Dr Dennis Koh – StarMed Specialist Centre
Dr Dennis Koh Profile Details
Designation: Senior Consultant, Colorectal Surgery
Specialty: General Surgery
Sub-specialty: Colorectal Surgery, Endoscopy, Proctology, Pelvic floor disorders
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Nottingham).
- Master of Medicine (Surgery)
- Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Nottingham).
- Fellow Academy of Medicine Singapore (Surgery).
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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Clinical Interests:
- Colorectal Surgery; both open and minimally invasive surgeries
- – Laparoscopic (key-hole), single port surgery, robotic surgery, and transanal endoscopic operation (TEO)
- Adept in the field of Endoscopy (colonoscopy and gastroscopy), including endoscopic stenting and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
- Proctology
Current Appointments
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Surgery) of Singapore
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
- Bahasa Melayu/Indonesian
Training
- Graduated from the University of Nottingham, UK, with his medical degree
- Prior to obtaining his medical degree, Dr Koh also took a year off and obtained a Bachelor’s in Medical Science.
- Furthered his medical education and embarked on his surgical training in Singapore
- Obtained Master of Medicine in Surgery from the National University of Singapore in 2005.
- Completed his advanced surgical training with Singapore General Hospital and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2009.
- Admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Surgery) of Singapore in 2009.
- Was Awarded the SingHealth Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award and furthered his training at Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve (HUG) Switzerland.
- Was a consultant surgeon in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital
- Further honed his skills in proctology and pelvic floor disorders during his fellowship in Geneva. These include conditions like hemorrhoids (piles), anal fistula, anal fissures, anal abscesses, functional constipation, and fecal incontinence.
About Dr Dennis Koh
- Dr Dennis Koh is a general surgeon with a special interest in proctology and colorectal surgery. He has performed numerous open and minimally-invasive colon and rectal surgeries and believes that each surgery should be customized to each patient’s unique case and situation with minimal impact on their lifestyle.
- Being an expert in the field of endoscopy, Dr. Koh has performed more than ten thousand endoscopic procedures including endoscopic stenting and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR).
- With a passion for educating the next generation of surgeons, Dr Koh has held several teaching appointments including Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He was consistently ranked highly by his medical students and surgical trainees for his teaching.
Gmail: info@starmedspecialist.com
Phone: +65 6322 6333
Address: 12 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore 217565
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