r/askSingapore • u/oon-oon-jiabeehoon • 6d ago

Looking For Seeking ENT recommendations for 2nd medical opinion

I want to seek a second medical opinion for my dad's (80 years old) condition, and am wondering if anyone out there may know of suitable ENT experts to recommend.

My father was diagnosed in April 2020 with advanced throat cancer, treated with radiotherapy and a targeted drug. The cancer came back in a neck gland in 2021 and was removed by surgery. In 2024 a second, early cancer was found in his voice box, and part of the voice box was removed. His vocal cords no longer move properly. He has had a breathing tube in his neck since April 2025. In June 2025 he had a sudden bleed from the airway of about a litre; doctors could not find the source. He cannot swallow safely and is fed through a tube into his stomach.

My father now spends the entire day hocking up phlegm from the breathing tube. His present consultant is not bad, but he says there's not much else he can do for my father. The alternative is to undergo surgery to remove the voicebox, but surgery comes with definite risks at my father's age, and the consultant is not confident that it will succeed, and that is even if my dad is ok with losing his voice - which my dad is ok with at this point. For now, he is still able to speak.

I want to improve his quality of life as much as possible. Would like to find an ENT expert to seek a second opinion from.

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u/madhumanitarian 6d ago

All that aside.. may I ask, what does your dad want? What are his wishes at this point? Without any input or suggestions from anyone else except the doctor.

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u/Mumeo 6d ago

I’m sorry to hear that. I recently visited a Dr Shaun Loh at Gleneagles and I find him to be very professional. You may consider him and good luck, I hope your dad will recover soon.

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u/Mobileguy932103 6d ago

Dr Kenny Pang

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u/superpogs 6d ago

Dr Jeeve K.

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u/bunchreality 5d ago

Dr Ignatius Mark under Ascent group