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Speciality
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Colorectal cancer, fistula-in-ano, gastrointestinal endoscopy and advance laparoscopy surgery |
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Languages
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English
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Graduated
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1980 (44 years since graduation)
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About
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Dr Yang is particularly interested in colorectal surgery and has extensive diagnostic & therapeutic endoscopy experience.
Dr. Yang has personally performed more than 20,000 Colonoscopy procedures. |
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Education
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MBBS in 1980 from the University of Singapore. |
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Professional Experience
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Advance specialist training at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio USA: Special Fellow in the Department of Colorectal Surgery and Gastro-Intestinal Surgery under a Singapore Government Health Manpower Development Plan Scholarship in 1989.
Lead surgeon involved in the successful separation of the Korean Ischio-pagus conjoined twins at Raffles Hospital. |
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Certifications
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Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow, Scotland).
Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore. |
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Memberships
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Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia.
ASEAN Colorectal Surgeons Association.
Society of Colorectal Surgeons Singapore.
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Society Internationalis University Colorectal Surgeons. |
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