Dr Dennis Koh - StarMed Specialist Centre

Dr Dennis Koh

Designation: Senior Consultant, Colorectal Surgery

About

Speciality: General Surgery
Sub-speciality: Colorectal Surgery, Endoscopy, Proctology, Pelvic floor disorders

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 customised for each patient’s unique case and situation with minimal impact on their lifestyle.
Being adept in the field of Endoscopy, Dr Koh has also 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 with Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He was consistently ranked highly by his medical students and surgical trainees for his teachings.

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Qualifications

Current Appointments

Languages

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

Training

Graduated from 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 in Medical Science.
Furthered his medical education and embarked on his surgical training in Singapore
Obtained Master of Medicine in Surgery from National University of Singapore in 2005.
Completed his advance 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 in Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve (HUG) Switzerland.
Was a consultant surgeon in the Department of Colorectal Surgery in the Singapore General Hospital
Further honed his skills in proctology and pelvic floor disorders during his fellowship in Geneva. These include conditions like haemorrhoids (piles), anal fistula, anal fissures, anal abscesses, functional constipation and faecal incontinence.