Seow-Choen Singapore
Short CV: Dr Francis Seow-Choen
Francis Seow-Choen is a colorectal surgeon in private practice. He was head of the Department of Colorectal Surgery from 1994-2003, as well as Head of the Endoscopy Centre at Singapore General Hospital and the founding Head of Surgical Oncology at National Cancer Centre, Singapore.
Professor Seow-Choen has the following earned medical qualifications:
MBBS (National University of Singapore) 1981
FRCS(Edin) 1987
FAMS (Singapore) 1990
Professor Seow-Choen has these following Honorary Fellowships /Memberships:
1.Honorary Member 1999, Section Of Colon And Rectal Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
2.Honorary Life Member 1999, Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia
3.Member of Honor 2008. The Israel Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
4.Honorary Member 2012 Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
5.Honorary Member 2014 International Society of Coloproctology (India)
6.Honorary Member 2016 Chilean Society of Coloproctology
7.Honorary Fellow 2022 The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
8.Honorary Fellow 2023. Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
9.Honorary Fellow 2023. The Russian Society of Coloproctology.
Professor Seow-Choen had been/still on the following Editorial Boards of Surgical Journals:
1.Editorial Board 1995 - 2003, Co-Editor 2003- Techniques In Coloproctology (Italian)
2.Editor In Chief 2010
World Journal of Colorectal Surgery
3.Editorial Board 1996 – 2003 British Journal Of Surgery (UK)
4.Editorial Board 1997 - 2002
Indian Journal Of Coloproctology (Indian)
5.Editorial Board 1999 - 2008 Colorectal Disease (UK)
6.Editorial Board 2000 – 2006 Diseases Of Colon And Rectum (USA)
7.Editorial Board 2003 - 2007 Digestive Surgery(Germany)
8.Editorial Board 2004 -
World Journal Of Gastroenterology (International)
9.Editorial Board 2005 Vice Chairman Chinese Journal Of Colorectal Diseases
10.Editorial Board 2005 - 2010 Journal Of Surgical Oncology
11.Editorial Board 2006 – 2016 BMC Surgery
12.Editorial Board 2006-
Chinese Integrative Medicine Journal of Colorectal Disease
13. Editorial Board 2009-
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
14. Editorial Board Member 2010-
Annals of Coloproctology(ACP) of Korean Society of Coloproctology
15. Editorial Board Member 2010-
Global Journal of Surgery
16. Editorial Board Member 2014-
International Journal of Gastroenterology Research and Practice
17. Editorial Board Member 2014-
Lithuanian Surgery
Professor Seow-Choen had been honored to give the following named medical lectures:
1.W Wallace Green MD Lecturer St Luke’s Foundation, Kansas City, USA, 1994
2.ESR Hughes Lecturer - Royal Australasian College Of Surgeons,Twin Waters, Queensland, Australia, 1999
3.Rupert B Turnbull Jr MD Memorial Lecturer Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA, 2004
4.State of the Art Lecture: Modern Management Of Haemorrhoids, The Tripartite Meeting Dublin, Ireland, 6 July 2005
5.Philip H Gordon Lecture: Canadian Society Of Colon And Rectal Surgeons, Montreal, Canada, 10 September 2005
6.British Journal of Surgery Lecture: Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland; Dublin Ireland 2 July 2012
7.Dr Sivalingam oration: Robotic versus Laparoscopic Surgery. International Society of Coloproctology, Nagpur India. 10-12 Jan 2014
8.Dr PN Joshi Oration: The Best method for Rectal Surgery. Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India. Delhi India Habitat Centre, 18 Sept 2015 ACRSCON 2015
9.B Krishna Rau Oration. 14th National Congress of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons. Hyderabad 10 Feb 2017
10.Harry Bacon Oration. Webinar. The surgeon without his scalpel. Life outside the operating theater. 30th Biennial Congress. International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Yokohama, Japan. Nov 2020
11.Dr Porfirio M Recio Memorial Lecture. How to build an International Colorectal Surgery Department. The 13th International Scientific Meeting. The Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. March 17th-18th 2023.
12.Prof N Rajan Oration. How to grow an International Surgical Department. The experience of the Department of Colorectal Surgery. Singapore General Hospital. The 15th Annual Congress of the Association of Surgical Gastroenterologist and Oncosurgeons of Kerala. Le Meridien, Kochi, Kerala, India, 17-18 Feb 2024.
13.Prof Ahmed Shafik Award Lecture: Current Concepts in Colonic Diverticulosis. 32nd Biennial Congress International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons/Korean Society of Colorectal Surgeons Congress. 5-7 Sept 2024.
Visiting Professorships
1.Visiting Professor, TianJin City Police Hospital, PR China from March 2005
2.Visiting Professor, National Centre of Colorectal Diseases, 3rd Affliated Hospital Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, PR China. From Sept 2006
3.Visiting Professor, Wenzhou Medical College, PR China 2006-8
4.Adjunct Associate Professor, Natural Sciences Group, Nanyang Technological University, 2001-2005
5.Honorary Consultant, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, 2001
6.Visiting Professor, Tianjin Medical Union College and Tianjin Colorectal Centre, China Sept 11 2009-
7.Visiting Professor, Guangxi, Guigang People’s Hospital China 28 Dec 2008-
8.Visiting Specialist, Wuhan City National Colorectal Treatment Centre China 10 July 2010
9.Visiting Professor, Chengdu Specialist Colorectal Hospital 成都肛肠专科医院China June 2011-
10.Visiting Professor, IRCAD/Asian Institute of Telesurgery, Show Chwan HealthCare Sysyem TaiChung Taiwan 1 Jan -31 Dec 2014.
11.Visiting Professor, American Society Of Colon And Rectal Surgeons Orlando, Florida 10 May 1994
12.Visiting Professor, Division Of Colorectal Surgery, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA 13 – 15 Nov. 1996
13.Visiting Professor, University Of Wurzburg, Germany 27 – 31 September 1997
Professor Seow-Choen has more than 46 Chapters in Medical text Books. He has more than 280 published papers in refereed Medical Journals.
Apart from his professional work, he is an associate researcher with Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and the National Biodiversity Board in Singapore. He was also founder chairman with Guide Dogs of the Blind in Singapore for more than a decade. He has published eleven books on stick-insects and has described and named more than 250 new stick-insect species from South-East Asia. He has published one guide book on Snakes.
Sept 2024.
6 November 2025, Thursday
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How I do it: MIS Colorectal
Hall 406 D
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8 November 2025, Saturday
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11:15
12:30
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