Dr. Kimbo Chia, MD, FACS

Expert Publications

• Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Singapore. A study of 545 cases treated between 1960-1964.
• Tumours of the nasopharynx--Singapore 1969-1971 the presenting picture.
• Epstein-Barr virus specific antibodies in patients with IgA nephropathy.
• Radiotherapy of early glottic cancer Singapore, 1978-1981.
• Hyperthermia with radiotherapy.
• Malignant thymoma--a study of 30 cases.
• The normal nasopharyngogram.
• Immunogenetic aspects of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. II. Analysis of ABO, rhesus and MNSs red cell systems.
• Mammography in Singapore.
• Variations of the lateral recesses of the nasopharynx.
• Radioactive iodine therapy in 135 cases of thyrotoxicosis.
• A new technique of contrast examination of the nasopharynx with cinefluorography and roentgenography.
• Goitrous cretinism in twins due to biosynthetic defect in formation of thyroid hormones.
• Distant metastases in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
• Distant metastases in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Media Releases

Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Kimbo Chia, who serves patients in Buffalo, New York.

A prominent general surgeon, Dr. Chia is affiliated with Kaleida Health in Buffalo, New York.

Originally from Cameroon, he graduated with his medical degree from the University of Yaounde I Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1979.

Recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the doctor is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, gallbladder, appendix, as well as the thyroid, parathyroids, and adrenals. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall hernias, groin hernias, gallbladder disease, and thyroid related cancers. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.

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