Dr. David Lau

Dr David Lau is an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon with over 18 years in the speciality, having qualified and worked in the UK, Canada and Singapore. He has a substantial body of local and international experience, on-going academic and scientific work, and speaks English, Mandarin and Bahasa.

Dr Lau treats Ear, Nose and Throat disorders in adults and children. As a Consultant then Senior Consultant Surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital, and Raffles Hospital, he has accumulated many years of experience in the management of a broad range of ENT conditions including nasal allergy, nasal polyps, sinus disorders, nasopharyngeal cancer screening, snoring and sleep apnoea, hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness, acute & chronic ear disease, neck lumps including thyroid nodules and salivary gland disorders, and multi-disciplinary management of head and neck cancers.

Dr Lau has two main subspecialty interest areas. The first being nasal allergy and sinus disorders. Dr Lau studied the techniques of endoscopic sinus surgery pioneer Prof Heinz Stammberger in the hometown of Graz early in his ENT career, and worked with one of the early movers of endoscopic sinus surgery in the United Kingdom, Dr Robin Youngs. In Singapore he trained for three years under internationally renowned endoscopic sinus surgeon Professor DS Sethi at the Singapore General Hospital. He has published on clinical aspects of sinus disorders and co-directed a number of sinus surgery courses. He is also responsible for setting up the ENT allergy service at SGH. Dr Lau has practiced endoscopic sinus surgery for many years including revision surgery, image guidance surgery and more recently minimally invasive balloon sinuplasty.

Dr Lau went on to expand his repertoire and further sub-specialise in disorders of the throat, voice and swallowing. From 2000 to 2002 he completed a fellowship in laryngology with Professor Murray Morrison at the University of British Columbia in Canada. On his return he established the Voice Clinic at the Singapore General Hospital, and is internationally recognised as one of the region’s foremost laryngologists. He directed the first SGH ENT Laser Workshops in 2008 and 2012, first Trans-nasal Esophagoscopy Workshop in 2008, and Workshop on Multidisciplinary Management of Dysphagia & Swallowing in 2010, alongside many other workshops and seminars for GP’s and other ENT specialists.

The spectrum of diagnosis and management of disorders of the throat, larynx, voice and swallowing, includes sore throat, tonsillitis, chronic cough, globus pharyngeus, chronic laryngitis, irritable larynx, hoarseness, professional and performing voice, swallowing problems, breathing difficulties, early cancers of the voice box requiring laser surgery, surgical and non-surgical management of dysphagia, and tracheostomy management. Dr Lau is skilled in the field of voice surgery including office-based laryngeal surgery, use of botulinum toxin (Botox) in the larynx, office-based and surgical treatment of vocal fold paralysis, and microsurgery & laser surgery of the larynx.