Dr Leong Tiong
MBBS, MS, FRACS
209 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide 5006
Tel: (08) 8353 6877
Fax: (08) 8235 1819
Dr Leong Tiong is a Consultant Breast, Endocrine & General Surgeon in Adelaide. He graduated from the University of Adelaide and trained as a General Surgeon in South Australia. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2014, followed by Fellowship training in Trauma Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
He subsequently trained for 3 years in Breast & Endocrine Surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Adelaide, Mater Hospital Brisbane and the Liverpool Hospital Sydney between 2015-2017.
Dr Tiong currently works at the following locations:
Royal Adelaide Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Calvary Adelaide Hospital
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
Western Hospital
His field of interest include:
Breast:
- Benign and malignant breast diseases
- High risk familial breast cancers e.g. BRCA 1 and 2
- Breast reconstruction
- Breast reduction
Endocrine
- Thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal gland disorders
Head & Neck
- Submandibular and parotid gland disorders
- Thyroglossal and branchial cysts/fistulas
General surgery
- Hernias (inguinal, femoral, umbilical, ventral, incisional)
- Skin cancers
- Gallbladder and appendiceal disorders
- Skin lumps/bumps and carpal tunnel release
- Emergency abdominal surgery e.g. bowel obstruction, viscus perforation
Surgical Oncology
- Splenectomy, lymph node biopsy, infusaport insertion/removal
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a member of the following organisations:
Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)
Australian & New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons (ANZES)
International Surgical Society (ISS)
Breast Surgery International (BSI)
International Society of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES)
“It is a privilege to be a surgeon. My commitment is to provide safe, evidence-based care, always placing my patients’ health and well-being at the heart of what I do.”