Profile
Dr Yvonne Ng is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore. She is also a Visiting Consultant at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital Singapore.
Dr Ng completed her fellowship training in The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Mark’s Hospital (London, United Kingdom) in the areas of robotic surgery for complex colorectal cancer and pelvic floor reconstruction to complement her clinical interest in advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for colorectal disease.
Dr Ng is well-published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and her subspecialty interests are in MIS (robotic and laparoscopic), complex colorectal cancer, pelvic floor disorders, and endoscopy.
Education
- 2024 Member of the International Postgraduate Deanery (Edinburgh)
- 2019 General Surgery Specialist Accreditation, Singapore Medical Council
- 2018 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
- 2016 Master of Medicine (Surgery)
- 2014 Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
- 2013 National University of Singapore School of Medicine - MBBS
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Member, Society of Colorectal Surgeons (Singapore)
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Awards
- 2022 SGH Overseas Fellowship Training Award - Advanced Colorectal & Robotic Surgery
- 2022 Young Colorectal Surgeon Presentation (Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Singapore) – Runner-up
- 2021, 2022 Service with a Heart Award, SingHealth
- 2021 Outstanding Faculty Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards
- 2017 Best Oral Presentation and Young Scientist Award (3rd World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer, Tokyo)
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Research Interests
- Robotic surgery for colorectal disease
- Colorectal Cancer
- Pelvic floor disorders
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Publications
- Ng YY, Alhasan A, Tekkis P. Handsewn Coloanal Anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum. Published online October 22, 2024. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000003519
- Ng YY, Tan KY, Zhao Y, et al. Efficacy of Traditional Acupuncture Compared to Biofeedback Therapy in Fecal Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024;67(10):1313-1321. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000003357
- Tan SJJ, Tan EK, Ng YYR, et al. Venous thromboembolism among Asian populations with localized colorectal cancer undergoing curative resection: is pharmacological thromboprophylaxis required? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Coloproctol. 2024;40(3):200-209. doi:10.3393/ac.2022.01046.0149
- Chok AY, Zhao Y, Lim HJ, Ng YYR, Tan EJKW. Stenting as a bridge to surgery in obstructing colon cancer: Long-term recurrence pattern and competing risk of mortality. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2023;15(2):64-76. doi:10.4253/wjge.v15.i2.64
- Seow-En I, Wu J, Tan IE, et al. Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision With Delayed Coloanal Anastomosis (TaTME-DCAA) Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision (LTME) and Robotic Total Mesorectal Excision (RTME) for Low Rectal Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Short-term Outcomes, Bowel Function, and Cost. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2024;34(1):54-61. Published 2024 Feb 1. doi:10.1097/SLE.0000000000001247
- Yee, Francis Zheng Yi; Ng, Yvonne Ying-Ru; Chok, Aik Yong1; Tan, Emile Kwong-Wei; Seow-En, Isaac. Charity Colonoscopy Event and Fund in Singapore: A Novel Method to Raise Awareness of Colorectal Cancer Screening. World Journal of Colorectal Surgery 12(3):p 65-68, Jul–Sep 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/wjcs.wjcs_29_23
- Seow-En, Isaac*; Khor, Shao Nan*; Zhao, Yun1; Ng, Yvonne Ying-Ru; Tan, Emile John Kwong Wei. Real-Time Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Colonoscopy and the Effect of Endoscopist Experience on Polyp Detection Rates at a Tertiary Referral Center. World Journal of Colorectal Surgery 12(3):p 59-64, Jul–Sep 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/wjcs.wjcs_27_23
- Ng YY, Seow-En I, Chok AY, Lee TS, Palanisamy P, Tan EK. Surgical and short-term oncological safety of total neoadjuvant therapy in high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer. ANZ J Surg. 2024;94(1-2):175-180. doi:10.1111/ans.18739
- Chin KM, Wee LE, Tan EK, Chow YC, Ng YY. Acute Fulminant Necrotizing Amoebic Colitis with Multifocal ColonicPerforation in a Developed Country — a Case Report. SN Compr. Clin. Med. (2023). https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.1007%2fs42399%2d023%2d&umid=A680A9A0-0082-0406-84C7-33AAF49EC379&auth=6e3fe59570831a389716849e93b5d483c90c3fe4-32d91da3ba45312e870626fb22d0eb38ffe7986501422-2
- Wee IJY, Koo CH, Seow-En I, Ng YYR, Lin W, Tan EJK. Laser hemorrhoidoplasty versus conventional hemorrhoidectomy for grade II/III hemorrhoids: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(1):3-10. doi:10.3393/ac.2022.00598.0085
- Seow-En I, Ng YY, Tan IBH, Tan EK. Transanal total mesorectal excision and delayed coloanal anastomosis without stoma for low rectal cancer. Tech Coloproctol. 2022 Aug 27. doi: 10.1007/s10151-022-02677-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36029385.
- Ng WKD, Chok AY, Ng YY, Seow-En I, Tan EK. Efficacy of biofeedback therapy for faecal incontinence in an Asian population [published online ahead of print, 2022 Oct 29]. ANZ J Surg. 2022;10.1111/ans.18131. doi:10.1111/ans.18131
- Ng YY, Tan EJKW, Fu CWP. Trends in the surgical management of rectal prolapse: An Asian experience. Asian J Endosc Surg. 2021 Aug 27. doi: 10.1111/ases.12978. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34448361
- Ng YY, Palanisamy P, Tay AZE, Yeo ESA. Tuberculosis, still the great mimicker: a rare case of disseminated tuberculosis masquerading as appendiceal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Mar 31. doi: 10.1111/ans.16840
- Ng, Y.YR., Palanisamy, P., Busmanis, I. et al. Dermatomyositis as Interval Manifestation of Underlying Rectal Cancer Progression: a Case Report and Brief Subject Review. SN Compr. Clin. Med. (2021). https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.1007%2fs42399%2d021%2d&umid=A680A9A0-0082-0406-84C7-33AAF49EC379&auth=6e3fe59570831a389716849e93b5d483c90c3fe4-2fd0a1558997cc45c42eeac09e6a3514eacbccd600806-6
- Ngu JC, Ng YY. Robotics confers an advantage in right hemicolectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis when matched against conventional laparoscopy. J Robot Surg. 2018; doi: 10.1007/s11701-018-0793-6
- Ng YY, Tan GH, Quek RH, Farid M, Soo KC, Teo CC. Clinical patterns and management of primary mucosal melanoma: a single centre experience. ANZ J surg; doi: 10.1111/ans.14373
- Ng YY, Ngu JC, Wong AS. Small bowel obstruction in a virgin abdomen: Time to challenge surgical dogma with evidence. ANZ J Surg. 2016; 88(1-2): 91-94
- Ng YY, Ong HL, Sim SW, Ong CPC. Candy crush: A confounding presentation of blood per rectum in a child. BMJ Case Rep. 2015.
- Ng YY, Tan VK, Pek WS, Chang JH, Sim Y, Ong KW et al. Surgical and oncological safety of nipple-sparing mastectomy in an Asian population. Breast Cancer. 2018; doi: 10.1007/s12282-018-0908-y
- Pek WS, Tan BK, Ng YY, et al. Immediate breast reconstruction following nipplesparing mastectomy in an Asian population: Aesthetic outcomes and mitigating nipple-areolar complex necrosis. Arch Plast Surg. 2018;45(3):229-238. doi:10.5999/aps.2017.01067
- Ng YY, Tan VK, Goh TL, Yong WS, Ho GH, Madhukumar P, Ong KW, Ong YS, Sim Y, Tan BK, Tan BK. Trends in Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction in an Asian Population: A 12-Year Insitutional Review. Breast Journal. 2017; 23l(1):59-66.
- Ng YR, Ho CD, Ng WL, Tan SM. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and dermatomyositis as first manifestations of underlying breast malignancy: a report of two cases and a brief review of the subject. Surg Case Rep. 2015;1(1):59
- Sim Y, Tan VK, Ho GH, Wong CY, Madhukumar P, Tan BK, Yong WS, Ng YY, Ong KW. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in an Asian population: A single insitution review. Breast. 2014; 23(1):56-62.
- Ng YY, Chan PM, Chen JJ, Seah MD, Teo C, Tan EY. Adopting Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery As The Standard Of Care In An Asian Population. Int J Breast Cancer. 2014; 2014:672743.
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