Dr Chee Yen Min, Madeline

Dr Madeline Chee is an Associate Consultant with the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore. She graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 2017 before completing her surgical specialist training under the Singhealth General Surgery Residency Programme. Dr Chee obtained a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2024. She is also a Faculty Member of the SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme, and a clinical tutor for the 3 medical schools.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 2024
• Master of Medicine (Surgery), National University of Singapore, 2021
• Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2018
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, National University of Singapore, 2017

• Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Clinical Tutor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University
• Clinical Tutor, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
• Member, Society of Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore
• Organising Committee Chair, Singhealth Colorectal Cancer Awareness Public Forum 2025

• College of Surgeons, Singapore Gold Medal Award (General Surgery), 2025
• College of Surgeons Medal, 2021
• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, 2019
• Dean’s List Book Prize, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, 2017
• NUS Medical Society Executive Committee Service Award, 2014
• NUS Medical Society Executive Committee Service Award, 2013
• NUS Medical Society Colours Award, 2012

Clinical Research, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life

1. Surgical Management of Rectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours: Our Local Experience
   Chee, Yen Min Madeline; Tan, Emile John Kwong Wei
   World Journal of Colorectal Surgery 14(3):p 99-102, Jul–Sep 2025.
2. Laparoscopic 3-port total colectomy with D3 lymphadenectomy and transvaginal natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) for synchronous ascending and rectosigmoid colon tumours-A video vignette.
   Seow-En I, Chee MYM, Soh W
   Colorectal Dis. 2025 Sep;27(9):e70208.
3. Robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery for gallbladder cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
   Chee MYM, Wu AGR, Fong KY, Yew A, Koh YX, Goh BKP.
   Surg Endosc. 2024 Sep;38(9):4846-4857.
4. Multifocal Intraluminal Gastric and Colonic Recurrence of Anorectal Signet-ring Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
   Madeline Yen Min Chee, Wenjie Lin, Simon Yew Kuang Ong, Jianbang Chiang, Ngo Nye Thane, Isaac Seow-En.
   Archives in Colorectal Diseases, Vol. 1, No. 01, January - June 2025.
5. Robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery for gallbladder cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
   Chee MYM, Wu AGR, Fong KY, Yew A, Koh YX, Goh BKP.
   Surg Endosc. 2024 Sep;38(9):4846-4857.
6. Dufourmentel Rhomboid Flap versus the Karydakis and Bascom Flap Reconstruction Following Wide Excision of Pilonidal Sinus Disease.
   Chee, Madeline Y. M.; Goh, Cindy S. L.; Pek, Wan S.; Tan, Emile K.-W.; Seow-En, Isaac
   World Journal of Colorectal Surgery 12(4):p 78-82, Oct–Dec 2023.
7. A Novel Improvised Laryngectomy Button Designed From A Milk Bottle Teat
   Madeline Chee YM, Elizabeth Roche, Gerald Tay Ci An
   OTO Open. Volume 7, Issue 4 October–December 2023 e85
8. Safe discharge for patients admitted for lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGITB): derivation and validation of a novel scoring system.
   Zhao Y, Chee MYM, Sultana R, Tan WJ
   BMC Gastroenterol. 2023 Oct 9;23(1):349.
9. Clinical outcomes and cost comparison of laparoscopic versus open surgery in elderly colorectal cancer patients over 80 years.
   Chok AY, Tan IE, Zhao Y, Chee MYM, Chen HLR, Ang KA, Au MKH, Tan EJKW.
   Int J Colorectal Dis. 2023 Jun 6;38(1):160.
10. Streamlining multidisciplinary care in sarcoma management.
    Hui Jun Lim, Madeline Chee, Joey WS Tan, Gillian Ng, Clara YL Chong, Chin Jin Seo, Jolene SM Wong , Mohamed Rezal Abdul, Khee Chee Soo, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Chin-Ann J Ong
    Ann Acad Med Singap 2023;52:333-5
11. Delayed tumour resection after self-expanding metallic stent placement for obstructing colon cancer – a video vignette
    Madeline Chee YM, Zhao Yue, Tan JH Winson
    Colorectal Disease. 10 May 2023.
12. Isolated Mycotic Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm Treated With a Combined Endovascular Stenting and Percutaneous Drainage Approach: A Case Report and Review of Current Literature.
    Yen Min Madeline C, Pei Shi L, Lim D.
    Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2022 Apr 24:15385744221095675.
13. Short and long-term outcomes after minimally-invasive versus open spleen-saving vessel-preserving distal pancreatectomies.
    Chee M, Lee CY, Lee SY, Ooi LLPJ, Chung AYF, Chan CY, Goh BKP.
    J Minim Access Surg. 2021 Apr 8. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_178_20.
14. True Idiopathic Radial Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report and Review of Current Literature.
    YM Madeline Chee, Pei Shi Lew, MJ Darryl Lim.
    EJVES Vascular Forum. Volume 49, 2020, Pages 34-39
15. Primary splenic leiomyosarcoma as an exceptionally rare cause of ruptured splenomegaly – A case report and review of primary splenic sarcomas.
    Benjamin Livingston Farah, Madeline Chee Yen Min, Ching Siok Siong, Tan Chien Sheng.
    Human Pathology: Case Reports. Volume 22, November 2020, 200452
16. Actual 10‐year survivors and 10‐year recurrence free survivors after primary liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in the 21st century: A single institution contemporary experience.
    Yun Le Linn, Madeline Y.M. Chee, Ye Xin Koh, Jin Yao Teo, Peng Chung Cheow, Pierce K. H. Chow, Chung Yip Chan, Alexander Y. F. Chung, London L. P. J. Ooi, Brian K. P. Goh.
    Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2020 Oct 23. doi: 10.1002/jso.26259.
17. Contemporary Surgical Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscess.
    Madeline Chee, Ye Xin Koh, Yixin Liew, Jin Yao Teo, Ser Yee Lee, Brian Goh, Peng Chung Cheow, Alexander Chung, London Lucien Ooi, Chung Yip Chan
    HPB (Abstract Only) Volume 21, Supplement 2, S356, January 01, 2019
18. Assessment of psychological distress among Asian adolescents and young adults (AYA) cancer patients using the distress thermometer: a prospective, longitudinal study.
    Alexandre Chan, Eileen Poon, Wei Lin Goh, Yanxiang Gan, Chia Jie Tan, Kelvin Yeo, Annabelle Chua, Madeline Chee, Yi Chye Law, Nagavalli Somasundaram, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Quan Sing Ng, Chee Kian Tham, Chee Keong Toh, Soon Thye Lim, Miriam Tao, Tiffany Tang, Richard Quek, Mohamad Farid
    Supportive Care in Cancer, Sept 2018, Volume 26, Issue 9, pp 3257–3266
19. Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma in Singapore.
    Chee Kiang Tay, Yang Chong Chua, Angela Takano, Madeline Yen Min Chee, Wan-Teck Lim, Cindy Lim, Mariko Siyue Koh
    Annals of Thoracic Medicine, Jan-Mar 2018; 13(1): 30–35
    Accepted by Lancet Respiratory Medicine News Bulletin
20. A Novel Derivation Predicting Survival After Primary Tumor Resection in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Validation of a Prognostic Scoring Model and an Online Calculator to Provide Individualized Survival Estimation.
    Winson Jianhong Tan; Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo; Madeline Yen Min Chee; Wah Siew Tan; Fung Joon Foo; Choong Leong Tang; Min Hoe Chew
    Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, Sept 2017, 60(9):895–904
21. Outcomes of Early Cholecystectomy for Patients with Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis.
    Yujia Gao, MD, Sheng Hao Joshua Lim, Yen Min Madeline Chee, MBBS, Shridhar Iyer, MBBS, FRCS, Krishnakumar Madhavan, Alfred Wei Chieh Kow, MBBS, FRCS
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 2016, Volume 223, Issue 4, Supplement 2, Page e141