Dr Eugene Yeo Shen Ann

MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Ed)

Specialty: Colorectal Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Publications

Clinical Interests

Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic ＆ Laparoscopic Surgery

Academic Appointments

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Clinical Faculty Member, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Examiner, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

About

Dr Eugene Yeo is currently a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in the Department of Colorectal Surgery. He completed his basic medical degree as well as his surgical training in Singapore and spent one year training at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Robotics and advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures. Dr Yeo has a special interest in minimally invasive colorectal surgery, particularly in laparoscopic and robotic surgical approaches, including transanal work. In addition, he also has interest in advanced endoscopic procedures such as colonic stenting and resection of advanced colonic polyps. His interest in surgical education has also led him to serve in the role of Director of the Endoscopic Platform in the SingHealth Surgical Skills centre as well as being a regular faculty in the endoscopic and advanced laparoscopic courses held within the institution.

Education and Training

MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Ed)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Founding Member, Robotic Surgical Society of Singapore
Executive Committee, Society of Colorectal Surgeons Singapore
Course Director & Instructor, SingHealth Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Simulation Course

Awards

Research Awards

1. 1st prize for Oral presentation

- Critical analysis of mucin and signet ring cell as a prognostic factors in an Asian population

and a comparison with the literature. (GIHEP 2010)

2. 3rd prize for Oral(Clinical) presentation

- Mucin and signet ring cell colorectal cancers. (SingHealth Annual Surgical Meeting 2011

– Open category)

3. 1st Prize for Video Presentation

- Laparoscopic TK catheter insertion (Asian Surgical Congress 2013)

4. Outstanding Video Award

- Proctorship in High Anterior Resection (I-MISC congress Hong Kong 2015)

5. Best Motion Picture Award

- Low Anterior Resection with Splenic Flexure Mobilisation: a comparison of the da Vinci Si

and Xi Robotic Systems (ACRS Hong Kong 2015)

6. Champion of Console King competition

- Symposium of Korean Association of Robotic Surgeons (KAROS), Yonsei, Seoul (2016)

7. 3rd prize for Video Presentation

- Laparoscopic CME Right Hemicolectomy for Advanced ascending colon cancer (ESCP Berlin 2017)

Clinical Awards

SingHealth Best Medical Officer Award 2010
SingHealth Best Registrar Award 2013
SingHealth Best Registrar Award 2014
Healthcare Manpower Development Program Award (2015) to Yonsei Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea for Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Colorectal Surgery

Publications

1. Charles Bonnet syndrome in Asian patients in a tertiary ophthalmic centre.

Tan CS, Lim VS, Ho DY, Yeo E, Ng BY, Au Eong KG

Br J Ophthalmol.2004;88:1325-9

2. Systemic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic and therapeutic role of water soluble contrast

agent in small bowel obstruction.

Yeo SA, Chew MH, Eu KW

Br J Surg. 2010 Apr;97(4):470-8

3. Critical analysis of mucin and signet ring cell as prognostic factors in an Asian population of 2,764 sporadic colorectal cancers.

Chew MH, Yeo ES, Ng ZP, Lim KH, Koh PK, Ng KH, Eu KW

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2010 Oct;25(10):1221-9. Epub 2010 Aug 5

4. Management of Fournier’s Gangrene with VAC dressing.

Yeo SA, Kam MH, Eu KW

Ann Acad Med Singapore Oct 2010:806-7

5. Perforated Colorectal Cancer: An Important Differential Diagnosis in All Presumed Diverticular Abscesses.

Yeo SA, Ng KH, Eu KW

Ann Acad Medicine Singapore Aug 2011:1-4

6. Prognostic variables in 1814 sporadic colon cancers: a review of experience from a single institution from 1999-2005.

Chew MH, Yeo SA, Tang CL

SGH Proceedings 2011;20(1):3-9

7. Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A rare presentation of Eosinophilic colitis.

Yeo SA, Lim YK, Lim KH, Tang CL

Case Rep Gastrointest Med 2012;2012:279813. Epub 2012 Sep 10

8. Young Colorectal Carcinoma patients do not have a poorer prognosis: A comparative review of 2,426 cases

Yeo SA, Chew MH, Koh PK, Tang CL

Tech Coloproctol. 2013 17(6):653-61. doi: 10.1007/s10151-013-0977-z. Epub 2013 Mar 5.

9. Impact of Anastomotic Leakage on long term oncologic outcome and its related factors in rectal cancer

Noh GT, Yeo SA, Cheong C, Han JH, Cho MS, Hur H, Min BS, Lee KY, Kim NK

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Jul;95(30):e4367. Doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000004367

10. The number of retrieved lymph nodes needed for accurate staging differs based on the presence of preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer

Han JH, Noh GT, Yeo SA, Cheong C, Cho MS, Hur H, Min BS, Lee KY, Kim NK

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Sep;95(38):e4891. Doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000004891

11. Universal Suprapubic Port Placement Configuration for Robotic Complete Mesocolic Excision and Central Vascular Ligation using the da Vinci Xi system: From Cadaveric Models to Clinical Cases

Yeo SA, Noh GT, Han JH, Cheong C, Stein H, Kerdok A, Min BS.

J Robot Surg. 2017 Feb 1. doi: 10.1007/s11701-016-0664-y

12. Laparoscopic Left Compete Mesocolic Excision for Stented Descending Colon Cancer (Video article)

Yeo SA, Chang MH (Published July 2017)

www.websurg.com/MEDIA/?noheader=1&doi=vd01en4961

13. Initial experience of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision in Singapore: A Case Series.

Ho L ML, Chong C, Yeo SA, Ng CY

Accepted for publication (Singapore Medical Journal) July 2017

14. Colonic Stenting for Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction is Safe and Effective – A Single Surgeon Experience

Tang MH, Yeo SA, Ng CY

Accepted for publication (Singapore Medical Journal) August 2017

15. Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision for Advanced Ascending Colon Cancer. (Video Article)

Ng JL, Yeo SA (Published Nov 2017)

https://www.websurg.com/MEDIA/?noheader=1&doi=vd01en5079

16. Laparoscopic Complete Mesocolic Excision Right Hemicolectomy with Intracorporeal Anastomosis (Video Article)

Yeo SA (Published Mar 2018)

https://www.websurg.com/MEDIA/?noheader=1&doi=vd01en5198