Dr Cherylin Fu has been a senior consultant surgeon under the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Singapore General Hospital and Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore since 2012. She is also the current Director of the Gastrointestinal Functional Unit as well as the Pelvic Floor Disorders Service at Singapore General Hospital.
She obtained her medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2004 and completed her advanced specialist training in colorectal surgery under the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2012. She went on to do her colorectal fellowship in Brisbane, Australia from 2013 to 2014, pursuing her interests in pelvic floor dsorders and advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
She routinely manages colorectal cancer, benign colorectal diseases and proctology, and has a keen interest in advanced laparoscopic techniques such as Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for rectal cancer and Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction (NOSE).
She is also a specialist in pelvic floor disorders such as rectal prolapse and faecal incontinence, helming weekly multidisciplinary pelvic floor clinics as the Director of the service. She regularly performs endoanal ultrasound and anorectal physiology tests as part of her expertise in pelvic floor disorders and is highly experienced in surgical procedures for rectal prolapse.
Dr Fu is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching in all three medical schools in Singapore and was part of the core faculty of the SingHealth Surgical Residency Program. Apart from speaking regularly at various local and international conferences, she also organises regular public forums and campaigns in order to raise awareness on colorectal cancer and pelvic floor disorders in Singapore.
She has actively participated in the Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Singapore since 2010 and was a committee member in 2022.
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