About
The surgeon, how he got here, and what he has published.
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof is a Senior Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon in Singapore. He trained in Sheffield, took a Ministry of Health fellowship to Melbourne, and has over 20 years of surgical experience. He has been a specialist in general surgery since 2013.
What a patient usually wants to know
What a patient usually wants to know
2013
A specialist in general surgery since
Source: Colorectal Clinic Associates, his group practice
Medicine at Sheffield
MBChB, University of Sheffield
Advanced surgical training
Changi General Hospital
Joint Specialty Fellowship
General surgery, 2013
Fellowship in Melbourne
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Your specialist
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof
MBChB (Sheffield)M.Med (Surgery)FRCSEd (General Surgery)
When you are dealing with a colorectal diagnosis, or symptoms that will not go away, you want a surgeon who has seen it before, knows exactly what to do, and will be straight with you. That is Dr Sulaiman.
Senior Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, with over 20 years in surgery and a specialist in general surgery since obtaining his Joint Specialty Fellowship in 2013. He completed a Ministry of Health fellowship at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, is a Visiting Consultant at Changi General Hospital, and consults at five clinics across Singapore. He consults in English and Malay, so a patient looking for a Malay-speaking colorectal surgeon in Singapore can talk through a bowel problem directly, without a family member translating.
The surgeon
Trained in Sheffield, sharpened in Melbourne.
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof is a Senior Consultant colorectal and general surgeon with over 20 years of surgical experience. He has been a specialist in general surgery since obtaining his Joint Specialty Fellowship in 2013. He trained in the United Kingdom, graduating in medicine from the University of Sheffield, and completed his advanced surgical training at Changi General Hospital.
He was then awarded a Ministry of Health fellowship to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, where he specialised in complex colorectal cancer surgery. The Centre describes itself as Australia's only public hospital dedicated solely to cancer treatment, research and education, and as home to Australia's largest cancer research group.
Robotic technique is not an add-on for Dr Sulaiman. It is his primary platform for colectomy and anterior resection, chosen specifically for the precision it offers in the confined anatomy of the pelvis, and he has published on single docking technique for left sided colorectal procedures.
He has taught undergraduate medical students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School. His teaching has been recognised with the Dean's Honour Roll for Teaching.
Known for his compassion and warmth, Dr Sulaiman has built enduring relationships with his patients. His consistent quality of care has been recognised with numerous Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, culminating in the prestigious Star Award in 2023.
Credentials
Where he trained, and where he has served.
Dr Sulaiman graduated from the University of Sheffield and completed his specialist training at Changi General Hospital, where he later served as Director of Endoscopy and ran the hospital's endoscopy service. As Director of Endoscopy he held a number of administrative and educational roles within his department.
He holds the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in General Surgery and remains a Visiting Consultant at Changi General Hospital. He is a member of the Singapore Colorectal Society.
He has published eight peer-reviewed journal articles spanning robotic colorectal surgery, complex cancer management, endoscopy and surgical education. They are listed in full further down this page, so that any claim made here can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Education
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBChB (University of Sheffield)
- Master of Medicine (Surgery)
- Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (Edinburgh), FRCSEd (General Surgery)
- Joint Specialty Fellowship in General Surgery, 2013
- Ministry of Health fellowship, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
- Past appointments
- Former Director of Endoscopy, Changi General Hospital
- Current appointment
- Visiting Consultant, Changi General Hospital
- Member
- Singapore Colorectal Society
- Recognition
- Singapore Health Quality Service Star Award, 2023
- Dean's Honour Roll for Teaching
Track record
Twenty years in surgery, across five clinics.
- Years in surgery
20+
Years in surgery
- Clinic locations across Singapore
5
Clinic locations across Singapore
How he operates
Smaller incisions. Greater precision.
Dr Sulaiman uses robotic-assisted technique as his primary surgical platform for colectomy and anterior resection. Robotic assistance allows meticulous dissection in the narrow pelvis, which matters most in rectal cancer surgery.
That is not only a description of how he works. He has published on the technique itself, including single docking for left sided colorectal procedures, and the paper is listed with the rest of his work below.
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Published work
Eight peer-reviewed papers, listed so you can check them.
8
Peer-reviewed publications
Source: PubMed, checked title by title on 5 August 2026
Li JW, Ngu JC, Lim KR, Tay SW, Jiang B, Wijaya R, Yusof S, Ong CJ, Eu Kwek AB, Ang TL
Colonic stenting in acute malignant large bowel obstruction: audit of efficacy and safety in a Singapore tertiary referral centre
Singapore Medical Journal, 2023 Oct; 64(10): 603 to 608
Yusof S, Zhao Y
Novel use of video-assisted anal fistula treatment (VAAFT) fistuloscope in the treatment of chronic sinus tracts following low anterior resection
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2020 Aug; 43(8): 851 to 852
Ngu JC, Kuo LJ, Teo NZ, Yusof SB
Teaching pelvic lymph node dissection using origami, planes and boundaries
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2020 Jul; 24(7): 767 to 769
Yusof S, Zhao Y, Quah J, Eu CEE, Wang LM
Amoebic toxic megacolon with poly-helminthic coinfection: case presentation and review of intestinal polyparasitic infections
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2020; 71: 151 to 154
Ngu JC, Sim S, Yusof S, Ng CY, Wong AS
Insight into the da Vinci Xi: technical notes for single-docking left-sided colorectal procedures
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 2017 Dec; 13(4)
Ng JL, Salkade HP, Yusof SB, Poh WT, Wong ASY
Peculiar case of calcifying fibrous tumour presenting as a free floating intraperitoneal body
Journal of Case Reports and Images in Surgery, 2015; 1: 29 to 33
This journal is not indexed in PubMed, so this paper cannot be looked up there.
Tan WJ, Yusof S
The Merocel anal pack: an innovative use for symptomatic hemorrhoids
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2014 Nov; 18(11): 1127 to 1128
Pal N, Axisa B, Yusof S, Newcombe RG, Wemyss-Holden S, Rhodes M, Lewis MP
Volume and outcome for major upper GI surgery in England
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2008 Feb; 12(2): 353 to 357
Where he sees patients
Five clinics across Singapore.
Whichever is easiest to reach is the right one.
Gleneagles Medical Centre
6 Napier Road #06-16, Singapore 258499Mount Elizabeth Novena
38 Irrawaddy Road, #10-48/49, Singapore 329563Parkway East Hospital
#05-08, 319 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore 427989Mount Alvernia Hospital
#08-62, Medical Centre D, 820 Thomson Road, Singapore 574623Farrer Park Medical Centre
#14-12, 1 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore 217562
What he treats
The full spectrum of colorectal and general surgery.
Dr Sulaiman manages the full spectrum of colorectal and general surgical conditions, with particular expertise in the following.
Colorectal cancer
Including locally advanced and complex cases. What the disease is, how it is staged and what the surgery involves is set out on the colorectal cancer page.
Rectal cancer
Cases requiring sphincter preserving or robotic assisted resection, where the tumour sits low in the pelvis and the operation has to protect both cancer clearance and function.
Colon polyps and colonoscopic surveillance
A polyp found during a colonoscopy is usually removed in the same sitting, and what is found sets how soon the next scope should be.
Perianal conditions
Haemorrhoids, anal fissures, anal fistula and perianal abscess. These are the conditions most often mistaken for one another, and the one most often left too long.
Hernia
Inguinal, umbilical and hiatal hernia. Where the anatomy allows, repair is done by laparoscopic hernia repair rather than open surgery.
Gallbladder disease
Assessment and surgical management of gallstone disease, which is ordinary general surgical scope alongside his colorectal practice.
Inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including the long term surveillance both conditions need because the risk of bowel cancer rises the longer the disease has been present.
Pages of his own cover colorectal cancer, colonoscopy, haemorrhoids, anal fissures, anal fistula and perianal abscess, alongside inguinal, umbilical and hiatal hernia, and laparoscopic hernia repair.
Writing
What he has written.
The articles on this site answer the questions patients actually bring to clinic, from what a symptom usually means to what a procedure involves and what it costs.
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof
Colorectal and General Surgeon, Singapore
If you are considering a consultation
The difference is almost always how early you came in.
Colorectal symptoms are easy to dismiss and easy to delay acting on. Most turn out to be benign. Some do not. The difference between a good outcome and a difficult one is almost always how early you came in.
If something has been bothering you, blood in the stool, a change in bowel habits, or discomfort you cannot explain, that is worth a consultation rather than a wait. Bring your questions. Leave with a plan.
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