Prof Emile Tan Kwong Wei

Emile is the Head and Senior Consultant Surgeon of Department of Colorectal Surgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and & National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS). His clinical interests are in Robotic and Laparoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). He is mentor to a generation of colorectal surgeons and grown a department expert in top-down Robotic MIS and bottom-up MIS TATME. Under his leadership, the SGH Department of Colorectal Surgery offers state of the art care in cancer diagnostics and surgical treatment, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pelvic Floor Disorders and Proctology, delivered using the latest technology and platforms. Emile also serves as lead for Value Driven Outcomes in colorectal resections for SGH, helping define and refine the matrices of assessment and quality improvement in this area.

Emile is well published in the field of Colorectal Surgery and has given numerous presen-tations at national and international conferences. His research interests are aligned with his clinical expertise.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (General and Colorectal Surgery) 2013
• Doctor of Medicine by Research, Imperial College London 2012
• Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2007
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University College London Medical School 2001
• Bachelor of Science, University College London (Immunology and Cell Pathology)

• Physician Faculty Member for SingHealth General Surgery Residency
• Member of SingHealth Epic Implementation Value-Based External Data and Analytics Process Workgroup
• Member, Master of Medicine (Surgery) Committee, Division of Graduate Medical Studies, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Clinician Champion of the Value-Driven Care workgroup for Colorectal Resection (for Colorectal Cancer), Singapore General Hospital
• Clinician Champion of the Value-Driven Care workgroup for Rectal Resection, Singapore General Hospital

• Service with a Heart Award 2021
• Long Service Award 2021
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award - Star Award 2020
• Service with a Heart Award 2019
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver Award 2018
• Service with a Heart Award 2016
• Clinical Academic Lectureship in Surgery, National Institute for Health Research UK 2011
• Poster of Distinction, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2011
• Teaching Hero Award, Imperial College London 2010
• Distinguished Oral Abstract (Imaging and Advanced Technology), Digestive Diseases Week USA 2008
• Shanks Foundation Award, Immunology and Cell Pathology University College London 1998

1. Ng YY, Tan KY, Zhao Y, Seow-En I, Chok AY, Chuang J, Loy MS, Tan EK.
   Efficacy of Traditional Acupuncture Compared to Biofeedback Therapy in Fecal Incontinence: A Ran-domized Controlled Trial.
   Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Oct 1;67(10):1313-1321
   
2. Seow-En I, Villanueva ME, Eu EW, Tan EJKW.
   Laparoscopic D3 right hemicolectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis.
   Tech Coloproctol. 2024 Aug 2;28(1):92
   
3. Seow-En I, Tan IE, Zheng V, Wu J, Zhao Y, Ang KA, Au MKH, Tan EJKW.
   A retrospective cohort study of intra-corporeal versus extra-corporeal anastomosis for right hemi-colectomy with cost-effectiveness analysis.
   Tech Coloproctol. 2024 Jun 8;28(1):66
4. Lin W, Chok AY, Seow-En I, Tan EK.
   Stenting as bridge to surgery versus upfront emergency resection for non-metastatic left sided ob-structing colorectal cancer: risk of peritoneal recurrence and long-term outcomes.
   Surg Endosc. 2024 May;38(5):2632-2640
5. 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 Feb;94(1-2):175-180.
6. 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. 2023 Jan;27(1):75-81
7. Chok AY, Zhao Y, Chen HLR, Tan IE, Chew DHW, Zhao Y, Au MKH, Tan EJKW.
   Elderly patients over 80 years undergoing colorectal cancer resection: Development and validation of a predictive nomogram for survival.
   World J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 May 27;15(5):892-905
8. Ng WKD, Chok AY, Ng YY, Seow-En I, Tan EK.
   Efficacy of biofeedback therapy for faecal incontinence in an Asian population.
   ANZ J Surg. 2023 May;93(5):1262-1266
9. Seow-En I, Chok AY, Matchar DB, Yoon S, Chong DQ, Tan EK.
   Long-term quality of life, sexual health and gastrointestinal function following colorectal cancer resec-tion in an Asian cohort.
   Colorectal Dis. 2021 Sep;23(9):2348-2360
10. Seow-En I, Wu J, Yang LWY, Tan JSQ, Seah AWH, Foo FJ, Chang M, Tang CL, Tan EKW.
    Results of a colorectal enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme and a qualitative analysis of healthcare workers' perspectives.
    Asian J Surg. 2021 Jan;44(1):307-312
11. Tekkis P, Tan E, Kontovounisios C, Kinross J, Georgiou C, Nicholls RJ, Rasheed S, Brown G.
    Hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis for low rectal cancer: technique and long-term outcome.
    Colorectal Dis. 2015 Dec;17(12):1062-70
12. Georgiou P, Tan E, Gouvas N, Antoniou A, Brown G, Nicholls RJ, Tekkis P.
    Extended lymphadenectomy versus conventional surgery for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis.
    Lancet Oncol. 2009 Nov;10(11):1053-62
13. Lee SL, Tan E, Khullar V, Gedroyc W, Darzi A, Yang GZ.
    Physical-based statistical shape modeling of the levator ani.
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2009 Jun;28(6):926-36.
14. Tan E, Tilney H, Thompson M, Smith J, Tekkis PP; Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.
    The United Kingdom National Bowel Cancer Project -- epidemiology and surgical risk in the elderly.
    Eur J Cancer. 2007 Oct;43(15):2285-94
15. Cornish J, Tan E, Teare J, Teoh TG, Rai R, Clark SK, Tekkis PP.
    A meta-analysis on the influence of inflammatory bowel disease on pregnancy.
    Gut. 2007 Jun;56(6):830-7.