Born in Penang, Dr. Choo completed his medical undergraduate degree in USM and postgraduate master’s in UKM. In 2012, he pursued his fellowship and diploma in Minimal Access Surgery in India. He then travelled to Sydney, Australia to train under world-renowned endoscopy surgeons, Prof. Alan Lam and Dr. Danny Chou in advanced laparoscopy and hysteroscopy surgeries.
In 2014, Dr. Choo underwent 3 years of training in the Reproductive Medicine Unit of Hospital Ipoh, Hospital Seberang Jaya, and Hospital Alor Setar as well as UKM Fertility Centre through a scholarship by the Ministry of Health.
Subsequently, Dr. Choo went to Singapore to complete his training in minimally invasive surgery and reproductive medicine fellowship. He had the privilege of training under Prof. Bernard Chern as well as Prof. YF Fong in both KK Women’s and Children Hospital and the National University Hospital, Singapore respectively in the state-of-the-art field of minimally invasive surgery. He had the honour of training under the guidance of Prof. HH Tan as well as Prof. PC Wong in both KK Women’s and Children Hospital and the National University Hospital’s Reproductive Medicine & IVF unit respectively to learn about the latest advances in the field. He was also attached to Dr. Matthew Lau in the field of male fertility and fertility preservation treatment.
His passion and interest in reproductive surgery led him to USA and Europe for further training under Prof. Marc Goldstein (Male Fertility Surgery), Prof. Charles Koh (Tubal Surgery), Prof. Cameran Nezhat & Tamir Seckin (Advanced Endometriosis Surgery), and Prof. Stefano Bettochi (Advanced Hysteroscopy Surgery).
Dr. Choo was the head of the unit of Reproductive Medicine Services in Penang General Hospital from 2017 until his resignation. He was also gazetted as a Ministry of Health reproductive medicine subspecialist in 2017. He is an international speaker in the field of reproductive medicine and endoscopy surgery, performing laparoscopy and hysteroscopy surgeries and fertility treatment (IUI and IVF) frequently.
Dr. Choo is a member of Asia Pacific Advanced Gynaecology Endoscopy Society (APAGE), American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE). Dr. Choo speaks Mandarin, Hokkien, English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Bahasa Indonesia.