the surgical community and continuous medical education.
Member of several National Guideline Committees and Board Member of the National Upper GI Subspecialty Training Committee.
Author of 30+ peer-reviewed articles indexed in Web of Science, with significant contributions and pioneering research focusing on POEM and Achalasia management.
A small selection of peer-reviewed work.
Clinical Consensus on the Role of Self-Fixating Mesh in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery
Malaysian joint societies' consensus recommendations on diagnosis and management of disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
When is POEM truly equivalent to LHM? A comparison of complication rates during the learning curve
Surgical Endoscopy
Acquiring new complex endoscopic skills: Experience from the development of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in Malaysia
JGH Open
Extensive peritoneal lavage with saline after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer (EXPEL): a multicentre randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Eating Behaviour Predicts Weight Loss Six Months after Bariatric Surgery: A Longitudinal Study
Nutrients
Esophageal squamous cell carcinomas in a Malaysian cohort show a lack of association with human papillomavirus
Journal of Digestive Diseases
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