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Dr Sharon Koh

Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery

StarMed Specialist Centre

Specialist Clinic, 5th Floor,
StarMed Specialist Centre

DOCTOR PROFILE

Dr Sharon Koh is colorectal surgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy management of both benign and malignant lesions in the gastrointestinal tract.

Dr Koh has published several peer-reviewed papers in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Annals of Surgery journals, and has presented her research at various international conferences.

Before entering private practice, Dr Koh was formerly the Director of Endoscopy at Alexandra Integrated Health from 2018 to 2020, where she participated in the planning and running of the endoscopy centre.

Dr Koh is currently a Senior Consultant Surgeon at Colorectal Practice, a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

CONDITIONS TREATED

  • Haemorrhoids
  • Anal fistula
  • Anal fissure
  • Anal abscess
  • Endoscopy screening and evaluation (OGD & Colonoscopy)
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer screening
  • Appendicitis
  • Hernia

PROCEDURES PERFORMED

  • Endoscopy (OGD and Colonoscopy)
  • Anal fistula surgery
  • Anal fissure surgery
  • Drainage of anorectal abscess
  • Colorectal cancer surgery
  • Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
  • Laparoscopic Appendicectomy
  • Laparoscopic hernia repair

Academic Qualification
& Certification

  • Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelors of Surgery (MBBS), NUS
  • Fellowship diploma, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK)
  • Awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award (AMDA) by NUS

CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE

  • Completed advanced surgical training in both National University Hospital and Singapore General Hospital, and obtained her fellowship diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, U.K. in 2013.
  • 18-month fellowship of advanced colorectal surgery with a special focus on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) under the mentorship of Professor Phillip R Fleshner, alongside a team of ten colorectal surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, USA
  • Spent time under the proctorship of Professor Hironori Yamamoto in Singapore and in Jichi, Japan, during her training years in NUH

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP

  • Member of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons
  • International member of the European Society of Coloproctology
  • Senior clinical lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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