Dr Jonathan Foo Shuo Min | Farrer Park Hospital

Working hours

Biography

Dr. Jonathan Foo is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon at FeM surgery. Dr. Foo graduated from the National University of Singapore. He completed his advanced surgical training at National University Hospital (NUH) and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd) in 2012.

He was awarded the prestigious Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Program (HMDP) scholarship in the same year, where he spent a year with world-renowned Colorectal surgeon Professor Amjad Parvaiz at the Minimally Invasive Colorectal Unit in Portsmouth, UK, a National Training Center. for Colorectal Surgery and the only Intuitive European Epicenter for Robotic colorectal surgery in the UK., During his time there, Dr. Foo mastered advanced techniques in laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery; and concurrently served as a proctor at Colorectal courses in the UK, Europe, and Russia. Dr. Foo has expertise in managing various General Surgical and Colorectal conditions, particularly with cancer and benign diseases of the colon and rectum. He excels at advanced endoscopic, open, and minimally invasive (key-hole) techniques, as well as robotic surgery. Dr. Foo was responsible for pioneering and standardizing the technique of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME) and the use of Indocyanine Green (ICG) at NTFGH for Colorectal Surgery and is one of a handful of surgeons in Singapore who performs this specialized procedure routinely for colorectal cancer. He is an expert at advanced surgical procedures for conditions of the anal region including hemorrhoids (piles), anal abscesses, anal fistulas, constipation, and incontinence. Dr. Foo is a specialist Colorectal Surgeon with comprehensive training in other minimally invasive General Surgical conditions such as hernia repair and gallbladder surgery. He will be leading the Colorectal Center @ FeM and the Laparoscopic & Robotic Center @ FeM and is looking forward to continuing to provide comprehensive, high-quality, patient-focused surgical care.

Dr. Foo firmly believes that every surgical procedure must be customized to the individual in order to achieve an optimal outcome for his patients.

Dr Foo’s specialty interests are colon and rectal cancer, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, hernia, and robotic and laparoscopic surgery.

Make an Online Appointment here

Farrer Park Hospital, 1 Farrer Park Station Road, #02-01 Connexion, Singapore 217562.

Read more about  Dr Yeo Chong Jin From Farrer Park Hospital