Dr Soon Yuen

• Benign and Malignant Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases 
• Gallstones (Cholelithiasis) 
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 
• Heartburn 
• Hernia (Incisional, Groin, Hiatal) 
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

• Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy 
• Oesophageal Surgery (Benign and Cancer) 
• Gastric Surgery (Benign and Malignant-Open and Laparoscopic) 
• Appendectomy 
• Cholecystectomy (Gall Bladder Removal Surgery) 
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Surgery, Hiatal Hernia Surgery 
• Hernia Repair Surgery (Laparoscopic Single Port and Open Surgery) 
• Single Port Surgery, Reduced Access Surgery, LESS Scar Surgery 
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (Open and Laparoscopic) 
• Other General Surgical Procedures

• Basic Surgical Training, East Midlands Surgical Rotation (1992-1995) 
• Higher Surgical Training, West Midlands Surgical Rotation (1996-2005) 
• Research Fellow, University of Birmingham (2000-2002) 
• Consultant Oesopahgo-gastric and General Surgeon (2007-2014); Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford UK 
• Senior Consultant Upper GI and General Surgeon (2014-2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (National University Health Systems) 
• Head of Division Upper GI Surgery (2019-2022) Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (National University Health Systems) 
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 
• Visiting Consultant Upper GI Surgery, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Jan 2020-Present 
• Laparoscopic Fellow in Upper GI and Laparoscopic Surgery Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, MATTU (2005-2006) 
• Laparoscopic Trainer Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, MATTU (2007-2014) 
• Laparoscopic Trainer to Olympus (UK, MEA and Europe) for Middle East Africa and Pakistan (2008-2011) 
• Laparoscopic Trainer for Storz to Pakistan and Middle East 2010 
• Examiner M3 and M5, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 
• Examiner MRCS (Edinburgh) (2000-) 
• Reviewer Surgical Endoscopy (2014-) 

Honorary Positions (Training) 

• Laparoscopic Tutor 
• Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU), Guildford (2005-2014) 
• Association of Surgeons in Training (2008) 
• Laparoscopic Tutor for Single Port Surgery (Lecture and Live Demonstration); 2008-2012 
• Olympus Europe 
• Olympus MEA (Middle East Africa and Pakistan) 
• Olympus UK 
• Chairman of the Skills Laboratory (2018 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• NICE for assessment of Single Incision Surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2010 
• Surgical Undergraduate Tutor; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2009 - 2014) 
• Surgical Core Training Faculty; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2007 - 2014) 
• Foundation Doctors Programme Director; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2009 - 2011) 
• Educational Lead for General Surgery; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2009 - 2014) 
• Core member of Committee of Surgical Residency (2015 - 2020); National University Hospital Singapore 
• Adjunct Assistant Professor (2019 - 2022); National University of Singapore Honorary Positions (Clinical) 
• Clinical Lead Oesophageal Physiology Labarotory; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2007 - 2014) 
• Lead for The Royal Surrey County Hospital and Kwaolo Hospital, Uganda Link; Royal Surrey County Hospital (2009 - 2014) 
• Trustee for Oesophageal Gastric Cancer Project (UK)(2012 - 2014)
• Surgical Representative for Medical Advisory Committee; Mount Alvernia Hospital (2009 - 2014) 
• Paediatric Surgical Committee (Chairman); Royal Surrey County Hospital (2012 - 2014) 
• Emergency Laparotomy Pathway Steering Group (General Surgical Representative); Royal Surrey County Hospital (2012 - 2014) 
• Trauma Care Delivery Group (General surgical representative); Royal Surrey County Hospital (2012 - 2014) 
• Local Negotiation Committee/ Medical Negotiation Committee (member); Royal Surrey County Hospital (2012 - 2014) 
• Chairman of the Nutritional Support Team (2016 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
• Member of Endoscopic Committee (2017 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• Member of the Credentialling and Privileging Committee (2018 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• Chief Surgeon (MCI) (2018 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• Clinical Lead for Hernia VDO (2017 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• National Committee for Hernia VDC (2018 - 2022); Ministry of Health Singapore 
• Director of Upper GI Surgery (2019 - 2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital

Charing Cross Westminster Medical School (University of London)

• Fellows of Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS )
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

Research Awards 

• NOTES Closure of Gastrotomy: An Ex-vivo Experimental Design Comparing the Over The Scope Clip (OTSC) and Tissue Apposition System (TAS) with Laparoscopic Suturing (€10,000); Costanzi A, Soon Y, Bailey ME; Ethicon Endo-Surgery Research Fund Project 
• Microdialysis In Oesophageal Surgery (£5000), B and T Research Charity 2009 

Patient Service Awards 

• Patient Choice Awards 2007; Royal Surrey County Hospital 
• Patient Dignity Awards 2007; Royal Surrey County Hospital 
• Service Quality Awards (Service Quality) (2017-2022); Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 
• Service Ambassador (Gold) 10th SQ Award 
• Service Champion 11th SQ Award 
• CMB/CEO Award 12th SQ Award 
• Service Ambassador (Silver) 14th SQ Award 
• Service Champion 15th SQ Award 

Teaching Awards 

• Medsoc Yong Loo Lin Medical School ‘Outstanding tutor award” –National Award 2016; Singapore

• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, United Kingdom
• Fellow Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Intercollegiate, General Surgery)
• Specialist Registry, General Medical Council, United Kingdom
• National Specialist Registry, Malaysia – Upper GI Surgery Surgery
• National Specialist Registry, Malaysia - General Surgery
• Specialist Accreditation Board (Singapore) – General Surgery