What happens at your appointment:
- get a GP referral
- Call us to make an appointment
- Depending on the urgency, we can try to accommodate you for an early appointment
- if you send us an email, we will try to respond by 48 hours
Associate Professor
Ming Khoon Yew
Career Highlights
Chair of Multidisciplinary Thyroid Cancer and Endocrine Tumor Board
​Past Appointments Held at Royal Perth Hospital
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Head of Department of General Surgery
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Supervisor of Surgical Training
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Perioperative Services Committee
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Head of Multidisciplinary Breast Service
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Head of Endocrine Surgery Unit
Head of General Surgery Department
Medical Advisory Committee
Chair of WA State Committee
WA Representative to the Endocrine Surgery Committee
Convenor for Endocrine Surgery Program Annual Scientific Congress
Federal Counsellor
Commissioning Committee of Fiona Stanley Hospital
Committee for Breast Implant associated ALCL (anaplastic large cell lymphoma)
Australian Medical Association Western Australia
- Council member as the Surgery representative -
Other Affiliations
The Australian delegate to Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor
Gold Convenor in recognition of Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer Course
Full Member
Latest
Publications
Assessing and Managing Adrenal Lesions
Adrenal incidentalomas (lesions >1 cm) are found in approximately 4% of abdominal CT scans.
November 2025
Thyroid Nodules - The Good, Bad and Ugly
Thyroid nodules commonly present as a neck swelling or as an incidentally detected imaging lesion. While the majority are benign, the risk of malignancy in adult ranges from 7% to 15%.
March 2023
Read about the initial experience in Australia for "scarless" thyroidectomy technique using the Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA).
Click here to read more.
November 2022
Adrenal Incidentaloma – Practical Steps in Management
Two key clinical questions are: Is the adrenal lesion functional or non functional? And is the adrenal lesion benign or malignant?