Dr Peter Robless is a vascular surgeon with training and work experience in the UK, Australia and Singapore, and has been in private practice since 2013. He was awarded the NUH STAR award in 2005-2007 for patient care and believes in holistic patient care and providing the best service and outcomes for his patients and their families.
Dr Robless was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of London. In 2009, to advance Vascular Surgery in Singapore, he was also awarded a National Healthcare Group Health Manpower Development Programme grant to visit the Vascular surgical units at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston and The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
Dr. Robless is also a regular speaker at international and regional meetings on vascular surgery and endovascular interventions. He was an International Visitor for the Australasian New Zealand Society Vascular Society meetings in 2007 and 2011. In 2013, he was the International Visitor for the New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery meeting in Hamilton, NZ.
CONDITIONS TREATED
Blocked artery treatment
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Varicose veins
PROCEDURES PERFORMED
Vascular surgery
Sclerotherapy
Micro Phlebectomy
Academic Qualification & Certification
MB.ChB, University of Aberdeen
FRCS Edinburgh
Intercollegiate FRCS (General Surgery)
MD, Imperial College, London
FEBVS, European Board of Vascular Surgery
FAMS , Academy of Medicine Singapore
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Dr Peter Robless has trained and worked in the UK, Australia and Singapore.He obtained his MBChB from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 1992.
He then underwent training in General Surgery on the West of Scotland Surgical specialties rotation, and obtained the FRCS qualification from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996.
Dr Robless moved to St Mary’s Hospital at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London as research fellow for the MRC funded Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST). Completing two years of clinical research, he thereafter trained as a specialist registrar in General and Vascular Surgery, on both the South East and North West Thames London Deanery Surgical rotations.
After obtaining the Intercollegiate FRCS in General Surgery in 2003 and the UK Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General/Vascular Surgery in 2004, he became a Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEBVS) by examination in 2004.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Council Member: World Federation of Vascular Societies (2020 – present)
Council Member: World Federation of Vascular Societies (2020 – present)
Visiting Consultant, National University Hospital (2013 – present)
Visiting Consultant, National Heart Centre, SingHealth (2011 – present)
