·         Dr Quah Hak Mien is a general surgeon practising in Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore. His clinical interests include the prevention, endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. His expertise also includes the treatment of anal diseases, piles and functional bowel disorders, such as chronic bowel disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ·         Dr Quah is proficient in various minimally invasive colorectal surgeries, such as laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery and single incision laparoscopic (single keyhole) colorectal surgery. He is also one the few surgeons in Singapore accredited to perform robotic-assisted colorectal surgery. Dr Quah also performs pelvic floor disorder treatment and prolapsed bladder surgery. ·         Dr Quah completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Bristol, UK in 1997. Thereafter, he obtained his Master of Medicine in surgery from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2002. In the same year, he had the opportunity to train in surgery at the Glan Clwyd Hospital in Wales, UK. ·         In 2006, Dr Quah was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) award to pursue subspecialty training in colorectal surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, USA. There, he worked with the late chief of Colorectal Service Dr Douglas Wong on colorectal cancer, particularly sphincter-preservative surgery for rectal cancer and recurrent pelvic cancer operations. ·         Dr Quah was formerly a consultant in the Department of Colorectal Surgery and the director of the Singapore Polyposis Registry at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He was also a visiting consultant to the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre of Singapore.

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