About Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley
Expert In: Urology
SUBSPECIALTIES: Urology
Associate with: Advanced Urology Associates Pte Ltd
Gender: Female
Languages: Cantonese, English, Malay, Mandarin
Fellowship and accreditation
- Advanced Diploma in Medical Sciences, Malaysia
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, New Zealand
- Masters of Medicine (Surgery), Singapore
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Urology)
Qualification & EXPERIENCE YEARS :
- Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley is a urologist practising at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore.
- Her subExpert In interests are in the management of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder syndrome, neurogenic bladder, and functional and reconstructive surgery of the urinary system.
She also has an interest in bladder recovery for post-stroke, post-brain surgery and trauma patients. - The procedures she conducts include male urinary incontinence procedures like male slings and artificial urinary sphincters, and female urinary incontinence procedures like tension-free vaginal tapes (TVT) and trans-obturator tapes (TOT) (TOT).
- Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley also conducts general and oncological urological procedures including endoscopic surgery for stone diseases, minimally invasive surgery for urological cancers, and treatment of benign prostatic conditions.
- She did her subspeciality fellowship in three hospitals, namely the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, and Russells Hall Hospital in the UK. During her fellowship year, she conducted complex incontinence and reconstructive operations on both male and female patients.
- Prior to beginning private practice, she was a consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) (TTSH).
- During her time in TTSH, she ran a busy tertiary practice and treated both basic and complex urological cases on a regular basis. She also ran a weekly urodynamics and video urodynamics session.
- Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley was instrumental in introducing Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS), an effective treatment for overactive bladder, especially in patients who do not respond well to medical therapy, to TTSH in 2018. She also ran a twice monthly mixed Urology-Rehab clinic at Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital for patients with neurogenic bladder after a stroke or major trauma. In addition to her regular clinical duties, she also mentors the Prostate Cancer Survival Support Group in TTSH.
- She sits on the executive committee of the Singapore Society for Continence. She has also written research papers published in prestigious urological journals.
- She has been invited to present at local and regional conferences such as the Urological Association of Asia Congress and Singapore Urofair. She is also actively involved in organising talks and workshops, including GP forums, cadaveric courses for incontinence surgery, Singapore Continence Week and Incontinence and Reconstructive surgery Masterclass as part of Singapore Urofair conference.
- Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley is a key faculty member of the National Healthcare Community Urology Residency Program and also a clinical mentor for both NTU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and NUS’ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
- As part of Dr Shirley’s campaign for quality improvement and patient protection, she was part of the team that won the first price for the project entitled ‘The Urology Time-Out Script Trial’ at the 8th National Healthcare Quality Improvement Competition in 2011. This project was subsequently discussed at the international Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) conference in Geneva in 2012. She has also undertaken a hospital quality management initiative, heading a team to strengthen hospital processes.
Dr Bang Shieh Ling Shirley Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): BOOK BY Phone 68810048, Fax 68810049, Orchard +65 6250 0000, Novena +65 6898 6898 &
Chamber Name & Address: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Advanced Urology Associates Pte Ltd, 319 Joo Chiat Place #02-05, Parkway East Medical Centre, Singapore 427989.
