Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr Loo Guo Hou merupakan graduan Ijazah Perubatan (MBBS) dari Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India pada tahun 2011. Beliau seterusnya memperoleh keahlian Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, Ireland) pada tahun 2017 dan menamatkan pengajian Doktor Pembedahan Am di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) pada tahun 2022.
Beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai Pakar Bedah Am di negeri Sarawak, termasuk di Hospital Umum Sarawak dan Hospital Miri, serta seterusnya sebagai Ketua Jabatan Pembedahan di Hospital Limbang. Pengalaman ini memberikan beliau pendedahan luas dalam pengurusan kes pembedahan am di peringkat hospital tertiari dan hospital daerah.
Kini, beliau berkhidmat di Unit Pembedahan Gastrointestinal dan Metabolik, dengan fokus klinikal dalam pembedahan gastrointestinal atas lanjutan, pembedahan bariatrik dan metabolik, serta terapi endobariatrik.
Dr Loo aktif dalam bidang penyelidikan dan pendidikan pembedahan, dengan peningkatan penerbitan dalam bidang pembedahan gastrointestinal atas dan metabolik. Beliau juga telah membentangkan hasil kajian di peringkat kebangsaan dan antarabangsa serta terus menyumbang kepada perkembangan bidang pembedahan bariatrik dan metabolik di Malaysia.
Dr Loo Guo Hou graduated from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India in 2011. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, Ireland) in 2017 and completed his Doctor of General Surgery at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2022.
He has served as a general surgeon in Sarawak, including at Sarawak General Hospital and Miri Hospital, and subsequently as the Head of the Department of Surgery at Limbang Hospital. Through these roles, he gained extensive experience in managing a wide spectrum of general surgical conditions in both tertiary and district settings.
He is currently attached to the Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery Unit, where his clinical practice focuses on advanced upper GI and bariatric surgery. His clinical interests include metabolic and bariatric surgery, minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal surgery, and endobariatric therapies.
Dr Loo is actively involved in academic research and surgical education, with a growing body of publications in the field of upper gastrointestinal and metabolic surgery. He has presented his work at both local and international conferences and continues to contribute to the advancement of bariatric and metabolic surgery in Malaysia.
mohd saufee al firdaus mohd ismail, guo hou loo, guhan muthkumanan, nik ritza kosai. (2026). topical emla cream as adjunct analgesia in postoperative pain control for open inguinal hernioplasty under local anesthesia: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial. - world journal of surgery. 369 - 375.
kanmani murugesu, guo hou loo, li yi lim & nik ritza kosai . (2026). metabolic bariatric surgery improves pelvic floor and voiding function in asian women with obesity: a prospective cohort study. - obesity surgery. 2701 - 2707.
theeran gill, guo hou loo , guhan muthkumaran, nik ritza kosai. (2026). a multidisciplinary intragastric balloon care pathway for weight management in a tertiary malaysian centre: clinical practice framework. - journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. 1 - 9.
nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, loo gou hou, tan shy pyng, norhaisah harun, nurul norfazlina jais, muhaini mahmud, fauziyah bharum, samirah taufiq abdul wahid, farhana raduan, nursuhadah mohamed yusof. (2026). panduan pemakanan & gaya hidup bariatrik. - . .
guo hou loo, suria hayati md pauzi, nik ritza kosai. (2026). gastric schwannoma: diagnostic challenges, pathological features, and surgical management : a narrative review. - world journal of surgical oncology. 1 - 10.
mohd saufee al firdaus mohd ismail, guo hou loo, guhan muthkumanan, nik ritza kosai. (2026). topical emla cream as adjunct analgesia in postoperative pain control for open inguinal hernioplasty under local anesthesia: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial. - world journal of surgery. 369 - 375.
kanmani murugesu, guo hou loo, li yi lim & nik ritza kosai . (2026). metabolic bariatric surgery improves pelvic floor and voiding function in asian women with obesity: a prospective cohort study. - obesity surgery. 2701 - 2707.
theeran gill, guo hou loo , guhan muthkumaran, nik ritza kosai. (2026). a multidisciplinary intragastric balloon care pathway for weight management in a tertiary malaysian centre: clinical practice framework. - journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. 1 - 9.
guo hou loo, suria hayati md pauzi, nik ritza kosai. (2026). gastric schwannoma: diagnostic challenges, pathological features, and surgical management : a narrative review. - world journal of surgical oncology. 1 - 10.
guo hou loo, farhana raduan, zunaidah abu samah and nik ritza kosai . (2026). prevalence and longitudinal development of sarcopenic obesity in an asian obese population: a large bioelectrical impedance analysis study. - frontiers in nutrition. 1 - 8.
mohd saufee al firdaus mohd ismail, guo hou loo, guhan muthkumanan, nik ritza kosai. (2026). topical emla cream as adjunct analgesia in postoperative pain control for open inguinal hernioplasty under local anesthesia: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial. - world journal of surgery. 369 - 375.
kanmani murugesu, guo hou loo, li yi lim & nik ritza kosai . (2026). metabolic bariatric surgery improves pelvic floor and voiding function in asian women with obesity: a prospective cohort study. - obesity surgery. 2701 - 2707.
theeran gill, guo hou loo , guhan muthkumaran, nik ritza kosai. (2026). a multidisciplinary intragastric balloon care pathway for weight management in a tertiary malaysian centre: clinical practice framework. - journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. 1 - 9.
guo hou loo, suria hayati md pauzi, nik ritza kosai. (2026). gastric schwannoma: diagnostic challenges, pathological features, and surgical management : a narrative review. - world journal of surgical oncology. 1 - 10.
guo hou loo, farhana raduan, zunaidah abu samah and nik ritza kosai . (2026). prevalence and longitudinal development of sarcopenic obesity in an asian obese population: a large bioelectrical impedance analysis study. - frontiers in nutrition. 1 - 8.
nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, loo gou hou, tan shy pyng, norhaisah harun, nurul norfazlina jais, muhaini mahmud, fauziyah bharum, samirah taufiq abdul wahid, farhana raduan, nursuhadah mohamed yusof. (2026). panduan pemakanan & gaya hidup bariatrik. - . .
amir abd hamid, loo guo hou, nik ritza kosai, farhana raduan, zunaidah abd samah. (2026). obesiti sarkopenik jejas kualiti hidup dalam 'senyap'. - harian metro. .
loo guo hou, nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, farhana raduan, zunaidah abu samah. (2026). kajian pakar dan penyelidik ukm dedahkan bahaya obesiti sarkopenik. - malaysia gazzette. .
loo guo hou. (2025). obesiti dan bariatrik. - wanita hari ini. .
tuty haryanti ahmad rodzi, loo guo hou. (2025). hernia bukan 'angin' wanita juga berisiko. - berita harian. .
nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, loo gou hou, tan shy pyng, norhaisah harun, nurul norfazlina jais, muhaini mahmud, fauziyah bharum, samirah taufiq abdul wahid, farhana raduan, nursuhadah mohamed yusof. (2026). panduan pemakanan & gaya hidup bariatrik. - . .
mohd afiq zulkifli, loo guo hou, nik ritza kosai nik mahmood. (2026). tore offers a second chance forbariatric patients. - lifestyle-bernama. .
amir abd hamid, loo guo hou, nik ritza kosai, farhana raduan, zunaidah abd samah. (2026). obesiti sarkopenik jejas kualiti hidup dalam 'senyap'. - harian metro. .
loo guo hou, nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, farhana raduan, zunaidah abu samah. (2026). kajian pakar dan penyelidik ukm dedahkan bahaya obesiti sarkopenik. - malaysia gazzette. .
wei lun tan, guo hou loo, guhan muthkumaran, nik ritza kosai. (2026). long-term weight loss and metabolic outcomes after bariatric surgery in a large asian cohort: a real-world cohort study. - international congress of medicine and health 2026. .
SURGERY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
General Surgery
Pengalaman / Experience : 2 tahun/years(s)